Recommendations by Task
Here, in no particular order, are a few iTunes script recommendations that perform some commonly asked-for tasks.
Be sure to also see the Missing Menu Commands and Spare Parts pages.
Track Tag Manipulation
Switching, changing, modifying tag data (see track tag text editing scripts below)
- This Tag That Tag v3.2
Applet assists with swapping, copying, appending data between track tags - Artist - Name Corrector v2.1
Correct song titles listed as "Artist - Song Name" - Copy Tag Info Tracks to Tracks v3.1
Copy chosen tag info from one set of tracks to a different set of tracks - Artist to Album Artist v2.1
Copy Artist to Album Artist of selected tracks - Albumize Selection v2.1
Renumber order of selected tracks - Sundry Info To Comments v3.2
Paste non-ID3 Tag track and file related info into Category, Comments, or Description tag
Track Tag Text Editing
- Remove n Characters From Front or Back v4.6
Delete characters from the beginning or ending of selected tracks' name, artist, album, comments, composer, or show tags - Proper English Title Capitalization v2.0
Title Cap various track tags, featuring editable exceptions list - Search-Replace Tag Text v3.4
Perform search-and-replace on text in your choice of tags - Put Track Prefix to Track Number v2.0
Copy number prefix in Song Name of selected tracks to their track number tag - Track Number to Song Name Prefix v2.1
Append the track number of selected tracks to Song Name - Append to Selected Tag v2.2
Append user-entered text to beginning or ending of selected tag of each selected track - Track Name Edit with sed v1.1
Edit track name tags using sed commands
Exporting Files
- Export Files to Folder v1.2
Copy files of selected tracks to playlist-named folder - Export to Album Folders v1.1
Export files of selected tracks into Album folders - Convert and Export v2.0
Convert selected tracks and export the converted files to a new folder - Export Selected With M3U v1.1
Copy files of selected tracks or playlist to new location with M3U file referencing them - File Renamer v2.3
Use tag data to formulate new file name for selected tracks' files
Ratings, Play Counts, Dates
- Add-Subtract A Half Star
Increase or decrease ratings by a half-star - Rate Me! Rate Me! v4.1
Applet compels you to rate unrated current track - New Play Count v2.0
Set the Plays of selected tracks. - Add or Subtract Play Count v2.0
Add or subtract a user-entered number from each selected track's Plays - New Last Played Date v3.1
Set new Last Played/Last Skipped of selected tracks - Disable Dated Tracks
Uncheck tracks of selected playlists whose last played date is before a user-entered date
Track Manipulation/Organization
Moving/copying/gathering tracks from one place to another
- Block Party! v2.1
Create a Block Party! playlist of random Artists and specific number of their random songs to be played in a row - Not In Any Playlist To Playlist v1.0
Search iTunes or iPod library for tracks not assigned to Playlists, copy them to new Playlist - Track Down Purchases v2.1
Sort purchased tracks into discrete playlists by name or account ID
Artwork
- Embed Artwork v2.0
Embed Store-downloaded artwork into selected tracks' files - Find Album Artwork with Google v2.6
Perform a Google image search for album artwork - Save Album Art to Album Folder v4.3
Export artwork of selected tracks to parent or specified folder - Save Album Art as folder.jpg v2.4
Export album artwork as folder.jpg to Album folder - Restore Artwork from Album Folder v2.2
Restore each selected track's artwork from an image file stored in its Album folder
Transport Control
- Play Random Album v3.1
Creates and plays playlist using tracks from album chosen at random - Needle Drop v3.0
Play through each track in a playlist at your set interval - Just Play This One v3.0
Play the selected track and stop - A Space Between v1.0
Applet plays tracks with a user-set duration of silence between each track - Skip Back or Ahead v1.0
Advance or rewind the currently playing track an entered number of seconds - Change Pitch of Song v2.0
Use QuickTime to change the pitch of selected tracks - Have a Quick Look v1.0
View selected tracks, PDFs in QuickLook windows
General Library Tidying
- Delete 'Continuous' Tracks
Remove audio stream tracks - Delete All Lyrics v1.1
Deletes the lyrics of every track in the Music playlist - Delete Lyrics v2.0
Delete lyrics from the selected tracks - Merge-Delete Playlists v3.2
Batch merge and/or delete playlists - Delete Empty Playlists v2.0
Delete empty playlists
Playlist Assist