I finally decided to give streaming music a try last week after I heard that Rdio (don’t ask me how to pronounce it) was releasing a Mac desktop client. Recently I’ve been looking for ways to break my iTunes addiction, but services like Pandora and Grooveshark don’t work for me because I hate having to keep a web browser open in order to listen to music.

After just a couple days, I’m proud to say that my exorbitant music spending is a thing of the past, because Rdio has officially replaced iTunes on my dock.

Here’s a quick breakdown of how the Rdio service works. By signing up for a $9.99 monthly subscription, you get unlimited music streaming to your computers and mobile devices. When browsing or searching through the Rdio catalog of tunes, you add albums to your “collection” and can build playlists that are synced with the cloud. If you are getting on a plane or heading to an area without a network connection, you can temporarily download content to your phone for offline playback.

Now those things are all nice, but they’re worthless unless the service has the music you want to listen to. I was pretty skeptical about Rdio’s catalog since there is so much talk in the tech world about the trouble Spotify is having while trying to secure deals with all the major record labels. However, I am overly impressed by what Rdio has to offer. The numbers don’t lie: I had music from 150 artists in my iTunes library, and Rdio had 143 of them available for immediate streaming. That’s over 95 percent. The Rdio Mac app even has a cool feature that will automatically go through your iTunes library and add the matching content to your online collection.

Obviously, not everyone is going to have the same level of success with Rdio’s catalog as I did (especially if you listen to more obscure artists). That’s why I suggest that, if you are looking to wean yourself off of iTunes like me, sign up for the Rdio seven-day free trial just to see how much of your current library is available.

I knew I had made the right choice to switch to Rdio when I looked at my iTunes shopping cart. The six albums in it would have cost me $62 from Apple’s service. They’re all available on Rdio right now, and I’ll be listening to them for the rest of the month for just $10.