Re: iTunes coupe: Macs now have the easiest way to correct internet database typos!
Re: iTunes coupe: Macs now have the easiest way to correct internet database typos!
- Subject: Re: iTunes coupe: Macs now have the easiest way to correct internet database typos!
- From: Matthew Smith <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2001 18:29:05 +1100
on 05/11/01 17:35, Timothy Bates at email@hidden wrote:
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Don't you hate it when the internet DB info for a track is wrong ("crouded
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house" instead of "crowded house"), or inconsistent ("Beatles, The" and
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"The Beatles" and "Beatles" for the one band).
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Now with iTunes 2.0.1, we have the solution!
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tell application "iTunes"
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set artist of every file track of library playlist 1 whose artist
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[opt-l] contains "Crouded House" to "Crowded House"
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end tell
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tell application "iTunes"
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set artist of every file track of library playlist 1 whose artist
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[opt-l] contains "beatles" to "The Beatles"
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end tell
Why go to so much trouble? You can sort by artist, select all that are
incorrect and then Get Info and change all of them at once to the correct
value. It's a lot easier that writing scripts, especially if there is more
than one value to change.
--
Matthew Smith