TV app
UPDATED: Super Remove Dead Tracks v6.3
Scans the Music or TV app for tracks whose files are inaccessible or no longer available (so-called "dead" tracks). Outputs a tab-delimited text log listing the tracks by Artist, Name, Album and last known file location. The registered version will delete the tracks.
Also see List MIAs and Media Folder Files Not Added.
Latest version:
- Maintenance and minor performance fixes
- Accommodations for macOS Sonoma 14
More information for Super Remove Dead Tracks v6.3 and download link is here.
UPDATED: Remove From Other Playlists v2.3
This script will remove all replications of the selected tracks from every other user-created playlist (ignoring Smart, Genius, Apple Music, Shared and Media Library playlists, which are dynamic). The original selected tracks will not be removed from the selected playlist.
Also see Copy Tracks to Multiple Playlists.
Latest version:
- Fixes issue that could have prevented some playlists from being accessed
- General maintenance
More information for Remove From Other Playlists v2.3 and download link is here.
UPDATED: List MIAs v6.4
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, Title, Artist and Album, which you can view using TextEdit.
Latest version:
- Maintenance and minor performance fixes
- Tested successfully with macOS Sonoma 14
More information for List MIAs v6.4 and download link is here.
UPDATED: Increment Number Tags v4.2
This script will incrementally number your choice of the Track Number, Movement Number, Episode Number, Episode ID tags, and track Name prefix of the selected tracks. Additionally, a Track Count, Disc Number/Count and/or Movement Count can be applied to each track, Episode ID can be configured with additional text incorporating the number, and zero-padding up to five digits can be applied. (The selected tracks must be sorted by ascending Play Order for accurate results.)
Latest version:
- Fixed issue with final nag not presenting
- v4.1 (dec 26, 2022):
- Maintenance and minor performance fixes
- Accommodations for macOS 13 Ventura
More information for Increment Number Tags v4.2 and download link is here.
UPDATED: Search-Replace Tag Text v7.2
Performs a search-and-replace on the text in your choice of track tags in the Music or TV app (Title, Artist/Director, Album Artist, Album, Composer, Comments, Genre, Grouping, Show, Movement or Work) in the selected tracks or all the tracks in the selected Playlist. Features case sensitivity and whole word match options and "Test run" preview.
Latest version:
- Maintenance and minor performance fixes
- Accommodations for macOS 13 Ventura
More information for Search-Replace Tag Text v7.2 and download link is here.
UPDATED: Multi-Item Edit v7.7
This applet will allow you to view and edit most tags (and some additional options) of the selected track(s) in a single floating window using single-edit mode (one selected track) or multi-edit mode, which emulates the pre-iTunes 12 "multiple items" format; that is, a checkbox adjacent to each tag allows you to select which changes are to be applied to the selection's tags.
Can also be used to copy collected tags from one set of tracks to another set of tracks by toggling "Information Tracking".
Latest version:
- Maintenance and minor performance fixes
- Accommodations for macOS 13 Ventura
More information for Multi-Item Edit v7.7 and download link is here.
UPDATED: Remove n Characters From Front or Back v7.2
This script will delete a specified number of characters from either the beginning or the ending of the Title, Album, Album Artist, Artist/Director, Category, Comments, Composer, Episode ID, Grouping, Show (or their "Sort" siblings), Movement or Work tag of each selected track. For example, delete the initial digits and the space from "01 First Track", "02 Second Track", and so on.
Latest version:
- Maintenance and minor performance fixes
- Accommodations for macOS 13 Ventura
More information for Remove n Characters From Front or Back v7.2 and download link is here.
UPDATED: Re-Locate Selected v3.3
This script will re-locate the files of the selected tracks from their current location to a single user-chosen folder. The Music app (or TV app) will be updated with each track's new location and all of each track's meta-data will be preserved. Optionally leave a copy of each file in its original location (albeit disassociated from any Music or TV app tracks).
Latest version:
- Maintenance and minor performance fixes
- Accommodations for macOS 13 Ventura
More information for Re-Locate Selected v3.3 and download link is here.
UPDATED: New Last Played Date v6.2
Set Last Played/Last Skipped date of selected tracks to a new date, with option to increase or decrease Plays/Skips, or set to no date and no Plays/Skips.
Works best when Sync/Cloud Library is disengaged due to a bug.
Latest version:
- Maintenance and minor performance fixes
- Accommodations for macOS 13 Ventura
More information for New Last Played Date v6.2 and download link is here.
UPDATED: Make A Text List v6.6
This script can assemble a list of tag information about the selected tracks (or tracks in the selected playlist) using a configurable pattern substitution string and provides the ability to export this formatted text to the clipboard, a text file (as TSV or CSV) or the Print Dialog from where it can be printed, previewed, printed-to-PDF and so on.
Latest version:
- Maintenance and minor performance fixes
- Accommodations for macOS 13 Ventura
More information for Make A Text List v6.6 and download link is here.