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Lyrics Tag Viewer v1.1 [ For Music ] View, edit a track's Custom Lyrics tag in non-modal window
UPDATED November 19, 2023:
Rate Me! Rate Me! v6.8 [ For Music ] Applet compels you to rate current track
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Restore Artwork from Album Folder v4.7 [ For Music ] Restore each selected track's artwork from an image file stored in its Album folder
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Remove Leading-Trailing Spaces v3.3 [ For Music/TV ] Removes leading and trailing space characters from chosen tags in selected tracks
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Merge-Delete Playlists v7.4 [ For Music ] Batch merge and/or delete playlists
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Delete Empty Playlists v5.4 [ For Music ] Delete all or selected empty playlists
UPDATED November 5, 2023:
CD-Text to CD Info v6.3 [ For Music ] Apply selected CD's CD-Text to its disc and track tags
NEW November 4, 2023:
Year to Album of Selected Track v1.0 [ For Music ] Enter year for the selected track to apply to all its album's tracks
UPDATED November 4, 2023:
Move Playlists to Folder v4.5 [ For Music ] Move selected playlists to a new or existing folder
UPDATED November 3, 2023:
Insert Text into Tag v1.2 [ For Music/TV ] Insert same text at same position in chosen tag of selected tracks
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December 1, 2023

AppleScript Applet for Music

Lyrics Tag Viewer v1.1

Universal, for macOS 12 and later only. View and edit a selected track's Custom Lyrics tag in a non-modal window, which, unlike a track's Info panel, will not block keyboard and mouse activity in the Music app's interface.

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The Lyrics tag can hold a lot of text including lengthy liner notes like this example.

Latest version:

December 1, 2023
Works around an issue that prevented exporting as text
Minor adjustments and fixes

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Info:

works with: Music
file format: Application (Applet)
Gatekeeper Security: Notarized by Apple
written by Doug Adams
current version downloads: 12 | total downloads: 51

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Current v1.1