Managing Playlists 1 2 3 

Move Playlists to Folder v2.3

This script will move the playlists you select to a new or existing Folder. (That is, an iTunes folder; not a Finder folder.)

iTunes 6.0.2 or better required; previous versions do not support moving playlists with AppleScript.

Also see Rescue Playlists from Folder

Latest version:
• Works with iTunes 10

Info:
• short url: http://dougscripts.com/383
• build type: Universal Binary
• written by Doug Adams
• latest version posted: September 2, 2010
• latest version downloads: 4 | total downloads: 6805
• zip download size: 94.2K

Delete Empty Playlists v1.0

This script will delete all empty playlists, or allow you to select just the empty playlists you want to delete. Smart playlists are ignored.

Info:
• short url: http://dougscripts.com/469
• build type: Universal Binary
• written by Doug Adams
• posted: June 2, 2010
• total downloads: 318
• zip download size: 95K

Dumb Down Genius Mix Playlist v1.2

This script will copy the tracks of a playing Genius Mix playlist to a new "dumb" (regular) playlist, which, for example, can be copied/sync'd to older iPods that do not accommodate Genius Mixes. You can subsequently copy the contents of additional Genius Mix playlists to the new playlist, refill it, or create more. (Each Genius Mix playlist only contains about 70 tracks maximum, which is why you may have several, say, "Rock Mix" playlists.)

Requires iTunes 9 or better.

Latest version:
• Fixes issues with various localizations

Info:
• short url: http://dougscripts.com/463
• build type: Universal Binary
• written by Pedro Espinosa and Doug Adams
• latest version posted: September 28, 2009
• latest version downloads: 2885 | total downloads: 3061
• zip download size: 126K

Assimilate View Options v2.2

This script re-creates a selected playlist (excepting playlists within folders and the "special" playlists Purchased, Podcasts, iTunes DJ (Party Shuffle), Audibooks, TV Shows, and Movies) so its View Options are the same as the main Music library (taking advantage of the fact that new playlists acquire the Music library's View Options).

Info:
• short url: http://dougscripts.com/022
• build type: Universal Binary
• written by Jack Gill and Doug Adams
• latest version posted: August 28, 2009
• latest version downloads: 1004 | total downloads: 4769
• zip download size: 101.6K

Compare Two Playlists v2.1

Quickly compares the contents of any two playlists and creates a text file on the Desktop listing the tracks that are common to both and exclusive to each.

Info:
• short url: http://dougscripts.com/268
• build type: Universal Binary
• written by Doug Adams
• latest version posted: August 28, 2009
• latest version downloads: 958 | total downloads: 3920
• zip download size: 126.8K

Block Party! v2.1

Create a "Block Party" playlist of random Artists and a specific number of their randomly selected songs arranged in a row ("two-fers", "three-fers", and so on).

(Maybe broadcast radio stations still do this, but back in the day, we'd have "Two-fer Tuesdays", "Three-fer Thursdays", or "Block Party Weekends" that played seemingly random track sets of an an artist. Always a cume-builder.)

Info:
• short url: http://dougscripts.com/299
• build type: Universal Binary
• written by Doug Adams
• latest version posted: August 28, 2009
• latest version downloads: 1000 | total downloads: 7548
• zip download size: 114.4K

Batch-Delete Playlists v2.1

This script will allow you to delete any number of selected playlists or folders from iTunes or the iPod at once. iTunes 4.9 or better.

Very handy when assigned a keyboard shortcut.

Info:
• short url: http://dougscripts.com/368
• build type: Universal Binary
• written by Doug Adams
• latest version posted: August 28, 2009
• latest version downloads: 543 | total downloads: 3859
• zip download size: 169.3K

Divvy Up For DVDs v2.0

This script will create DVD-sized (no greater than aproximately 4.37GB) playlists from a selection of tracks or the tracks in a selected playlist in preparation for burning as a DVD data disc. Playlists will be named sequentially, for example, "My Name Is Earl, Season 2 - Disc 1", "My Name Is Earl, Season 2 - Disc 2", and so on. Optionally, the playlists can be moved to a new folder.

Info:
• short url: http://dougscripts.com/436
• build type: Universal Binary
• written by Doug Adams
• latest version posted: May 16, 2008
• latest version downloads: 789 | total downloads: 1348
• zip download size: 133.2K

Rescue Playlists from Folder v1.1

This script will extricate all of the playlists in a selected Folder at once by making a copy of each in the Source column and then deleting the original from the selected parent Folder.

(If you have the patience, playlists can be moved out of a Folder by dragging each one, one at a time, to the left edge of the Source column.)

Also see Move Playlists to Folder.

Info:
• short url: http://dougscripts.com/446
• build type: Universal Binary
• written by Doug Adams
• latest version posted: May 10, 2008
• total downloads: 738
• zip download size: 104.9K

SaveFave v1.1

This script applet copies the track currently playing to a playlist called "Favorites". It will create a "Favorites" playlist if none exists. You can edit it to change the default playlist name from "Favorites" to something you find more appropriate, instructions in the "Read Me".

Info:
• short url: http://dougscripts.com/189
• build type: Plain AppleScript
• written by Doug Adams
• latest version posted: June 24, 2005
• latest version downloads: 1865 | total downloads: 2402
• zip download size: 39.4K