Delete Bug or Feature?
Delete Bug or Feature?
- Subject: Delete Bug or Feature?
- From: Doug Adams <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:39:06 -0500
I just noticed this today using iTunes 7.6, but I do not know how long
this "situation" has existed.
As far as I've always known, when you delete a track from a playlist
using AppleScript, the track is removed from the playlist; when you
delete a track from library playlist 1 (the Main library), the track
is removed entirely from iTunes. In both cases, the track's file
remained in its location in the Music folder. Today I noticed that
when doing a delete from library playlist 1, the track was not only
removed from iTunes but its file was moved to the Trash! I could not
figure out a way to keep the file from doing so. I tried deleting it
from its Master Library--in this case the "Music" playlist--but it
still went to the Trash. Deleting from a simple playlist worked as
expected: the track was removed from the playlist but remained in the
Master Library.
Recently, some users of Make Bookmarkable wondered where their tracks
went and it turns out they were moved to the Trash. Not so bad, since
the bookmarkable copy was re-added (I believe). Still, this is not the
behavior I expect when using delete. And until recently this wasn't
the behavior anyway.
If this is how delete works now, then there is no way to remove a
track from iTunes via AppleScript and subsequently keep its file,
which is an option when you manually delete a track using the Delete
key.
So, what's up with that?
--
Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes
http://dougscripts.com/itunes/
_______________________________________________
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
AppleScript-Users mailing list (email@hidden)
Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
Archives: http://lists.apple.com/archives/applescript-users
This email sent to email@hidden