{"id":3652,"date":"2026-04-24T17:04:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T21:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelrowe01.com\/?page_id=3652"},"modified":"2026-04-24T17:07:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T21:07:36","slug":"about-vinyl-trackr","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/michaelrowe01.com\/index.php\/about-vinyl-trackr\/","title":{"rendered":"About Vinyl Trackr"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vinyl Trackr is result of about a year&#8217;s brain storming on something I love &#8211; Music!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" data-attachment-id=\"3653\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/michaelrowe01.com\/index.php\/about-vinyl-trackr\/attachment\/screenshot-2026-04-24-at-16-33-32\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michaelrowe01.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-24-at-16.33.32-scaled.png?fit=2560%2C1440&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1440\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2026-04-24 at 16.33.32\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michaelrowe01.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-24-at-16.33.32-scaled.png?fit=660%2C371&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michaelrowe01.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-24-at-16.33.32.png?resize=660%2C371&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michaelrowe01.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-24-at-16.33.32-scaled.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michaelrowe01.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-24-at-16.33.32-scaled.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michaelrowe01.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-24-at-16.33.32-scaled.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michaelrowe01.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-24-at-16.33.32-scaled.png?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michaelrowe01.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-24-at-16.33.32-scaled.png?resize=2048%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michaelrowe01.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-24-at-16.33.32-scaled.png?w=1320&amp;ssl=1 1320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michaelrowe01.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-24-at-16.33.32-scaled.png?w=1980&amp;ssl=1 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of my favorite experiences growing up was pulling a new album off the shelf, placing it on my turntable, and reading the liner notes and lyrics while listening to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After converting my music to digital, I lost that experience.  I still have all my albums, so, I figured, why not catalog them and relive that experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I then learned from friends and family, that why don&#8217;t I just setup an account on Discogs, or buy one of the app subscriptions which will let me capture the data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I already pay way too much in monthly and yearly subscriptions, and uploading my album information to Discogs, means someone else knows what I like and probably will monetize my data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don&#8217;t want to be the product&#8230; And just like some of those old LPs that were never re-released on streaming, I want to own my own data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is how Vinyl Trackr was born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Using Apple&#8217;s SwiftData and CloudKit data, your album collection is synchronized from your mac, to your iPhone\/iPad, and if you have it your VisionPro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the VisionPro, this is my first app to use an, you can check out the video while I wait for app approval on visionOS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EqlhHUG036k?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vinyl Trackr is result of about a year&#8217;s brain storming on something I love &#8211; Music! 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