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UPDATED: Duplicate Playlist Folder as Playlist v3.0
This script will copy all the unique tracks in a selected Playlist Folder to a new "plain" playlist, essentially duplicating the tracks as viewed when the Playlist Folder is selected. Optionally, after copying, the selected source Playlist Folder can be deleted along with the playlists it contains (of course, the tracks remain in your library). Note that if any "dead" tracks exist at any level of the selected Playlist Folder the script will fail.
Latest version:
- Expanded main window UI to better accommodate settings and options
- Performance, UI and security enhancements
More information for Duplicate Playlist Folder as Playlist v3.0 and download link is here.
UPDATED: A Space Between v3.3
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:
- Corrects UI Scripting issue that may have prevented operation
- Tested with macOS Sonoma 14
More information for A Space Between v3.3 and download link is here.
UPDATED: Needle Drop v7.7
This applet 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.
Also see Audition End.
Latest version:
- Updates UI Scripting to correct an issue that may have prevented operation
- Tested with macOS Sonoma 14
More information for Needle Drop v7.7 and download link is here.
UPDATED: Audition End v3.7
Play through each track in a playlist by a set number of seconds (:05 - :60) from the end. Additionally, wait a set number of seconds between each track; when engaged, begins playing from the first track or the first selected track in the playlist.
Also see Needle Drop.
Latest version:
- Updates UI Scripting to correct an issue that may have prevented operation
- Tested with macOS Sonoma 14
More information for Audition End v3.7 and download link is here.
UPDATED: Drop and Export Artwork v3.0
Drag-and-drop one or more audio files that contain embedded image metadata to export the image data as a JPEG or PNG file named using tag metadata from each file. Has options to save image files with the source audio files or as a batch in a single user-selected folder.
Latest version:
- Generally updated from previous 2019 version
- Tested successfully in macOS Sonoma beta
More information for Drop and Export Artwork v3.0 and download link is here.
A Word to the Wise
Every year, as Apple begins releasing beta editions of the macOS, I am obliged to remind Smart Readers of the following:
As you know*, beta software is not complete and many features and functions will not work correctly or at all until the final release. As a result, AppleScripts and apps from this site may also, in a cascading sort of way, fail to behave properly.
I will be spending the next few weeks and months with the macOS Sonoma 14 betas to make sure your favorite tools from this site are compatible and updated (if necessary) as soon as possible.
Be that as it may, unless explicitly stated otherwise, do not assume any software from this site will work properly with macOS Sonoma 14 at least until the final version is released in the Fall.
Of course, everything runs fine with macOS Ventura, so, you're not really missing anything.
*You know, right?
UPDATED: Save Album Art to Album Folder v7.3
This script will export the artwork of each of the selected tracks (or the tracks in a selected playlist) as an image file to the folder which contains each selected track's file--presumably each track's Album folder--or to a single user-selected folder. If multiple album tracks are selected, the script will make sure only one artwork file per Album is exported.
Also see Save Album Art as folder.jpg.
Latest version:
- Fixes issue with ambiguous directory delimiter characters in filenames
- v7.2 (jan 1, 2023):
- Maintenance and minor performance fixes
- Accommodations for macOS 13 Ventura
More information for Save Album Art to Album Folder v7.3 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: Playlist Manager v4.4
The Music app only allows one playlist to be selected at a time. This applet can perform common useful tasks on a multiple selection of playlists: playlist title renaming (add text, remove text, search and replace text) and duplicate, delete, export, move to Playlist Folder and merge playlists.
Latest version:
- Maintenance and minor performance fixes
- Accommodations for macOS 13 Ventura
More information for Playlist Manager v4.4 and download link is here.
UPDATED: Re-Embed Artwork v3.4
This script will export then re-import the artwork data of the selected tracks obliging the Music app to embed the artwork in the track's file's meta-data.
For best results, use with an album's worth of tracks--or so--at a time. Music may be obliged to perform a number of background tasks when applying image data and may prevent the script from proceeding if a large amount of data is involved.
- Maintenance and minor performance fixes
- Accommodations for macOS 13 Ventura
More information for Re-Embed Artwork v3.4 and download link is here.
