Playing Music

Play Music Files on Mac with FileBrowser Pro

Use FileBrowser Pro on your Mac to play music files, podcasts, or audiobooks directly from your folders, queue tracks, switch between play modes like shuffle or repeat, and adjust playback speed for easier listening.

Clicking a music file will queue it and any other music tracks in order from the current folder to your "now playing" queue. For example, clicking track 3 will queue tracks 3-9 of Alice In Chains Dirt album.

Clicking another music track from another folder will clear your play queue and add these instead.

After you have played music you can access the media player via the music icon in the bottom toolbar.

FileBrowser Pro for Mac can play most music file types including MP3, M4a, Wav, Hi-Res Flac.

FileBrowser Pro for Mac music player showing a selected audio track with playback controls and track details

Play Modes

Album mode

Album Mode

Play selected track and the remaining ones in the folder.

Single mode

Single Mode

Selecting a track from a folder queues and plays it once.

Repeat mode

Repeat Mode

Play selected track and all others in the folder continuously.

Shuffle mode

Shuffle Mode

Play selected track and others in the folder randomly.


Queueing Tracks

If you want to queue up tracks then use the file actions menu and select "Queue Audio" to add the track to the end of your play queue.

Reorder tracks by clicking "Edit", rearrange the track order and then click the blue tick.

Speed up or Slow down Playback

Click the "1x" button on the music player and select your playback speed.

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FileBrowser Pro for Mac music player showing queued tracks in a playlist with multiple songs ready for playback

Record Audio

Navigate to a folder you want to save your voice recording and right click and select "Record Audio".

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FileBrowser Pro for Mac music player recording audio using the built-in microphone, showing recording controls and timer

MusicStreamer for Mac

For a dedicated music player on macOS, try our MusicStreamer app

Play your existing music files, Learn more about our iTunes Alternative for macOS

Download MusicStreamer for Mac from the macOS App Store