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Super Remove Dead Tracks v2.1

Surveys iTunes for tracks whose files are no longer available (as indicated by a "!" next to their names) and removes them. Any playlists that subsequently contain no tracks will then be deleted. Progress is displayed every 500 tracks.

An earlier version of this script is included in the O'Reilly book iPod & iTunes HACKS.

    Latest version:
  • Saved as a universal binary
  • v2.0:
  • Creates a text log on the Desktop listing Song Name, Artist, and Album tag information from each track removed
    Info:
  • build type: Universal Binary
  • written by Doug Adams
  • latest version posted: Apr 6, 2008
  • latest version downloads: 4114 | total downloads: 89175
  • zip download size: 103K
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Artist - Album - Disc from Selected Track

This script will create a new playlist using tracks which have the same artist, album, and disc number of the single selected track, with the intention of burning the new playlist to CD. Tracks will be copied to the new playlist in track number order. The playlist will be named "Artist - Album - [Disc n]. Track and disc numbers and counts must be available for accurate playlist creation. Once the playlist is created, it is automatically selected so that CD burning may commence immediately without having to order tracks or set the Play Order; the playlist could be manually deleted after CD burning, if desired. (Note that there is no guarantee that the playlist created is appropriately "CD-sized".)

    Info:
  • build type: Plain AppleScript
  • written by Doug Adams
  • posted: May 7, 2007
  • total downloads: 2611
  • zip download size: 112.2K
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Whack Current Track v1.5

Deletes the currently playing track completely from iTunes and moves its file to the Trash. Use carefully.

An earlier version of this script is included in the O'Reilly book iPod & iTunes HACKS.

    Info:
  • build type: Plain AppleScript
  • written by Doug Adams
  • latest version posted: Nov 13, 2006
  • latest version downloads: 4138 | total downloads: 8471
  • zip download size: 39.7K
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Set Video Kind of Selected v2.0

This script will change the video kind property of the selected tracks to your choice of "Movie", "Music Video" or "TV Show". Additionally, "Show Name", "Season Number", and "Episode Number" can also be set or cleared for each selected track.

Protected files, such as those purchased from the iTunes Store, cannot be changed. Requires iTunes 7 or better.

See Notes in the Read Me on possible localization problems.

For a more advanced version of this script, see Make Video Tags.

    Info:
  • build type: Plain AppleScript
  • written by Doug Adams
  • latest version posted: Oct 23, 2006
  • latest version downloads: 18660 | total downloads: 19615
  • zip download size: 131.3K
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Disable Dated Tracks

This script will disable (un-check) the tracks of selected playlists and Smart playlists whose last played date is before a user-entered date.

    Info:
  • build type: Plain AppleScript
  • written by Doug Adams
  • posted: May 18, 2006
  • total downloads: 897
  • zip download size: 111.7K
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Transfer Bookmark and Play v2.0

Transfers the bookmark point of a single selected iPod track to its corresponding iTunes track, or visa versa, with the option to play it. (That is, if you select an iPod track, the library track's bookmark is reset and can be played; if you select a library track, the iPod track's bookmark is reset and can be played.)

This script works best when you have iPod options set to "Manually manage songs and playlists".

    Info:
  • build type: Plain AppleScript
  • written by Doug Adams
  • latest version posted: Mar 11, 2006
  • latest version downloads: 655 | total downloads: 1165
  • zip download size: 47.5K
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Copy Tracks to Multiple Playlists

This script will copy the selected tracks to one or more playlists.

    Info:
  • build type: Plain AppleScript
  • written by Steve Meuse
  • posted: Nov 26, 2005
  • total downloads: 1594
  • zip download size: 118.6K
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No Lyrics to Playlist

This script will search your main library for all tracks that do not contain lyrics and copy them to a playlist it will create called "No Lyrics". Includes a second script to clear the "No Lyrics" playlist of tracks with lyrics.

    Info:
  • build type: Plain AppleScript
  • written by Herwin Lans
  • posted: Sep 23, 2005
  • total downloads: 6133
  • zip download size: 41.5K
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Track's Album to Playlist

This script gathers the tracks belonging to the Album of the currently playing or selected track and copies them in track order to a new Playlist named "Artist - Album".

    Info:
  • build type: Plain AppleScript
  • written by Doug Adams
  • posted: Mar 2, 2005
  • total downloads: 4062
  • zip download size: 45K
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Not In Any Playlist v1.5

This AppleScript will create a text file that will list the iTunes Library tracks which have not been assigned to any playlist. You can choose to consider or ignore Smart Playlists (in the event you feel "Live Updating" disqualifies SP tracks from being considered). The text file can be viewed in TextEdit or any text editor/word processor.

Also see Not In Any iPod Playlist and Not In Any Playlist To Playlist.

    Info:
  • build type: Plain AppleScript
  • written by Doug Adams
  • latest version posted: Dec 26, 2004
  • latest version downloads: 5269 | total downloads: 6916
  • zip download size: 63.9K
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