Editing Napster (section)

===Macintosh version===
The service and software program began as [[Windows]]-only. However, in 2000, Black Hole Media wrote a Macintosh client called Macster. Macster was later bought by Napster and designated the official Mac Napster client ("Napster for the Mac"), at which point the Macster name was discontinued.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.macobserver.com/article/2000/10/25.2.shtml|title=Official Napster Client For Mac OS, OS X -- The Mac Observer|work=macobserver.com|access-date=2020-04-15|archive-date=2020-08-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809055433/https://www.macobserver.com/article/2000/10/25.2.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> Even before the acquisition of Macster, the Macintosh community had a variety of independently developed Napster clients. The most notable was the [[Open source software|open source]] client called MacStar, released by Squirrel Software in early 2000, and Rapster, released by Overcaster Family in Brazil.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.applelinks.com/mooresviews/players.shtml | title=Eight MP3 Players For The Macintosh | publisher=Applelinks | access-date=April 26, 2014 | author=Moore, Charles W. | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112184840/http://www.applelinks.com/mooresviews/players.shtml | archive-date=November 12, 2013 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> The release of MacStar's source code paved the way for third-party Napster clients across all computing platforms, giving users advertisement-free music distribution options.