Existing users, 
It works pretty well on mainstream albums, it's a bit of a resource hog at launch, but it does its job. HOWEVER a couple users on the forums have noted something that also happened to me:
THIS MAY DESTROY SOME AAC FILES, rendering them UNPLAYABLE. this INCLUDES songs bought from ITMS. So before you use this BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP your iTunes library. The authors have been made aware of the problem and hopefully will figure out a solution.
(for those wondering, it appears it changed some (not all) files in my library from .m4a and .m4p to be .mp3 and rendered them unplayable on iTunes or any other media player.)
MPFreaker
Adds artwork, lyrics, and other missing information to your songs.
Version: 1.8.4
Works, but WATCH OUT
Feedback Type: Review
Contributed by: maryloui Sunday, March 20 2005 @ 04:05 PM PST
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Less than a month
Recommend Product: YES
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Fair warning, though conclusions not accurate. - LairWareBeastie
I will have a version 1.0.1 out later today which will repair any AAC files which 1.0 rendered unplayable, and have ensured that MPFreaker 1.0.1 won't affect AACs in this manner anymore.Two important facts:
1) MPFreaker 1.0 only does this to AAC files which were already misnamed as ".mp3" files. This should be pretty rare. MPFreaker itself never renames files or converts song files from AAC to MP3.
2) MPFreaker 1.0 is only adding MP3-style tag information at the beginning of these misnamed files, not destroying them or actually converting them into MP3 format song files. For this reason, MPFreaker 1.0.1 will be able to return any affected AAC files back to normal merely by viewing a playlist or directory containing them.
Leon
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Tuesday, March 22 2005 @ 12:06 AM PST