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Delete characters from the beginning or ending of selected tracks' name, artist, album, comments, composer, or show tags

This script lets you delete a specified number of characters from either the beginning or the ending of the Song Name, Album, Artist, Comments, Composer or Show tag (or their "Sort" siblings) of each selected track. For example, delete the initial digits and the space from "01 First Track", "02 Second Track", and so on.

OS X 10.6 or 10.7 only. Previous universal version available at the link below in the "Info" section.

    Latest version:
  • Provides preview for each selected track
  • Displays progress during processing
  • v4.1:
  • Accounts for iTunes full screen mode in Lion
  • v4.0:
  • Written as a Cocoa-AppleScript Applet for Snow Leopard or better only
  • Consolidates all settings into a single window
  • Adds corresponding Sort tags
  • Displays "Example" field
 
Remove n Characters From Front or Back screenshot

"Remove n Characters From Front or Back" removes a specified number of characters from either the beginning or the ending of the Song Name, Album, Artist, Comments, Composer, or Show tag of each selected track.

 

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