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FrostWire for Mac

FrostWire 5.5.6

  -  22.29 MB  -  Open Source

Sometimes latest versions of the software can cause issues when installed on older devices or devices running an older version of the operating system.

Software makers usually fix these issues but it can take them some time. What you can do in the meantime is to download and install an older version of FrostWire 5.5.6.


For those interested in downloading the most recent release of FrostWire for Mac or reading our review, simply click here.


All old versions distributed on our website are completely virus-free and available for download at no cost.


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What's new in this version:

- New Feature: Includes search results from archive.org, which indexes millions of public domain and creative commons works from all over the internet.
- New Feature: playlist songs can be re-ordered with drag and drop.
- New Feature: all songs in a playlist can now be exported to a folder.
- Upgrade: Improved Unicode support for Chinese characters.
- Upgrade: mplayer update for unicode character file playback support.
- Upgrade: Search architecture upgrade for much faster search results.
- Upgrade: Considerably faster mp3,mp4 parsing in the library, creating playlists is now faster than ever.
- Upgrade: New more explicit Wi-Fi sharing icons.
- Upgrade: Updated radio station database.
- Upgrade: up to 20% faster listing of files in the Library.
- Upgrade: Video player upgrades for better experience.
- Bug fix: screen-saver no longer kicks in during video playback.
- Bug fix: UPnP Wi-Fi sharing discovery consumes 84% less CPU on
- congested local networks. Fixing reported slowdowns and reducing
- considerable power consumption for laptop users.
- Bug fix: X11 related error fix.
- Bug fix: Number of files being shared includes the number of torrents
- being seeded.
- Bug fix: Library search issues related to unicode characters.
- Bug fix: Multiple null pointer exceptions and crashes fixed.
- Bug fix: Fixed rendering issue related to wrong parsing of bitrate
- string data.
- Upgrade: (Developers) ant compilation scripts cleanup.
- Upgrade: (Developers) use of ‘frostwire-commons’ repository to share
- common code between FrostWire for Android and Desktop projects.