[JeremyLaurenson]

The latest update fixes some bugs with Android syncing. I am still looking for an Astell and Kern user to connect me so we can see if this new batching of Sync commands helps those DAPs keep up. Please DM me.

 

[trellus]

How have I missed this software?

I have a FiiO X1 (1st gen) and Sony NW-A35 which are almost always out of date with my iTunes library and which also have none of my cherished playlists. It's always been my biggest gripe since my iPod Classic went kaput -- that modern DAPs have so many advantages (better SQ, high-res support) yet stink at one of the most basic things: syncing to iTunes.

I just bought this insanely well conceived software after a tip from another Head-Fi member (in May 2017!) in the Cayin N3 thread, watching the developer's YouTube tutorial videos, and then reading this entire thread and observing the extraordinary support and responsiveness to users by the developer. Also, he puts out great new features frequently, and responded (usually with news of a fix) to the very few poor reviews (among a sea of 5-star reviews) in the Mac App Store.

At $19.99, for the value it offers -- insanely good deal.

 

[JeremyLaurenson]

We’d love a review on the Apple App Store

 

[trellus]

We’d love a review on the Apple App Store

Done just now! I assume it has to be approved by Apple or something since I don't see it up yet.

But, kudos for great development and support of this awesome product. I've got a Cayin N3 on the way from Amazon now and I now know, after having successfully synced my FiiO X1 1st gen and Sony NW-A35, that getting my music on the N3 will be a breeze.

It's also eased my mind that my brother will be able to use it to sync a DAP he might be getting from me at some point in the near future as a gift. One reason I'd never considered anything not Apple (for him) is that nothing synced well and so seamlessly with iTunes as Apple iPods and iPhones. This software changes the game!

 

[JeremyLaurenson]

Dont underestimate the ability of the DAP manufacturers to totally bork their software

 

[JeremyLaurenson]

As an FYI, I tried removing the setup "wizard" at the start of Dapper and replace it with popover hints... to be more "native"... and it just didn't seem to be enough to make sure users were up and running and understood some of that was happening.

What do you think?

 

[The Pix]

Hi Jeremy,

Possible feature request:

Would it be possible for app to detect LoRes vs HiRes files and only sync the HiRes version. If not, could there be an option to separate where the different files are saved?

LoRes copies are needed for iTunes/iDevice purposes that don't naturally play HiRes music, but obviously duplicates are not warranted.

Separate Res locations would make it easier to find all HiRes music in a large database.

Any progress made on this request?

 

[JeremyLaurenson]

Any progress made on this request?

Not yet!

 

[JeremyLaurenson]

Just added support for:
AK70II - Works ok but sync is SLOW... crappy CPU
AK15Norma - Works great! First good DAP by Astell and Kern that syncs in one shot!

 

[JeremyLaurenson]

Good evening all

As of now, Dapper is available on the Mac App Store to download for free and test - which means we'll be pulling the demo version from our site:

• Dapper is free to download and use to sync up to 200 iTunes playlist tracks. This will help people understand if it will work for them before buying.
• There is a 14 day trial mode where you can sync an unlimited number of tracks.
• After this, if Dapper is rocking your world, you can in-app purchase a permanent unlock.

 

[gedp]

Hi,

Was testing Dapper to sync iTunes to sd card for chard poly. Running Mojave on iMac. Dapper keeps on crashing with:

Any idea?

Process: Dapper [33585]
Path: /Applications/Dapper.app/Contents/MacOS/Dapper
Identifier: com.map-pin.Dapper
Version: 4.22 (3974)
App Item ID: 903223330
App External ID: 830023484
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: ??? [1]
Responsible: Dapper [33585]
User ID: 501

Date/Time: 2019-03-04 19:18:03.188 +0100
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.14.3 (18D109)
Report Version: 12
Anonymous UUID: 47E94BE1-3B92-550B-4176-96B1AF1B4225

Sleep/Wake UUID: EE4AA500-68ED-407B-AC38-1F429FBDD0BC

Time Awake Since Boot: 300000 seconds
Time Since Wake: 170000 seconds

System Integrity Protection: enabled

Crashed Thread: 5 Dispatch queue: com.map-pin.Dapper.task2

Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Exception Note: EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

Application Specific Information:
*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSRangeException', reason: '*** -[__NSArrayM objectAtIndex:]: index 0 beyond bounds for empty array'
terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException
abort() called

Application Specific Backtrace 1:
0 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff2ca45ded __exceptionPreprocess + 256
1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x00007fff58b0d720 objc_exception_throw + 48
2 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff2ca853c0 -[CFPrefsConfigurationFileSource initWithConfigurationPropertyList:containingPreferences:] + 0
3 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff2c9802b7 -[__NSArrayM objectAtIndex:] + 151
4 Dapper 0x000000010d3473d1 Dapper + 463825
5 Dapper 0x000000010d30c2ea Dapper + 221930
6 Dapper 0x000000010d30b6cb Dapper + 218827
7 Dapper 0x000000010d343f0b Dapper + 450315
8 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff59b8cd53 _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 12
9 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff59b8ddcf _dispatch_client_callout + 8
10 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff59b9425d _dispatch_lane_serial_drain + 931
11 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff59b94bdc _dispatch_lane_invoke + 388
12 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff59b9d090 _dispatch_workloop_worker_thread + 603
13 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff59dce60b _pthread_wqthread + 409
14 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff59dce405 start_wqthread + 13

 

[JeremyLaurenson]

Hi, GedP

Can you hop on over to support.map-pin.com and attache a crash report - I'd love to nail this bug.

 

[gedp]

Hi, GedP

Can you hop on over to support.map-pin.com and attache a crash report - I'd love to nail this bug.

Hi Jeremy,

Done. Created ticket and attached crash info.

 

[fingertrouble]

Do you know why this happens - the OK button has disappeared? Using 4.22 but oddly I had to install the Apple store version, it hadn't updated itself (was still on 4.19). Not sure if that's anything to do with it...

 

[keithmarsh]

Hey Jeremy

I've suddenly started experiencing Dapper crashing every single time it starts up.

I've tried doing a full uninstall (using the instructions on your site). It works the first time the App is opened but it then goes back to crashing every single time it opens.

This is with version 4.23 from the App Store.

Any ideas what might be happening?