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January 4 2023 - 10:21 pm

UPDATED: Needle Drop v7.6

This applet plays each track in the selected Music playlist for a set time interval optionally starting at a set number of seconds into each track, beginning with the selected track. Handy for 'scoping playlists.

Needle Drop will work best on tracks that have local files. Un-cached tracks streamed from the cloud may upset timing while audio is being downloaded.

Also see Audition End.

Latest version:

  • Maintenance and minor performance fixes
  • Accommodations for macOS 13 Ventura

More information for Needle Drop v7.6 and download link is here.

January 4 2023 - 10:12 pm

UPDATED: Display File Path v3.2

This script will float alongside the Music app and continuously monitor it for a single track to be selected and display that track's file path (if it exists); or the script can be set to likewise display the file path of each playing track. Includes Show in Finder and Copy Path to Clipboard options.

Latest version:

  • Maintenance and minor performance fixes
  • Accommodations for macOS 13 Ventura

More information for Display File Path v3.2 and download link is here.

January 4 2023 - 10:02 pm

UPDATED: Copy Tracks to Multiple Playlists v6.2

This script will copy the selected tracks to one or more chosen playlists--or move them, after which they will be removed from the source playlist (if possible; tracks cannot be removed from dynamically populated playlists).

Also see Remove From Other Playlists.

Latest version:

  • Maintenance and minor performance fixes
  • Accommodations for macOS 13 Ventura

More information for Copy Tracks to Multiple Playlists v6.2 and download link is here.

January 1 2023 - 12:54 pm

UPDATED: Show Me The Metadata v3.2

This script will display the audio metadata and the Spotlight metadata for the file of a selected track in the Music app or user-selected audio file, or a drag-and-dropped Music track or audio file. Includes additional features to display embedded artwork and activate the Finder's Information Window for the file.

Latest version:

  • Maintenance and minor performance fixes
  • Accommodations for macOS 13 Ventura

More information for Show Me The Metadata v3.2 and download link is here.

January 1 2023 - 12:46 pm

UPDATED: Save Album Art to Album Folder v7.2

This script will export the artwork of each of the selected tracks (or the tracks in a selected playlist) as an image file to the folder which contains each selected track's file--presumably each track's Album folder--or to a single user-selected folder. If multiple album tracks are selected, the script will make sure only one artwork file per Album is exported.

Also see Save Album Art as folder.jpg.

Latest version:

  • Maintenance and minor performance fixes
  • Accommodations for macOS 13 Ventura

More information for Save Album Art to Album Folder v7.2 and download link is here.

January 1 2023 - 12:36 pm

UPDATED: Save Album Art as folder.jpg v5.2

This script will export the artwork of the selected tracks or tracks in the selected playlist as a JPEG image file named folder.jpg to the folder which contains each selected track's file--presumably the track's Album folder. Many third-party music players and systems may look for a "folder.jpg" here to use as display artwork. If multiple album tracks are selected, the script will make sure only one image file per Album is exported.

Also see Save Album Art to Album Folder.

Latest version:

  • Maintenance and minor performance fixes
  • Accommodations for macOS 13 Ventura

More information for Save Album Art as folder.jpg v5.2 and download link is here.

January 1 2023 - 12:12 pm

UPDATED: Insert Text into Tag v1.1

This script will insert the same user-entered text at a specific position in the designated tag of each selected track.

Latest version:

  • Maintenance and minor performance fixes
  • Accommodations for macOS 13 Ventura

More information for Insert Text into Tag v1.1 and download link is here.

January 1 2023 - 12:02 pm

UPDATED: Append to Selected Tag v6.2

Append the same user-entered text to the beginning or ending of the existing text in the chosen tag--Title, Artist (Director), Album Artist, Album, Composer, Comments, Genre, Grouping, Show (or their Sort siblings), Work or Movement--in each selected track.

Latest version:

  • Maintenance and minor performance fixes
  • Accommodations for macOS 13 Ventura

More information for Append to Selected Tag v6.2 and download link is here.

December 31 2022 - 11:58 am

UPDATED: Restore Artwork from Album Folder v4.6

This script will look for an image file in the parent folder of each selected track's file--presumably its Album folder in which you have previously placed an image file of some sort--and apply the data from that image file as artwork for the track.

Also see Save Album Art to Album Folder and Save Album Art as folder.jpg which assist with exporting album artwork as image files.

December 31 2022 - 11:36 am

UPDATED: Remove Leading-Trailing Spaces v3.2

This script will remove any number of extra space characters at the beginning and ending of chosen tags (Title, Artist/Director, Album Artist, Album, Composer, Genre, Grouping, Movement, Work and Show) in the selected tracks.

Latest version:

  • Maintenance and minor performance fixes
  • Accommodations for macOS 13 Ventura

More information for Remove Leading-Trailing Spaces v3.2 and download link is here.

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