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I occasionally have need to access the files of tracks that may not always be in the same "Album" folder. iTunes has a "Show in Finder" command (Shift-Command-R) for single tracks so to reveal all the files from disparate folders I have to "Show in Finder" each of the tracks, one at a time.
But what if I could open each selected track's file's folder in its own tab in a single Finder window? Like this:
Each tab is the containing folder for the file of each selected track and each file is highlighted. Even if two or more files are in the same folder the folder will get its own tab for each file.
The script follows:
tell application "iTunes"
set sel to (get a reference to selection)
if sel is {} then
return
end if
try
set theLocations to (get location of sel)
on error
return
end try
end tell
tell application "Finder"
set firstOneDone to false
repeat with i from 1 to (theLocations's length)
set thisAlias to item i of theLocations
if thisAlias is not missing value then
## just open the windows as necessary, no tabs behavior:
-- open thisAlias's container
## or, reveal each file in its own tab in a single window:
if firstOneDone then
tell application "System Events" to keystroke "t" using command down
delay 0.2 -- helpful, u may need to increase
set target of front window to thisAlias's container
reveal thisAlias
else
make new Finder window
set current view of front window to list view -- or icon view; NOT column view
set target of front window to thisAlias's container
reveal thisAlias
set firstOneDone to true
activate
end if
end if
end repeat
end tell
Save this with a format of "Script" and named whatever you like to your ~Library/iTunes/Scripts/ folder. To use it, just select some tracks in iTunes and launch the script from the iTunes Script menu. I wouldn't select too many tracks.
Yes, it uses System Events and GUI scripting to create each new tab so you may have to set some Accesssibility options in System Preferences.
If you prefer, you can change the current view setting from list view to icon view. Using column view screws things right up.
I found the delay statement was helpful if the Finder wasn't spry enough grabbing the folder. You may need to increase it if a new tab doesn't get the folder fast enough and continues to display the default window contents (like your home folder or whatever it may be).
I've also included a line that will just open each window instead of the single window with tabs. If you'd rather use that then comment-out/un-comment the appropriate sections.
