Recommendations by Task
Here, in no particular order, are a small number of script recommendations that perform some commonly asked-for tasks. Be sure to use the Search field at the top of the page to find more specific scripts-by-task
Also see the 30 Most Recently Updated page for newer scripts that may not have made this list.
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Track Tag Manipulation
(Also see track tag text editing scripts below)
- This Tag That Tag v6.4
[ For Music ] Applet assists with swapping, copying, appending data between track tags - Artist - Name Corrector v3.0
[ For Music ] Correct song titles listed as "Artist - Song Name" - Copy Tag Info Tracks to Tracks v6.8
[ For Music ] Copy chosen tag info from one set of tracks to a different set of tracks - Artist to Album Artist v4.0
[ For Music ] Copy Artist to Album Artist of selected tracks - Albumize Selection v4.1
[ For Music ] Renumber order of selected tracks - Sundry Info To Comments v6.5
[ For Music ] Paste non-ID3 Tag track and file-related info into Category, Comments or Description tag
Track Tag Text Editing
- Multi-Item Edit v7.8
[ For Music/TV ] View/Edit tags of selected track(s) in single window - Append to Selected Tag v6.4
[ For Music/TV ] Append user-entered text to beginning or ending of selected tag of each selected track - Remove n Characters From Front or Back v7.3
[ For Music/TV ] Delete characters from the beginning or ending of selected tracks' name, artist, album, more - Proper English Title Capitalization v5.2
[ For Music/TV ] Title Cap various track tags, featuring editable exceptions lists - Search-Replace Tag Text v7.4
[ For Music/TV ] Perform search-and-replace on text in your choice of tags - Remove Leading-Trailing Spaces v3.4
[ For Music/TV ] Removes leading and trailing space characters from chosen tags in selected tracks
Ratings, Play Counts, Dates
- Album Rating Reset v5.5
[ For Music ] Batch-change/clear the Album Rating for albums of selected tracks - Rate Me! Rate Me! v6.8
[ For Music ] Applet compels you to rate current track - New Play Count v5.0
[ For Music ] Set the Plays of selected tracks - Add or Subtract Play Count v3.2
[ For Music ] Add or subtract a user-entered number from each selected track's Plays - New Last Played Date v6.2
[ For Music/TV ] Batch set new Last Played/Last Skipped of selected tracks - Reset Plays v3.0
[ For Music ] Reset history properties of selected tracks to default values - Reset Tracks v1.2
[ For Music ] Reset/initialize tracks play history, ratings and more
Playlists
- Merge-Delete Playlists v7.5
[ For Music ] Batch merge and/or delete playlists - Playlist Manager v5.0
[ For Music ] Perform tasks on a batch of playlists; rename, delete, duplicate, merge, more - Playlists Info v2.1
[ For Music ] Displays size, time, track count and more info about each Playlist - Export Playlist as CSV v1.0
[ For Music ] Export track info of selected playlist as CSV file
Playlist-Building
- Search Results to Playlist v3.5
[ For Music ] Emulates Music search and copies results to a playlist - Play Random Album v4.1
[ For Music ] Creates and plays playlist using tracks from album chosen at random - Block Party! v5.1
[ For Music ] Create a playlist of random Artists and set number of random songs back-to-back - Random Full Albums to Playlist v4.1
[ For Music ] Fill a playlist with user-set number of randomly selected full albums
Getting Info
- Show Me the Track Info v1.0
[ For Music ] Floating window displays configurable info for playing/selected track - Display File Path v3.3
[ For Music ] Continuously update a floating display with file path of selected track - Playlist XML Viewer v2.0
[ For Music ] View/play contents of exported playlist XML files - Lyrics Tag Viewer v1.1
[ For Music ] View, edit a track's Custom Lyrics tag in non-modal window
Artwork
- Coverscope v2.7
[ For Music ] View/edit assigned and embeded artwork for selected track and its file - Save Album Art to Photos v1.0
[ For Music ] Export artwork of selected tracks to Photos app - Is Artwork Embedded v2.1
[ For Music ] Detects if a track's file's metadata contain image information - Re-Embed Artwork v3.4
[ For Music ] Exports and then re-imports selected tracks' artwork - Re-Apply Downsized Artwork v5.1
[ For Music ] Resample selected tracks' artwork to user-set size limit - Save Album Art to Album Folder v7.5
[ For Music ] Export artwork of selected tracks to parent or specified folder - Save Album Art as folder.jpg v5.4
[ For Music ] Export album artwork as folder.jpg to Album folder - Restore Artwork from Album Folder v4.7
[ For Music ] Restore each selected track's artwork from an image file stored in its Album folder
Transport Control
- Needle Drop v7.7
[ For Music ] Play through each track in a playlist at your set interval - A Space Between v3.5
[ For Music ] Applet plays tracks with a user-set duration of silence between each track - Skip Back or Ahead v4.2
[ For Music/TV ] Advance or rewind the currently playing track an entered number of seconds
General Library Tidying
- Super Remove Dead Tracks v6.4
[ For Music/TV ] Remove Music/TV tracks disassociated from files - Track Down Purchases v5.3
[ For Music ] Sort purchased tracks into discrete playlists by name or Apple ID - Media Folder Files Not Added v2.6
[ For Music/TV ] Displays files in the Media folder not in Music track library - Find Empty Media Folders v3.4
[ For Music/TV ] Finds any empty or obsolete folders in the Media folder - List MIAs v6.5
[ For Music/TV ] Display, delete, create text file listing info of dead tracks - Delete Empty Playlists v5.5
[ For Music ] Delete all or selected empty playlists
