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July 1 2021 - 5:11 pm

UPDATED: List MIAs v6.0

For macOS 11 and later only. This applet checks your Music or TV 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 app or create a text file listing these tracks by last known File Path, Song Name, Artist and Album, which you can view using TextEdit.

Latest version:

  • Initial accommodation for macOS 12 Monterey
  • UI, performance and security enhancements

More information for List MIAs v6.0 and download link is here.

posted in Big Sur, Managing Tracks, Monterey, Music app, TV app
July 1 2021 - 1:55 pm

UPDATED: CD-Text to CD Info v6.0

For macOS 11 and later only. This applet will attempt to extract the CD-Text information from the selected audio CD in the Music app and apply it to the CD's disc and track tags.

Some commercial CDs and commercial CD burning software (including the Music app) can use CD-Text as a method of including text data on an audio CD. This data can include Artist (Performer), Album, Composer, Track Title, and Genre info. See the Read Me for more information.

Latest version:

  • Initial accommodation for macOS 12 Monterey
  • Minor UI enhancements

More information for CD-Text to CD Info v6.0 and download link is here.

posted in Big Sur, Managing Track Info, Monterey, Music app
July 1 2021 - 12:30 pm

UPDATED: Compare Two Playlists v5.0

For macOS 11 and later only. Quickly compares the contents of any two playlists and displays the tracks that are common to both or the tracks in one playlist not contained by the other. Has tools to copy or move tracks from one playlist to another or delete common tracks from one or the other playlist. Can optionally create a text file report of these comparisons.

Free to try in Demo Mode: While in Demo Mode, several features will be disabled. An in-app purchase of a registration code will unlock the disabled features.

Latest version:

  • Initial accommodation for macOS 12 Monterey
  • Uses Split View to provide source playlists and work area; playlists can no longer be dragged from the Music app
  • Other UI, performance and security fixes and enhancements

More information for Compare Two Playlists v5.0 and download link is here.

posted in Big Sur, Managing Playlists, Monterey, Music app
July 1 2021 - 11:02 am

UPDATED: Scan For Double Entries v4.0

I first posted Scan For Double Entries in 2014 when a strange iTunes issue was somehow allowing two or more track entries to point to the same media file. The script surveys the library for sets of such tracks and then isolates them in their own playlist for further scrutiny; presumably, all but one of these tracks should be deleted.

Anyway, I hadn't updated the script lately because I figured, "Aw heck. That can't still be happening."

Silly me.

The updated version of Scan For Double Entries found 32 sets of two or more tracks where this was still happening—or, at least, had happened and that I hadn't detected 'til now.

The latest version, v4.0, has initial accommodation for macOS 12 Monterey and some UI and security updates. Specifically, it gives you a better idea of what's happening during the search for the tracks, as in the screenshot above. Earlier versions looked like they weren't doing anything during this particular part of the process.

More information for Scan For Double Entries v4.0 and download link is here.

posted in Big Sur, Bug or Feature?, Managing Tracks, Monterey, Music app
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