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September 23 2013 - 12:12 pm

iTunes 11.1 Breaks Some Airplay scripting

[UPDATE: iTunes 11.1.2 addresses and fixes this issue.]

The latest version of iTunes breaks some scripts I posted when Airplay scripting was introduced back in the Spring.

Specifically, an error will be generated doing something as simple as this:

tell application "iTunes"

set apDevices to (get AirPlay devices)

end tell

Come on. It's gotta be a bug, right? You can still get properties of AirPlay devices and set the current AirPlay devices property by device name:

tell application "iTunes"

set apDevices to (get name of AirPlay devices)

--> {"Computer", "Doug's AirPort Express"}

set current AirPlay devices to AirPlay device "Computer"

end tell

Waiting to see how this evolves.

September 21 2013 - 10:20 am

NEW: Multi-Media Items Edit

For reasons not yet clear, as of iTunes 11.1, multi-item editing is no longer possible when a track selection contains mixed media kinds, audio and PDF for example. Kirk explains the matter here.

The script Multi-Media Items Edit provides basic tag editing for a selection of tracks of any media kind.

Wondering why your favorite tag or option isn't included? Just keeping it simple, friend-o.

September 18 2013 - 1:01 pm

iTunes 11.1 with iTunes Radio Available

Apple has made iTunes 11.1 available to download today just ahead of the iOS 7 release. iTunes 11.1 sports iTunes Radio, which you may or may not think is the greatest thing since MP3s (I'm not exactly thrilled with it, but I think most people will like it).

iTunes Radio is 'scriptable to a degree and I'll have more on that later.

September 2 2013 - 4:33 pm

Dupin v2.7.2/Dupin Lite v1.3 Now Available

I was so busy over the weekend fighting bugs in the latest release of Dupin that I neglected to post that there actually are new versions available (here in the US it was Labor Day weekend, the irony of which is not lost on me).

I'm pleased to announce that Dupin and Dupin Lite have been updated with some new features, some minor fixes and enhancements, and are ready for OS X 10.9 Mavericks.

Dupin is your iTunes duplicates manager.

As Macworld recently wrote, both Dupin and Dupin Lite "do a much better job than iTunes' Show Duplicate Items command of finding and zapping duplicate files, letting you easily tame overflowing libraries." Dupin has a few more power features, such as Re-Playlisting and Consolidate History. Dupin Lite has the same Get Dupes-Filter-Purge tools without the power-user features and is available at the Mac App Store.

Both now incorporate QuickLook auditioning (added in Dupin v2.6) and support Notifications. New to both is "dead" track detection, which will enable you to ignore or delete detected "dead" track duplicates.

You can download the latest version of Dupin here, or click "Check for Update" in your current version.

Dupin Lite is on the Mac App Store, or you can update through the App Store.app from the "Updates" panel.

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