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August 30 2021 - 9:07 pm

UPDATED: Random Full Albums to Playlist v4.0

For macOS 11 and later only. This script will assemble a user-set number of randomly selected full albums to a playlist. The "Some Random Albums" playlist will be re-created on successive launches unless you choose to append additional random albums to the existing "Some Random Albums" playlist. (A "full album" is a set of tracks with the same album name, track count and disc number and where the number of these tracks is equal to the common track count; it will not select all the disks in a multi-disk collection, just one of them; accurate tags are a must!)

Assign it a keyboard shortcut.

Also see Play Random Album.

Latest version:

  • Accommodations for macOS 12 Monterey
  • Performance and UI enhancements

More information for Random Full Albums to Playlist v4.0 and download link is here.

August 30 2021 - 9:07 pm

UPDATED: Move Playlists to Folder v4.1

For macOS 11 and later only. This script will move the playlists you select to a new or existing Playlist Folder.

Latest version:

  • Additional accommodations for macOS 12 Monterey
  • UI and performance enhancements

More information for Move Playlists to Folder v4.1 and download link is here.

August 30 2021 - 9:06 pm

UPDATED: Find Empty Media Folders v3.0

For macOS 11 and later only. This applet will traverse the Media folder looking for and displaying any sub-folders that are either empty or that do not contain Media-apps-playable media, such as text or image files.

Also see Media Folder Files Not Added.</p

Latest version:

  • Accommodations for macOS 12 Monterey
  • Updated UI and performance enhancements

More information for Find Empty Media Folders v3.0 and download link is here.

August 30 2021 - 9:04 pm

UPDATED: Track CPR v4.1

For macOS 11 and later only. This script will assist with re-associating replacement files with dead tracks. The Music app can perform this task, too, but only one track at a time.

The process takes 3 steps:

  • The script finds and lists the "dead" tracks in the Music library
  • User drag-and-drops potential replacement files to the window; a viable replacement file is one whose name, album and artist metadata matches a dead track's
  • Re-associate viable replacement files with their matched track entries

The Read Me contains additional important details and cautions.

Latest version:

  • Additional accommodation for macOS 12 Monterey

More information for Track CPR v4.1 and download link is here.

August 29 2021 - 7:17 pm

UPDATED: This Tag That Tag v6.0

For macOS 11 and later only. This applet will assist with swapping, copying, and appending data between two user-chosen tags in selected tracks or tracks in the selected playlist:

Swap - swap data between tags, ex: ARTISTCOMPOSER
Copy - copy data from one to another tag, ex: ARTIST->COMPOSER ARTIST
Append - append data from one tag to the end of another, ex: ARTIST->COMPOSER - ARTIST
Prepend - append data from one tag to the beginning of another, ex: ARTIST->ARTIST - COMPOSER

The latter three actions also provide an option to delete the info from the first tag after the copy. Read Me explains all.

Latest version:

  • Initial accommodation for macOS 12 Monterey

More information for This Tag That Tag v6.0 and download link is here.

August 29 2021 - 7:10 pm

UPDATED: Merge-Delete Playlists v7.1

For macOS 11 and later only. This script will allow you to merge the track contents of two or more playlists to a new or existing playlist or delete any number of playlists at once, including Smart, Genius, and Playlist Folder playlists. The merge feature will prevent the same tracks that may appear in different source playlists from being duplicated and has an option to delete original playlists. The delete feature only deletes playlists; tracks, of course, remain in the library.

Latest version:

  • Additional accommodation for macOS 12 Monterey
  • Adds toolbar
  • UI and performance improvements

More information for Merge-Delete Playlists v7.1 and download link is here.

August 29 2021 - 6:56 pm

UPDATED: Apply Embedded Artwork v2.0

For macOS 11 and later only. This script will examine each selected track's local file for image metadata and apply it as the track's album artwork.

There may be a bug in the way the Music app updates the media library from iTunes which results in "artwork-less" tracks, despite the existence of image metadata in a track's file. This script will try to rectify this for a selection of tracks. Read the Read Me.

Latest version:

  • Initial accommodations for macOS 12 Monterey

More information for Apply Embedded Artwork v2.0 and download link is here.

August 29 2021 - 6:22 pm

UPDATED: List MIAs v6.1

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.

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

Latest version:

  • Additional accommodation for macOS 12 Monterey
  • UI enhancements

More information for List MIAs v6.1 and download link is here.

August 29 2021 - 6:05 pm

UPDATED: Export Files From Playlists v3.3

For macOS 11 and later only. This applet will export copies of the files of the tracks in one or more selected playlists to a single user-selected folder.

Also see M3Unify, an app that provides many more options for exporting/converting files from the Music app.

Latest version:

  • Initial accommodation for macOS 12 Monterey
  • Performance and UI enhancements

More information for Export Files From Playlists v3.3 and download link is here.

August 29 2021 - 12:21 pm

UPDATED: A Space Between v3.1

For macOS 10.15 and later only. This applet will play each track in the selected playlist and will wait (one might say insert but that's technically incorrect) a user-set number of seconds between each. Play can commence at the "top" of the playlist or from a selected track.

Latest version:

  • Accommodations for macOS 12 Monterey

More information for A Space Between v3.1 and download link is here.

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