MacAMP User Guide
Everything you need to know about MacAMP, the native music player for macOS, with an iPhone and iPad beta.
User guide
Everything MacAMPafter dark
How to install it, bring your music in, and get the most out of the assistant, downloads, karaoke, stats and every setting in between.
MacAMP is a music player for the music you own. Use this guide to import your library, build playlists, tune the sound and set up the extras. Screenshots show the app with an empty library or with example tracks; MacAMP comes without bundled music.
Getting started
Install, first open and updates
Requirements, getting past Gatekeeper, and how updates arrive.
Importing music
Add folders on the Mac, or files and iCloud Drive on iPhone and iPad.
Playback, queue and transport
The player bar, the queue, gapless playback, shortcuts and the signal path.
Now-playing surfaces
Right panel, mini player, Control Center and the lock screen.
Your library
Playlists
Regular and smart playlists, plus M3U and PLS import and export.
Lyrics
Embedded, .lrc and online lyrics, synced line by line.
Listening stats
What gets recorded, the replay heatmap, and exporting your history.
Sound and extras
Equalizer and ReplayGain
Graphic and parametric EQ, AutoEq, crossfeed and loudness.
Visualizer
The compact spectrum on the Mac and the visualizer sheet on iOS.
Karaoke mode
On-device vocal removal, the render queue and the cache.
Downloads
Paste YouTube links or playlists and manage the queue.
AI and integrations
AI features
The assistant, providers, web suggestions and downloading missing songs.
External access (MCP)
Let AI apps on your Mac browse and control your library.