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iTunes 9.1 - more special kind changes
Speaking of special kind kinds: you will find "Genius", "iTunes U", and "Library" added and "Videos" removed. Wondering about "Library", I did a
tell application "iTunes" to get every playlist whose special kind is library
...and came up with {}, so perhaps this is--surprisingly--Book related. Interesting how I entered "Library" and AppleScript Editor changed it to "library".
"Videos" used to refer to music videos which are part of the "Music" library.
I have received emails (already) pointing out that the "Applications" library has been renamed to "Apps". I would have mentioned it, but since that library playlist is not 'scriptable, well, it's not really in my purview.
More as it develops.
iTunes 9.1 Released with Changes
Apple has released iTunes 9.1 just in time for your iPad's arrival on Saturday.
Looks like AppleScript Application Bundles are still not displaying in the iTunes Script menu. I'm wondering now if this is permanent. (They still display in the system-wide Script Menu when placed in (or aliased to) your ~/Library/Scripts/Applications/iTunes/ folder.)
The "Audiobooks" master library is now "Books" and its special kind is changed from Audiobooks to Books. AppleScripts that use the old Audiobooks special kind will need to be updated to use Books in iTunes 9.1 and better. However, it looks like your audiobook files will remain in a "Audiobooks" folder for those of us using iTunes Media organization. Presumably, eBooks will go in a separate folder--"Books"? "eBooks"? "iBooks"? Our first eBook download for the iPad and eventual iTunes sync will tell the tale.
So far, this is the only change I've seen. More as it develops
[UPDATE: After a re-start, AppleScript app bundles were back in the Script menu!]
UPDATED: Export Artwork v2.0
Export Artwork saves the artwork of the single selected track to a user-chosen folder as a PNG or JPG file, with scaling options. Default location is the folder containing the selected track's file, however any location can be selected.
This latest version fixes a problem creating the graphics file with iTunes 9 under Snow Leopard, and is generally updated after two years.
iTunes 9.0.3 is Released
Apple has released iTunes 9.0.3. Fixes:
- iTunes no longer ignores your "Remember password for purchases" setting.
- Addresses problems with syncing some Smart Playlists and Podcasts with iPod.
- Resolves a problem recognizing when iPod is connected.
- Addresses issues that affect stability and performance.
My download went faster from the download page than from Software Update.
Happily, AppleScript applications now appear as they should in the iTunes Script menu, which was a bug introduced in v9.0.2. Thanks!
Wait wait wait. Some apps appear and some apps don't. Guess I'd better investigate further :P
UPDATE. Nope. AppleScript application bundles do not display.
Confirmed: iTunes 9.0.2 Script Menu App Bundle Bug
iTunes 9.0.2 will not display AppleScript Application Bundles in its Script menu. The apps are still where they are supposed to be, ~/Library/iTunes/Scripts/ or /Library/iTunes/Scripts/, and they still work when fired from the Finder. It's just that iTunes doesn't recognize them for inclusion in the Script Menu. Apple is aware of the issue.
This is a problem in Snow Leopard since the default build type for AppleScript applications is the bundled type--there is no longer an option to create "plain" application scripts. Thus any AppleScript applications created in Snow Leopard will not appear in iTunes' Script menu, as well as, of course, any AppleScript application ever saved as Application Bundle.
Scripts affected will display Kind: Application (Universal) in their Get Info window.
Affected apps that you simply gotta access while iTunes is frontmost can be copied/moved to ~/Library/Scripts/Applications/iTunes/ and they will appear in the system-wide Scripts menu.
Apps Not Displaying
On further investigation, it appears that AppleScript applications with bundles are not displaying in the iTunes 9.0.2 Script menu. This means that any app written under 10.6 will not appear since app bundles are the default application build style. Apps written without bundles pre-10.6 will display. Regular scripts, with or without bundles, seem fine.
UPDATE: ScriptPal is a good workaround.
Interesting iTunes 9.0.2 Mystery
A Correspondent alerted me to an unusual behavior with iTunes 9.0.2 and the script application Needle Drop: it doesn't appear in iTunes' Script menu, under Leopard or Snow Leopard. I don't know what to suspect yet.
Of course, it still works if you double-click it in the Finder, but that kind of defeats the purpose of having a Script menu.
I will investigate.
iTunes Status Display Sees Your Selection
Rob Griffiths points out that in iTunes 9, as you are selecting or de-selecting tracks in any playlist or library, the size and time in the status display along the bottom of the iTunes browser window increases or decreases respectively. Neat!
Grab Lyrics from iTunes LP? No.
If you are about to email me with something along these lines: Hey! Is it possible to get the lyrics from an iTunes LP and put them in the individual tracks' lyrics tag? That'd be great!
The lyrics you see displayed in an iTunes LP are .png image files and the lyrics cannot be scraped as text.
