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pearLyrics - 0.4

look up song lyrics as you play a song in iTunes

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All Time:	(4.8)
Version 0.4:	(4.8)
Selected Version:	0.4
Release Date:	2005-07-09
License:	Freeware
Downloads (version 0.4):	1,579
Downloads (all versions):	47,791
Price:	Free

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Product Description:

Ever wanted to dive into the world of those incredibly beautiful lyrics of the song currently playing in iTunes? pearLyrics gives you just that. It looks up song lyrics on the web as you play a song in iTunes. Sure enough, you can also search for lyrics without playing the song, just enter artist and song title manually. pearLyrics then consults up to six different servers to do its best and find the lyrics you are looking for. Heck, it can even find guitar chords at times. Sure, it might not find everything, but it does find a lot.

pearLyrics is available as a standalone application for those still preferring Panther as well as a Dashboard widget for Tiger (combined download).

What's new in this version:

new lyrics servers
improved and individually optimized search algorithms for the different lyrics sites
new shared caching option for clear text lyrics
search field now provides history (widget only captures manually entered tracks)
Widget: click on contact data now sends feedback email or loads homepage respectively.
Widget: special text commands to empty cache (emptyCache) and copy fetched lyrics to Desktop (copyCacheToDesktop)
Application: copy cached lyrics to Desktop for easy access
Application: pre-fetch lyrics for iTunes playlists
Application: correct mistakes in found lyrics and save them back to cache

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.3 or higher for application
Mac OS X 10.4 or higher for Dashboard widget

Feedback Summary:

Version 0.4:
Overall Rating:	(4.8)	Features:	(4.8)	Support:	(4.6)
Ease of Use:	(4.8)	Quality / Stability:	(4.8)	Price:	(5.0)

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I was able to download from… - Version: 0.6, 9/12/2009 08:41AM PST

kalsta

I was able to download from:
http://www.macparc.ch/mirror/pearLyrics/

A real shame about the legal nonsense that stopped development of this app.

Get Lyrical seems to be a good replacement.

Sing you little heart out - Version: 0.6, 1/3/2006 02:11AM PST

fifthdigit

Never knew what I was missing till I tried this one! I use the application version and it works nicely. (Would make it a bit prettier though, 'cause it's image is way oudated)

Excellent - and still alive - Version: 0.6, 12/18/2005 08:20AM PST

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Roddaman

In spite of efforts to kill it, this amazing product can thankfully still be downloaded from
http://www.macparc.ch/mirror/pearLyrics/pearLyricsV0_6.dmg

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