# Mac Audio Problem
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mac-audio-problem/18350
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 19, 2016, 10:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mac-audio-problem/18350 "2016-10-19T22:46:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@bingston](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bingston)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2016, 10:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mac-audio-problem/18350/1 "2016-10-19T22:46:49Z")
Forgive me if this has been covered, but I couldn't find anything regarding the mac version. I just found out about Mp3Tag and I love it. I had some issues installing, but I got it figured out.
The problem I'm having is that I can't play the audio through Mp3Tag. I get a message saying that there is no application associated with the given filename extension. I, like most mac users I assume, use iTunes to play music and I'm sure it's associated with .mp3s.
Is there a way to make this work? I'm having to go back and forth with iTunes to listen and then go to Mp3Tag to tag everything and it's a bit of a hassle.
Thanks in advance!
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### Author:  [@stevehero](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stevehero)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2016, 12:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mac-audio-problem/18350/2 "2016-10-20T00:14:20Z")
No where does it say that MP3Tag plays audio files. It probably states the opposite.
That's the job of a player not a tagger. You can launch an external player to play files but this is not what you're after, right?
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### Author:  [@bingston](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bingston)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2016, 12:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mac-audio-problem/18350/3 "2016-10-20T00:22:03Z")
I was just under the impression that it was able to play them. If you right-click on a file there is an option to "Play"...seems like that implies that you should be able to play the file
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mac-audio-problem/18350/4 "2016-10-20T02:42:33Z")
> [@bingston](#):
>
> ... I get a message saying that there is no application associated with the given filename extension. ...
I think that this is not so much an MP3tag problem but one of your Windows Emulation: you have to tell the Windows einvironment what to do with mp3 files.
Also, there is the option to start a special tool when double-clicking:
see File\>Options\>Tools for that. You have to know the command line syntax for that.
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### Author:  [@stevehero](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stevehero)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2016, 8:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mac-audio-problem/18350/5 "2016-10-20T08:18:53Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> I think that this is not so much an MP3tag problem but one of your Windows Emulation: you have to tell the Windows einvironment what to do with mp3 files.
>
> Also, there is the option to start a special tool when double-clicking:
> see File\>Options\>Tools for that. You have to know the command line syntax for that.
Example of one for VLC player. Not sure if available in mac though.
--playlist-enqueue --one-instance "%\_path%"
More examples can be found here: [TOOLS](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/966/1)
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### Author:  [@bingston](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bingston)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2016, 9:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mac-audio-problem/18350/6 "2016-10-20T09:14:20Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> I think that this is not so much an MP3tag problem but one of your Windows Emulation: you have to tell the Windows einvironment what to do with mp3 files.
>
> Also, there is the option to start a special tool when double-clicking:
> see File\>Options\>Tools for that. You have to know the command line syntax for that.
I agree. I think it has to do with the Windows emulation as well, and not Mp3Tag. I've just never used Wine before so I wasn't sure how to get it to work. I'll poke around in the tools though. Thanks for the suggestion
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### Author:  [@bingston](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bingston)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2016, 9:15am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mac-audio-problem/18350/7 "2016-10-20T09:15:12Z")
> [@stevehero](#):
>
> Example of one for VLC player. Not sure if available in mac though.
>
> 
>
> --playlist-enqueue --one-instance "%\_path%"
>
> More examples can be found here: [TOOLS](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/966/1)
Thanks. I'll give that a try. I appreciate it
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mac-audio-problem/18350/8 "2026-02-09T12:26:29Z")