Groovedown on Mac OS X
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With the help of a User named Mapmap17 we are able to provide an Tutorial on how to run Groovedown on Mac OS X.
What you need is of course the latest Version of Groovedown and WineBottler.
- Download Groovedown for Windows.
- Go to http://winebottler.kronenberg.org/ and download the WineBottler.app .
- Install the WineBottler.app and Wine.app by dragging them into your applications folder.
- Go to your applications folder and open Wine ( You can close the window of it )
- Right-click on Groovedown.exe ( of course after you’ve extracted it.. ) and theh Open With -> Other Program -> Wine
- Choose “Run directly in (…)”.
- Click on Go.
- After a while you should see Groovedown
- If you want to open Groovedown with a simple Double-click then right-click the GrooveDown.exe -> Open with -> Other Program -> Choose Wine and tick the “Always open with box” -> Click on Open . After that this little Wine-window should appear, tick the box “Never show this window again in the left corner. Thats it.
2 Screenshots depicting what we get:
you and Mapmap17 are amazing, you have no idea how long it took me to find a way to download straight from ‘grooveshark’ using a Mac OSX. This worked perfectly. Very mush appreciated, keep up the good work!.
Prefix Creation exited with error
Hi,
i have this error. can you give me a little support?
dont know how to clear this.
thanks a lot!!!
dean
Hey, this is definitely some Mac , Winebottler problem. Since no one of us owns a Mac it’s pretty hard to tell u where this Error comes from.
Greets
something is wrong with this program. i’m getting an error too.
ahoi guest,
well, when u r getting an error it would be more helpful if u send us the errormessage. And, as we alrdy said, unfortunately we neither have a mac os nor can we support the mac users as much as we want to.
please be patient, everything will run smoothly once we released the java version. On ALL platforms
Runs great! But only if you follow instructions from 1 to 8, the way described in 9 didn´t work for me… Maybe that’s why people are getting an error message. Please let us know when the java version comes out! Maybe an e-mail notification? Thanks for your hard work! Lucia
hey Lucia!
We cant confirm that the error comes with step 9, since none of us uses Mac.
There wont be an email notification, we are not a big fan of that. You will be notified by GrooveDown, when the new Java Version gets Released.
Have a nice new Year!
your GrooveDown Team
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Amazing I love this software, run perfectly for me on Mac
Oh! Damn! It really run perfectly for me, too!
I’ve been confused some reasons that “How can I downloaded a song through Grooveshark without Parallels on Mac?”
Maybe It is the answer “Groovedown”.
Thanks Developer!
this is the error message i’m getting. i’m getting the same prefix creation error as the above person. I have a mac.
###BOTTLING### default.sh
###BOTTLING### Gathering debug Info…
Versions
OS………………………: darwin10.0
Wine…………………….: 1.1.44
WineBottler………………: 1.1.44
[COMPUTERINFORMATION REMOVED]
###BOTTLING### Create .app…
###BOTTLING### Turn on Coreaudio…
###BOTTLING### Sandboxing…
###BOTTLING### Enabling Antialiasing…
###BOTTLING### Installing Truetype Fonts…
###BOTTLING### Registering Truetype Fonts…
/Applications/Wine.app/Contents/Resources/bin
###BOTTLING### Registering native dlls…
###BOTTLING### Installing Groovedown…
wine: Bad EXE format for Z:\Users\xxxxxx\Downloads\Groovedown 0.64.rar
### LOG ### Command ‘/Applications/Wine.app/Contents/Resources/bin/wine /Users/xxxxx/Downloads/Groovedown 0.64.rar’ returned status 193.
###ERROR### Command ‘/Applications/Wine.app/Contents/Resources/bin/wine /Users/xxxxx/Downloads/Groovedown 0.64.rar’ returned status 193.
Task returned with status 15.
o no, can you delete my comment from above??!!!
i didn’t realize it had all my info of my computer on it.
please delete it. and if you can, let me know what i should do to continue the download. thanks.
-di
Done.
ok, i figured it out. first you have to extract it. haha. then follow the rest of the directions and it works fine on mac.
I have OSX & wine or winbottler will not open from my app folder. the icon has a gray circle with a line through it on both.
i downloaded and did all that stuff but it says groovedown is not responding
Thank you so much. im running a mac, followed your description and everything worked perfectly fine !!!!
THX
It worked for me for the first couple of days. Now when I open Groovedown in Wine, I get an error from Groovedown saying “Is grooveshark down? Check it or update!”. I hit OK and then I see “If this error stays even if Grooveshark is online. CONTACT US!”The next message is “Error EIdOSSLCouldNotLoadSSLLibrary:Could not load SSL library”.
… any solutions?
same thing happened to me – installed it and it worked fine, and now now a few days later im getting that error. have you found a solution yet?
I am having the same issue. 9/29/11
Greeeaaaat!!!!
Hey, there are still people using PowerBooks, with which WineBottler is not working (it’s Intel only, which is why KD couldn’t install it, I had the same error).
So what to do? I have been searching the web for solutions to rip grooveshark on Mac and I can’t believe there are about two dozen solutions for win and hardly any working ones for Mac. Bizarre.
thnxxxxxxxxxxx
Error EIdOSSLCouldNotLoadSSLLibrary:Could not load SSL library :/
To all users who have the same error message as me, I found out what’s wrong.
I didn’t copied the .dll with the .exe. The two .dll files are mandatory for the app to run!
Just put the 2 .dll files next to the groovedown.exe in your applications folder!
Awesome app!
everything is perfect (except the look of a windows app)
error EIdOSSLCouldNotLoadSSLLibrary:Could not load SSL library
That’s exactly what I get. I’m using Windows 7.
Any help?
Strach my last comment.
I just followed Hibou Blaster’s instructions, and the app works beautifully.
Amazing software guya!
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Hi everybody, I was wondering if you guys could help me. I’m horrible with computers, but from what I gather, when you download the windows version of Groovedown you get an .exe file. When I downloaded it, it showed up on my computer as a .rar file, which is a text file when I click on it. Can anybody help me or explain what I’m doing wrong? I’m on a MacBook. Also, does anyone know when the Java version of Groovedown is coming out? I’m really excited for it, and it would be easier than trying to learn how to use winebottler. Anyway, thanks in advance!
HI everyone! I can´t select a download directory I always get “Cannot create file Path not found”, anyone knows how to fix this? thks!!
As a huge fan of Grooveshark, I took some time to write a Mac only app that downloads songs from Grooveshark. It puts Grooveshark in a standalone app and downloads the songs as they’re played. Check it out at http://cloakedcode.com/swingfish.html.
Good work dude
Thanks for also mentioning us on your Post
Well we are still working on the Java Version for all Platforms.. so you should check our’s out then again^^
Hi guys, I was running the program just fine on my Mac. But, recently, the search results in text have started to disappear and got replaced by unreadable boxes. I tried to paste a print-screen here but this comments box did not allow. If you let me know any e-mail address, I can send you the print screen. Thanks in advance.
You can send it via our Contact Form..
Just upload it to some Imagehoster and send in the link.
Greets
GrooveDown was working wonderfully for me on my Mac until just recently. When I updated Wine I started to get a few error messages:
1. “Is Grooveshark down? Check it or update!
2. If this error stays even if Grooveshark is online. CONTACT US!
3. Error EIdHTTPProtocolException:HTTP?1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Any idea why this is occurring? I tried copying the GrooveDown files to the virtual drive c: again but with the same results.
Hum.. when you updated Wine? Do you have the latest Version of Groovedown? So Version 0.65 ?
Actually it’s pretty much the same just small fixes..
Greets
1. “Is Grooveshark down? Check it or update!
2. If this error stays even if Grooveshark is online. CONTACT US!
3. Error EIdHTTPProtocolException:HTTP?1.1 301 Moved Permanently
I do have the lastest version of Groovedown, but it still say it?
did u fix it?
Did not work at all!
hi it’s not working I ‘ve a mac someone can help me please ?
@thailand can you give us more information plox!?
Edit: okay i see your second comment. Ehm you should update to the latest version. It should then work!
anders I the same error :
1. “Is Grooveshark down? Check it or update!
2. If this error stays even if Grooveshark is online. CONTACT US!
3. Error EIdHTTPProtocolException:HTTP?1.1 301 Moved Permanently
what’s the problem
Hello,
Could you all use a different, not terrible file sharing site, like mediafire?
Also, it can’t be too hard to find a willing participant to build this code on OSX.
Thanks,
Matt
Yeah, I would really appreciate a Mac version and I look forward to the Java version. If I can help to make this happen sooner, feel free to contact me by the email I used to post this comment.
Taylor
Where do I find groovedown.exe? When I open Wine nothing happens! (Step 4/5)
Where do I find groovedown.exe? When I open Wine nothing happens! (Step 4/5)
How do you extract the rar file?????
You need to install a program that can do it. I recommend UnrarX (http://www.unrarx.com/). It’s free and works great.
Hey Guys,
congrats to this nice tool. But… why do you use Java? The one pro of Java is the OS independency. So why we have to use wine?
Greetz
I downloaded Wine and WineBottler to use Groovedown on my Macbook. The Groovedown program starts, but when I put in a song and hit download, the terminal screen instantly says download completed, but no song. Any help is appreciated, thanks.
I have the same problem… Ever figure it ou? Thanks!
Hi guys
Scince it looks like there are many people having trouble with your walktrough, I’ll help out:
Just go through the walktrough above, and continue here:
4. Go to your app folder, open WineBottler
5. In WineBottler, choose ‘Create Custom Prefix’
6. In the wizard, select the EXE as install file, make sure ‘Copy only’ is checked
7. Wait for the the creation to finish, then open ‘Exisisting Prefixes’ in Winebottler
8. Click ‘Show in finder’ on the prefix you just created (may need to refresh before it shows up)
9. In the finder, you now should see a folder called ‘winebottler’, that contains the EXE
10. Copy the 2 dll-files included in the RAR into that folder.
11. Open up, and enjoy!
To the admins:
Nice work guys, but I’m very excited to see a JAVA app. Repeating this every time you release a new version is crazy.
What would work also, is creating an install wizard. In that way, Winebottler can do the task completely on its own.
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Awesome app massive thanks
Thanks alot, works fine for me (snow leopard)
I would like to have an .app as well…
Cheers
It’s working for me, although rather slowly.
How do I download my grooveshark lists?
Thanks in advance
Everyone with an error or shutdown issue please check your wine configuration, right click on wine icon/configuration/application/windows/window xp make sure xp is selected it will clear up all issues. Cheers
Goddamn it there are some stupid people that have no business trying to use a computer let alone this software.
Great work guys!! Seriously, love the program…works great on my macs, too!
On my Macbook, I have the Groovedown 0.66.rar file. I chose Create Custom Prefix and made sure Copy only is checked. Step number 7 doesn’t start. Trying to create the .exe file.
Using a RAR extractor program, I was able to install the latest version of GrooveDown. Using WineBottler to do this does not work for me. The comments by otownnigga should be removed, as they serve no purpose except to show immaturity.
HI GUYS bad new I upload to OS X Lion and it doesn’t work it says I have to get another version cuz this one can’t run, I hope we can be able to use the software again Thanks.
What about downloading the new version? And it will work again..
Thanks a lot! very simple and works great, even for Lion!
i cant download, the mac version, it doesn’t say were to press the button, ther ir no button!
Works great, thanks goes to you and MapMap17 took 5 minutes and we’re off and downloading.
thanks! works perfect on lion.
I am running ver0.66 on Mac with Lion and Winebottler. It launches fine but no fonts show up when I search. I can download anything but can’t be sure of what I am downloading until it starts because there are no fonts in any window. I merely have blank “boxes” where fonts should be. Anyone else having this problem? Any ideas?
Thanks
Got the same problem
It looks working but it downloads .mp3 of 0kb. It says: Error EIdHostRequired.
What can I do?
thanks, ric
Hi,
I’m trying to get hold of the previous version (1.1.42) to run on my Mac Os X 10.4.11. Have been trying several downloads stating 1.1.42 (softonic, malavida, etc) but I still get the latest version 1.1.44 which only works with Mac Os X 10.5 and later.
Can you advise me where to find 1.1.42?
is there way to get private source code? I really want to make Native OS X version
AMAZING!!!!
Hi, I am on MAC 10.6.8 using groove .67 and wine bottle 1.2.2, this was working fine until recently the search results are not in english text but in some unreadable boxes. Please advise on this.
hi,
i download grooveshark since de 6.5 veriton i have to say its a very goop program just thanks for that, but in recent days when i look for a song or for an artist i got the results but there are no words just white spaces or boxes so i cant see the name of the sonng….
any solution?? thanks
hi guys!
i downloaded wine and winebottler and groovedown. it works well to the point when i try to download songs, then it says “chose a new download folder”. i tried some different folders, created a new one, but it was always the same. do you know how i can handle this? cheers!
I get to the point where I have to extract wine (how do I do that) and I can’t find anywhere where it says groovedown.exe. Where would that be??
Hi!! I have a tiger, after I put the winebottler and the wine in my applications folder I tried to open Wine and I have this message that said that my system is not compatible with wine, I just want to know what can I do! pleaseeee!!
hey,
ich hab da mal ne frage. habe genau nach den anweisungen gearbeitet die hier online sind um groovedown auf meinem mac zum laufen zu bringen. problem ist nur wenn ich genau das mache was hier in der beschreibung steht will das program das ich mir die neueste java version runter lade. das geht aber nicht mit dem mac. dem zur folge läuft das programm so nicht bei mir. trotzdem kann ich aber das programm über groovedown.rar öffnen!!!! kann mir das mal einer erklären?
noch eine frage. wird immer automatisch bei grooveshark geladen? das wird mir nämlich nirgendwo angezeigt.
Ja momentan wird immer von Grooveshark.com geladen. Sobald ein Titel in die Downloadlist hinzugefuegt wurde ist er gequeued und wird heruntergeladen.
Regarding people seeing boxes instead of letters, you can reinstall the Arial fonts to fix this. First open up a terminal, i.e. click Applications->Utilities->Terminal, then copy and paste the following:
cd ~/Wine\ Files/drive_c
wget http://switch.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/arial32.exe
/Applications/Wine.app/Contents/MacOS/Wine arial32.exe /Q
More info here: http://wiki.jswindle.com/index.php/Fonts
//Outdated. Please wait 1 or 2 days for the Mac Download.
- What the fuck? When?
hi! when will there be a download for MAC. i really want to get one. thanks!
Hi,
“Outdated. Please wait 1 or 2 days for the Mac Download.”
when does it work ?
thank you
I look forward to having the new version
Thank you
agreed the sooner that you can get the program working the better.
Thanks
Can’t get onto the site now as I keep getting a pop-up message “Access violation at address……..Read of address 00000000″. This has only happened in the last couple of days. Am I to assume that it is because there is a new version coming….in the next couple of days? I’m pretty sure the last time there was an update I got this message.
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Is there going to be another Mac version soon ?
Soooooo…. when the hell is the mac version coming?? So much for 1-2 days.
so far for 1 or 2 days. Really looking forward to mac version!!!! Come’on ppl, share of mac users is increasing, you’re missing a market here!!
UP
Any hope for a Mac version ?
Any hope to Mac ?
when its going to release for mac os x?
My Groovedown.jar stopped searching for music some days ago. Anyone got similar issues?
Dude a pity that you did not leave a real mail adress because it would be interesting to have known why it did not work and to talk to you about that. But yea..
Well for me it’s working and on other machines also so i don’t know the reason why it doesn’t. But yes, it’s not the first time that i read this.
If you can get in touch my leave me a mail via the contact formular.
My Groovedown.jar isn’t working anymore either. When I click what I want to search by then put in the search criteria and hit enter nothing shows up. It may be because I upgraded to Lion, has anyone confirmed it working on Lion?
the new version of groovedown can be started without wine.. just for installation u need wine. after installation u browse to the installed file an open GrooveDown.jar thats all..
Same like PeterPan here.
I’ve downloaded the beta version of groovedown 7.0 with a jar file in it.
the jar file worked perfektly with my mac. But it stopped searching for music too.
the official version is only an .exe file.
I think grooveshark changed something and in the official version it’s fixed.
So is it possible to get the jar file of the lates groovedown version.
That would be verry nice.
Great work, many thanks to the developers and merry xmas to everyone
i did everything Carl says, but i didn´t download a RAR, just the execute file, so i didn´t find the 2 dll-files included in the RAR into that folder
someone can help me? what´s the name of those files?
Carl says:
Monday May 30th, 2011 at 11:36 AM
Hi guys
Scince it looks like there are many people having trouble with your walktrough, I’ll help out:
Just go through the walktrough above, and continue here:
4. Go to your app folder, open WineBottler
5. In WineBottler, choose ‘Create Custom Prefix’
6. In the wizard, select the EXE as install file, make sure ‘Copy only’ is checked
7. Wait for the the creation to finish, then open ‘Exisisting Prefixes’ in Winebottler
8. Click ‘Show in finder’ on the prefix you just created (may need to refresh before it shows up)
9. In the finder, you now should see a folder called ‘winebottler’, that contains the EXE
10. Copy the 2 dll-files included in the RAR into that folder.
11. Open up, and enjoy!
To the admins:
Nice work guys, but I’m very excited to see a JAVA app. Repeating this every time you release a new version is crazy.
What would work also, is creating an install wizard. In that way, Winebottler can do the task completely on its own.
@M
Sorry bro.
It would be easier if you just download the Mac Version. Extract it. Double-click the Jar file. Have fun!
Sorry for the mess…
Greets
Hey,
I have a MacBook, or a Mac OS X Version 10.5.8 I have tried both ways of downloading Groovedown…through the windows link and with the instructions at the very top of this page (providers of Groovedown) and the Mac link. Both say that it is a JAR file and cannot be opened. It says that I need the latest software of JRE, or Java, and I do indeed have that. Not sure where the miss is there…Any help would be great! I really want this running on my Mac!
Hey Suzan,
i’am a bit busy at the moment that’s why i cant look for it myself.
I think in the Comments on that Thread here there should somewhere be given how to change the used JRE on Mac ( if not here you will find that on the Supportforum ( http://board.groovedown.me )
I think i remember that Mac got some Setting where one can choose which JRE it should use… and that it doesnt change that per default and one got to choose the latest one manually.. i don’t own a Mac that’s why i can’t help you any further really..
//edit
I found the Link here: http://board.groovedown.me/showthread.php?tid=6&pid=55#pid55
Got it! Can’t tell you how excited I am to have this on my Mac! Thanks for your quick response and help!
Guys!!! you really rock’s….
Thanks a lot
really good directions. haha. Not even. When I write directions I swear I make it so everyone can use them, not just people that know what they are doing.