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Add or Subtract Play Count v2.0 
Add or subtract a user-entered number from the current Play Count of each selected track. If the Play count is 0 then its Last Played date will be earsed (iTunes 8.1 or better).
Also see New Play Count.
- Latest version:
- Erases played count when play count is '0' - iTunes 8.1 or better
- Info:
- build type: Universal Binary
- written by Doug Adams
- latest version posted: March 12, 2009
- latest version downloads: 1574 | total downloads: 10026
- zip download size: 94.2K
New Play Count v2.0
Set the Play Count of the selected tracks to the same number. (iTunes has the ability to "Reset Play Count" to 0 from a track's contextual menu.)
Also see Add or Subtract Play Count.
- Latest version:
- Universal binary
- Erases play date if play count is 0 - (iTunes 8.1 or better)
- Info:
- build type: Universal Binary
- written by Doug Adams
- latest version posted: March 12, 2009
- latest version downloads: 1067 | total downloads: 8499
- zip download size: 93K
Add or Subtract Skip Count v2.0
Add or subtract a user-entered number from the current Skip Count of each selected track. If the Skip count is 0 then its Last Skipped date will be earsed (iTunes 8.1 or better).
- Latest version:
- Universal binary
- Erases played count when play count is '0' - iTunes 8.1 or better
- Info:
- build type: Plain AppleScript
- written by Doug Adams
- latest version posted: March 12, 2009
- latest version downloads: 139 | total downloads: 1323
- zip download size: 94.2K
Purchase Date to Comments v1.0
This script will copy the purchased date--if available--of the selected tracks to the comment tag of each. You can choose either UTC format ("2008-12-27") or localized Short date format ("12/27/08"). UTC dates will be placed at the beginning of any existing comment text to allow tracks to be sorted by comment. Short dates will be placed after any existing comment text. (In either case, Smart Playlists could be created using "Comment contains 2008-12" or "Comment starts with 2008-12".)
- Info:
- build type: Universal Binary
- written by Doug Adams
- posted: February 26, 2009
- total downloads: 230
- zip download size: 169.3K
Reset Bookmarks to Start v2.0
(Formerly "Reset Bookmarks".) This script will reset the bookmark of each selected track to its Start Time, effectively clearing the bookmark from its position later in the track. Tracks which have been set to "remember playback position" or which are "M4B" types will have a bookmark position.
- Latest version:
- Generally updated
- Runs as universal binary
- Info:
- build type: Universal Binary
- written by Doug Adams
- latest version posted: December 3, 2008
- latest version downloads: 411 | total downloads: 1765
- zip download size: 124.8K
Reset Tracks Start-Stop v1.0
This script will reset the Start and (optionally) the Stop Time of the selected tracks--or all the tracks of the selected playlist--to "0:00" and (optionally) their entire duration, respectively.
- Info:
- build type: Universal Binary
- written by Doug Adams
- posted: December 3, 2008
- total downloads: 476
- zip download size: 125.9K
Selected Tags to Lyrics v1.1
Primarily for iPhone and iPhone touch users, this script will copy any combination of Name, Artist, Album, Grouping, Composer, BPM, Comment, (Long) Description, Year and/or Bit Rate tags to the Lyrics tag of the selected tracks, such that this info will be available with a tap when the track is playing. Can append to or replace current Lyrics info.
- Latest version:
- Accounts for description and long description, preferring the latter
- Adds "year" and "bit rate" as options
- Info:
- build type: Universal Binary
- written by Doug Adams
- latest version posted: August 20, 2008
- latest version downloads: 1479 | total downloads: 2084
- zip download size: 289.3K
Make Video Tags v1.2
Simply and quickly edit basic tags of a multiple selection of video tracks in iTunes, including show, video kind, season number, description, long description, comments, lyrics, artist, album, genre, rating and enabled; set played/not played; options to automatically increment track numbers and episode numbers and IDs. I created this AppleScript Studio application for my own use--it's a more thorough big brother to my Set Video Kind of Selected script--when ripping DVDs with Handbrake.
Requires Mac OS 10.4 or better.
- Latest version:
- Enabled Checkbox added
- Compatible with iTunes v7.7.1
- v1.1:
- Can open files and add them to iTunes
- Send or sync tracks to iPod
- Adds "Ratings" tag
- Updates Help pages
- Other minor performance enhancements
- Info:
- build type: Application
- written by Doug Adams
- latest version posted: August 7, 2008
- latest version downloads: 4401 | total downloads: 8843
- zip download size: 1350.9K
Clipboard to Multi-Tracks Lyrics v1.0
This script will paste the contents of the clipboard to the Lyrics tag of each selected iTunes track. (For instance, you want the same lyric text for each of your six copies of "Sugar Magnolia".)
- Info:
- build type: Universal Binary
- written by Doug Adams
- posted: August 7, 2008
- total downloads: 472
- zip download size: 242.6K
Rate Me! Rate Me! v3.0
This stay-open applet watches your playing tracks and when an un-rated track starts playing displays a dialog with a demand it be rated.
While you could easily rate the current track from the iTunes icon in the Dock, this script interrupts you and compels you to do so.
- Info:
- build type: Universal Binary
- written by Doug Adams
- latest version posted: May 15, 2008
- latest version downloads: 1692 | total downloads: 5525
- zip download size: 150.5K
