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30 Most Recent RSS FeedDragging from Audiobooks Still Fails
This has been a problem for a couple of versions now. You can't drag tracks from the "Audiobooks" library. There's simply nothing in the "Tracks" node of the dragged pasteboard. Here's what the pasteboard looks like in Console after trying to drag a track from the Audiobooks library to my app Join Together:
iTunes 12.2 and AppleScript Issues, Volume 1
The current track and current playlist properties return a -1731 "unknown object type" error when run against a currently playing Apple Music track. That's going to be a problem for scripts and apps that use those properties to identify a playing track. I couldn't say if this is intentional or a bug.
The iTunes XML reports the main Library name as "####!####". This is not necessarily AppleScript related, but several of my scripts may refer to this "Master" playlist by obtaining its name from the XML.
More as it develops.
Cute New iTunes track Property
It's loved:
tell application "iTunes"
set sel to selection
repeat with aTrack in sel
try
set aTrack's loved to true -- or false if un-loved
end try
end repeat
end tell
The playlist also has a loved property. track also has album loved.
UPDATE: Unfortunately, current track and current playlist are broken for Apple Music tracks. So changing the loved property of a playing Apple Music track can't be done.
iTunes v12.2, Apple Music and AppleScript
Today, Apple released a new version of iTunes for OS X that accommodates its new MUSIC service, comprising: Beats 1 global 24/7 radio; algorithm- and human-curated playlist streams (replacing iTunes Radio); "Connect", the social media component; and the ability to play tracks streamed from Apple's music catalog alongside your current library tracks.
Apple did not make the new iTunes app available to developers before its official release and, of course, the Apple Music services weren't available until today either. So I had to wait like everybody else to see what AppleScript changes may have been wrought upon the latest iTunes app. I'm primarily concerned with still being able to manage my own media library with AppleScript and, if possible, accommodating any streaming Apple Music tracks that I may mix in with them.
There are changes in iTunes 12.2 that will require several if not many scripts and apps to be updated. This is going to take me some time to ascertain, but I will report the issues when I have figured them out.
Script of the Day: Artist to Last-First
Artist to Last-First will parse the text of the chosen tag (Artist, Album Artist, Composer or one of their Sort siblings) of a selection of tracks:
Move the LAST word of the tag to the beginning, eg:
OR Move the FIRST word of the tag to the end, eg:
Then, the newly configured text can be copied back to your choice of Artist, Album Artist, Composer, Sort Artist, Sort Album Artist and/or Sort Composer tag(s).
More information and download is on this page.
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Script of the Day: Sundry Info to Comments
Sundry Info To Comments copies your single choice of filename, file path (location), file's parent folder path, file creation date (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS), current playlist, volume adjustment, start time or stop time (HH:MM.SS), artwork size (WxH), purchaser name or purchaser account ID to choice of Category, Comments, Description or Episode ID tag of each selected track.
By putting data in one of these available tags it can be visible and sortable or used with Smart Playlist criteria.
More information and download is on this page.
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Script of the Day: Search Results to Playlist
Search Results to Playlist can search a chosen category (entire Library, Music, Movies, etc) or the selected playlist for user-entered text by All, Song, Artist, Album, or Composer tag and copy the track results to a Search Results playlist, which will be created automatically if necessary.
Can optionally re-create or append to the Search Results playlist on each run. Floats over iTunes while active for easy access.
More information and download is on this page.
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Script of the Day: Playlist Names to Text File
Playlist Names to Text File will export the names of the playlists in the selected Source to a text file. The Source is determined by whatever playlist is currently selected: if you have a device playlist selected, all its names will be exported; if you have an iTunes library playlist selected, then all iTunes playlist names will be exported.
More information and download is on this page.
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Script of the Day: Trackographer
Trackographer will monitor iTunes and send tag and time-of-play information of each track that plays (including iTunes Radio and internet radio streams if they provide track info) to a text file.
Preferences can be set to include or not include various basic tags and to create a plain text file or a tab-delimited text file which can be imported into a spreadsheet.
More information and download is on this page.
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UPDATED: Multi-Item Edit v4.2
Multi-Item Edit is an applet that acts as an alternative to iTunes' "Get Info" editing panel:
You can read more about it on its product page, where there's also a quick YouTube video explaining how it goes.
This latest version fixes a problem with changing Last Played and Last Skipped dates in single-edit mode; fixes a logic issue with auto-setting checkboxes; worksaround issue whereby iTunes Match tracks might be ignored; fixes an issue with toggling Information Tracking; and has preliminary support for OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) beta.
Multi-Item Edit is free to try for ten days, $1.99 thereafter.
