About TapeDeck
A new audio recorder exclusively for Mac OS X 10.5, designed with a quick-capture workflow in mind. You’re never more than a single mouse click (or keystroke) away from making a new recording, which are called, unsurprisingly, “tapes.” TapeDeck records directly to compressed MP4-AAC audio, making it equally useful for quick high-fidelity samples or hours and hours of lecture.

As you can see, TapeDeck was designed to emulate a real cassette tape recorder (perhaps you have a similar model in your basement), but with a few key differences:
- Every recording you ever make is immediately saved in the box of Tapes.
- You cannot record over an existing tape; clicking Record automatically starts a new tape for you.

Of course, TapeDeck improves on the traditional tape recorder in a number of ways:
- In much the same way that digital cameras made film “free,” TapeDeck makes tapes “free”: you’ll never run out of tape (until you run out of disk space).
- TapeDeck’s recording quality is far better than that of an audiocassette. You can adjust the recording quality to trade file size for recording length.
- An audiocassette has a label (where you can write a little bit) and a case liner (where you can write a lot). TapeDeck has these too, but they’re full-text searchable.
- Tapes are standard .m4a audio files, so you can copy them into iTunes and synchronize them with your iPod, or email tapes to others.

To record with TapeDeck, you must have a built-in microphone, use device plugged into your Mac’s line-in port (such as a microphone, record player, etc.), or another audio input device (USB input, Bluetooth headset, etc.).

What’s New in this Version
- Upload to YouTube option for easily sharing recordings with friends/family
- TapeDeck can import and export audio in various formats supported by QuickTime
- Renaming a tape that’s stopped at the end should no longer cause it to be unplayable until the next selection was made
- There is no more slowdown due to battery during the evaluation period
- Users can now seek/play/review while buttons are held down, just like some real tape recorders
- Reviewing a tape to the beginning no longer causes the playhead to appear at the end of the tape
- Commands that are disabled during recording are now reflected as disabled in the menu
- Users can no longer delete an in-progress recording
- The window may no longer be dragged by the buttons used to disclose the tape drawer
- A custom folder icon is used when creating the TapeDeck library directory
- The ‘tape does not exist’ message should no longer show up when deleting a tape that has been recently renamed
- Acknowledgements now appear in the about box
- Recordings are now done in much higher quality, with HQ now at 320kbps