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June 30 2026 - 10:39 am

UPDATED: List MIAs v6.6

Universal, for macOS 11 and later only. This applet checks your Media library for missing and presumed dead tracks—those tracks that have become disassociated from their file and which are listed with a "!"—and can delete them from the Music app or create a text file listing these tracks by last known File Path, Title, Artist and Album, which you can view using TextEdit.

Also see Super Remove Dead Tracks and Media Folder Files Not Added.

Latest version:

  • General maintenance, UI update
  • Fixes unusual issue with locating track for reveal

More information for List MIAs v6.6 and download link is here.

June 27 2026 - 9:26 am

UPDATED: Needle Drop v7.8

Needle Drop 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.

Latest version:

  • Fixed issue causing crash on engage
  • Updates UI Scripting to correct an issue that may have prevented operation
  • General maintenance

More information for Needle Drop v7.8 and download link is here.

June 3 2026 - 1:02 pm

UPDATED: Playlist XML Librarian v2.0

I've suspected for years that there would come a time when I'd want one of my AppleScript dinguses to grow up into an Xcode app. You can only do so much with a single thread. I've been using Playlist XML Librarian pretty regularly and the AppleScript incarnation just wasn't able to gimme what I need.

Playlist XML Librarian v2.0 will list the exported Playlist XML files collected in a specified folder with options to view, edit and send (import) them to the Music app. Makes it easy to maintain an organized stockpile of exported Playlist XMLs to reduce the number of onboard Music playlists.

Also see Playlist XML Viewer which can display and play a single selected local Playlist XML file drag-and-dropped or chosen.

Latest version:

  • Outgrew AppleScript, is now a full-fledged Xcode app
  • Overall speed boost
  • Checks each XML file for appearance in the Music app as status
  • Sort playlist XML list by name, date, track count, playlist kind and status
  • Additional Settings to configure status indexing and display
  • Description overspill appears in popover
  • Toggle playlist info visible

More information for Playlist XML Librarian v2.0 and download link is here.

May 20 2026 - 10:51 am

UPDATED: Remove From Other Playlists v3.0

A Correspondent recently divulged to me that his Music library contains over 5K Smart playlists. I just had to tell somebody.

It reminds me of an old Punch cartoon showing a rather ragged gentleman with a face full of bandaids and a very shabby looking growth of beard sitting at a table writing a letter: "Dear Sirs: I have used the same razor blade daily for seven months. Is this some kind of record?"

Anyway. It's good to keep yer library nice 'n' neat in my opinion. You can start with this:

Remove From Other Playlists will load, list and examine a selection of tracks from a selected playlist in the Music app and then display the other playlists that also contain them. The tracks can then be batch-removed from any one or more of these other playlists.

Latest version:

  • Initial re-release

More information for Remove From Other Playlists v3.0 and download link is here.

May 13 2026 - 2:16 pm

UPDATED: Show Me the Track Info v1.1

This script will display track info from the playing or selected track in a floating window that can be configured to show the information in a user-configured order. Eight sections within the window can be drag-arranged into their order of importance. The window can then re-sized to only display as much of the information as is necessary. Handy for quickly surveying tracks without having to click-click-click for the Music app's "Info Window".

Latest version:

  • Adds guides to sections
  • Minor UI adjustments
  • Improved info gathering
  • Setting to enable/disable clickable section to reveal file

More information for Show Me the Track Info v1.1 and download link is here.

May 12 2026 - 10:03 am

Thanks, macOS 26.5

They fixed the thing whereby you try to click to select text on either side of a colon ("openThisFile:sender") and it selects the whole thing rather than the bit you wanted. Life is fresh and wonderous again.

May 5 2026 - 2:49 pm

UPDATED: Yer Stack v1.1

My Stack Alt is looking a little pale there at 5:12, but there's plenty of sides for the rest of the afternoon. In Hemiphonic Mode, of course.

Yer Stack v1.1 and also the others.

May 1 2026 - 11:01 am

UPDATED: Tracks Without Embedded Artwork v3.3

Universal, for macOS 11 and later only. MP3, AAC and ALAC audio files have the capability to store artwork image data internally as metadata, thus allowing artwork to "travel" with a file. This applet will examine the files of the selected tracks (or tracks in the selected playlist) for artwork metadata. Eligible audio tracks whose files are capable of embedding image data but do not contain artwork metadata will be copied to a new discrete Results playlist.

Latest version:

  • Re-oriented scan settings
  • Accomodations for macOS 26 Tahoe

More information for Tracks Without Embedded Artwork v3.3 and download link is here.

April 30 2026 - 11:50 am

UPDATED: Coverscope v2.8

Universal, for macOS 11 and later only. This applet will show both the assigned track artwork and the local file's metadata artwork (if any exists) for the selected track. The Track entry artwork well supports copy, paste and drags. Pasting or dragging image data immediately applies the image to the selected track's artwork and attempts to embed it. Additional tools can Embed or Apply artwork between track and file.

Latest version:

  • Accommodations and adjustments for macOS 26 Tahoe

More information for Coverscope v2.8 and download link is here.

April 19 2026 - 7:39 pm

NEW: Elevendy

The manic episode I've been experiencing lately whereby I am compelled to build tinker-toy audio players has not yet subsided. My story is that once I figured out how simple it is to incorporate the AVAudioPlayer framework into an AppleScript app, I can't stop making music boxes. I just threw another one on to the pile.

Elevendy plays 11 random songs in a row that are between the lengths of 1:30 and 2:40. Then, if you want, it will do it again with a different (maybe) random 11 tracks. And so on.

Because why not, that's why.

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