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Scripts that assist in changing, updating, editing track info (ID3 tag data), or perform other tasks based on track info.

 

Filenames to Song Names

This script will rename the selected tracks in iTunes with their filenames (minus the extension).

There is no accounting for track numbers that may prefix the filename. To remove characters from the beginning of your Song Names try using the script Remove n Characters From Front.

    Info:
  • short url: http://dougscripts.com/328
  • build type: Plain AppleScript
  • written by Doug Adams
  • latest version posted: April 15, 2005
  • total downloads: 12443
  • zip download size: 106.8K
 

Sundry Info To Comments

Copies your single choice of file name, file path (location), parent folder name, current playlist, volume, file comments, file creation date, database id, file creator, or file type to each selected track's comment tag. These are data are not normally accessible from within iTunes. By placing in the track's comment tag, you will have it available, even to sort by (when you sort by comments).

    Info:
  • short url: http://dougscripts.com/292
  • build type: Plain AppleScript
  • written by Doug Adams
  • latest version posted: March 19, 2005
  • total downloads: 2941
  • zip download size: 48.1K
 

Copy Track Info to CD Tracks v1.3

As of version 4, iTunes has a "Replace Existing" option when users are re-importing CD tracks to replace existing tracks. The problem is that iTunes will only allow this option if the ID3 info for the CD tracks and the current iTunes tracks is identical. This script writes the writable info from selected tracks to the info of a CD; when you re-rip, the CD track data is already the way you want it.

    Info:
  • short url: http://dougscripts.com/045
  • build type: Plain AppleScript
  • written by John Paul Davis
  • latest version posted: February 25, 2005
  • latest version downloads: 2307 | total downloads: 3500
  • zip download size: 115.6K
 

Fix HTML Entities

This script will search the selected Playlist for tracks whose tags (Song Name, Album, Artist, Composer, Grouping, and Comments) contain HTML entities and convert them to their text equivalents.

    Info:
  • short url: http://dougscripts.com/313
  • build type: Plain AppleScript
  • written by Steve Meuse
  • posted: February 9, 2005
  • total downloads: 810
  • zip download size: 121K
 

Remember These Tags For A Sec' v1.4

This script applet stores the tags of the selected iTunes track (as a script property). Later, when you select another track and run the script again, it will paste the stored tags to that track. You are able to choose which tags you want stored.

    Info:
  • short url: http://dougscripts.com/170
  • build type: Plain AppleScript
  • written by Doug Adams
  • latest version posted: November 13, 2004
  • latest version downloads: 2182 | total downloads: 3302
  • zip download size: 67.7K
 

Put Track Prefix to Track Number v1.5

For each selected track whose name begins with a number (of 1 to 3 digits) the script will copy the number to the track's track number tag.

This script used to also remove the track number text from the Song Name, but no longer does so. For that use Remove n Characters From Front

(Also see Number Prefix to Track Number, which only works with 2 digit numbers.)

    Info:
  • short url: http://dougscripts.com/161
  • build type: Plain AppleScript
  • written by Doug Adams
  • latest version posted: September 21, 2004
  • latest version downloads: 10028 | total downloads: 11814
  • zip download size: 40.5K
 

Fix Broken Tracks

This script attempts to merge the data of so-called "dead tracks" (iTunes tracks designated with (!)) with the real track that you have re-added to your iTunes Library. Read Me explains more.

    Info:
  • short url: http://dougscripts.com/286
  • build type: Plain AppleScript
  • written by Jennifer Croft
  • posted: July 6, 2004
  • total downloads: 6841
  • zip download size: 112.4K
 

Albumize Selection v1.3

This script re-numbers the "Track Number _ of _" info entries in each selected track to its current order and, optionally, enters a new Album Name for every track.

    Info:
  • short url: http://dougscripts.com/010
  • build type: Plain AppleScript
  • written by Doug Adams with Wooden Brain Concepts
  • latest version posted: June 21, 2004
  • latest version downloads: 9712 | total downloads: 10588
  • zip download size: 106.8K
 

Albumize v1.2

This script re-numbers the "Track Number _ of _" tags in every track in the selected playlist to their current Play Order and, optionally, enters a new Album Name for every track.

    Info:
  • short url: http://dougscripts.com/009
  • build type: Plain AppleScript
  • written by Doug Adams
  • latest version posted: June 9, 2004
  • latest version downloads: 2162 | total downloads: 2807
  • zip download size: 106.3K
 

Remove Extension from Song Name

Remove any three-character extension (eg ".mp3", ".m4a", ".aif") from the Song Names of the selected iTunes tracks. Filenames are not affected.

    Info:
  • short url: http://dougscripts.com/276
  • build type: Plain AppleScript
  • written by Doug Adams
  • posted: April 27, 2004
  • total downloads: 3881
  • zip download size: 40.1K
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