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September 1 2026 - 10:03 am

UPDATED: Save Album Art as folder.jpg v6.0

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 (or “cover.jpg” “album.jpg”, “artwork.jpg”, etc) 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.

Save Album Art as folder.jpg in action

Latest version:

  • UI and layout updates for macOS 26 and later
  • Code maintenance
  • Icon and docs update

More information for Save Album Art as folder.jpg v6.0 and download link is here.

September 1 2026 - 9:55 am

UPDATED: Artwork as Album Folder Icon v3.4

This script will use the assigned artwork from the selected tracks as the icon for the folder containing each track’s corresponding file in the Finder–presumably, this is the file’s “Album” folder.

Artwork as Album Folder Icon in action

Latest version:

  • UI and layout updates for macOS 26 and later
  • Minor maintenance

More information for Artwork as Album Folder Icon v3.4 and download link is here.

August 28 2026 - 9:53 am

UPDATED: Remove n Characters From Front or Back v8.0

This script will delete a specified number of characters from either the beginning or the ending of the Title, Album, Album Artist, Artist, Category, Comments, Composer, Grouping,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.

Remove n Characters From Front or Back in action

Latest version:

  • UI and layout updates
  • Removes support for TV app
  • Preview displays to-be-removed text in strikethrough
  • Icon and docs updat

More information for Remove n Characters From Front or Back v8.0 and download link is here.

August 28 2026 - 9:45 am

UPDATED: Search-Replace Tag Text v8.0

Performs a search-and-replace on the text in your choice of track tags in the Music or TV app (Title, Artist, Album Artist, Album, Composer, Comments, Genre, Grouping, 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.

Search-Replace Tag Text in action

Latest version:

  • UI updates for macOS 26 and later
  • Removes support for TV app
  • Icon and docs update

More information for Search-Replace Tag Text v8.0 and download link is here.

August 28 2026 - 9:38 am

UPDATED: This Tag That Tag v7.0

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: ARTIST<->COMPOSER
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.

This Tag That Tag in action

Latest version:

  • UI updates for macOS 26 Tahoe and later
  • Drops support for TV app
  • Icon and docs updated

More information for This Tag That Tag v7.0 and download link is here.

August 28 2026 - 9:31 am

UPDATED: Append to Selected Tag v6.5

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

Append to Selected Tag in action

Latest version:

  • UI and layout updates
  • Removes support for TV app

More information for Append to Selected Tag v6.5 and download link is here.

August 28 2026 - 9:22 am

UPDATED: Insert Text into Tag v1.5

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

Insert Text into Tag in action

Latest version:

  • UI and layout updates
  • Adds confirmation panel
  • Additional keyboard shortcuts
  • Removes support for TV app
  • Icon and docs updates

More information for Insert Text into Tag v1.5 and download link is here.

August 28 2026 - 9:15 am

UPDATED: Remove Leading-Trailing Spaces v3.5

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

Remove Leading-Trailing Spaces in action

Latest version:

  • UI and layout updates
  • Fixed progress miscount
  • Adds Comments tag
  • Removes support for TV app

More information for Remove Leading-Trailing Spaces v3.5 and download link is here.

August 22 2026 - 12:56 pm

UPDATED: Export Files From Playlists v3.6

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.

Export Files From Playlists in action

Latest version:

  • UI updates for macOS Tahoe and later
  • Updates Filter feature

More information for Export Files From Playlists v3.6 and download link is here.

August 16 2026 - 1:12 pm

UPDATED: New Last Played Date v6.3

Set Last Played/Last Skipped date of selected tracks to a new date, with option to increase or decrease Plays/Skips, or set to “never played” with no dates and no Plays/Skips.

Also see Add or Subtract Play Count.

Works best when Sync Library is disengaged due to a possible bug.

New Last Played Date in action

Latest version:

  • UI updates for macOS 26 and later
  • Removes disclosure/window resize

More information for New Last Played Date v6.3 and download link is here.

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