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There came a time at my house when I had to get rid of a bunch of playlists. Like about 100. That I was very attached to. So I didn't really want to trash them. Instead, I exported each one as an XML file.
But wait! After exporting just three of them (click "File", click "Library", click "Export Playlist...", click "Save"), the first thing I did was assign a Command-E keyboard shortcut to the "Export Playlist..." menu item. Are you kidding? Of course I did.
Then it occurred to me that if I could only export one playlist at a time, what are the chances that I can only import them one at a time. Unfortunately, the chances are excellent for that.
So I wrote a really simple script that can choose a batch of exported playlist XML files—providing they are all in the same folder, like ~/Music/Export Playlist XMLs/ or something—and load them into the Music app.
try
set thePaths to (choose file with prompt "Choose one or more Playlist XML files:" of type {"xml"} with multiple selections allowed)
on error
return
end try
repeat with f in thePaths
tell application "Music"
try
add POSIX path of (f as text)
on error m
display dialog m with title "Music sez:" with icon 2
end try
end tell
end repeat
Click on the little script icon there to open this in your Script Editor and then save it as a "Script Bundle" named whatever you like, perhaps "Playlist XML Onloader". Save it in ~/Library/Music/Scripts/ so that it will appear in the Music app's "Script" menu.
