Ah yes, I have their Mobile go for IOS. Seems that IOS 7 broke that app's usefullness: Thus, finally compelling me to make peace with the ITunes Library system. If I am going to have to pay for a third party tagging app, I'll just buy Rename.
Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! On Sep 29, 2013, at 3:07 PM, Tim Kilburn <kilbur...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > You may also wish to look at TidyMyMusic by WonderShare. Not sure how > accessible it is nor if it will actually do what you wish but this developer > does make some pretty useful software. > > http://newsletters.wondershare.com/mac-tidymymusic/2013q3/ > > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On 2013-09-29, at 7:36 AM, Steve Holmes <steve.holme...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I have an idea but it is rather geeky and will require some shell scripting >> and the use of a 3rd party ID3 editor that accepts command line functions. >> I'm speaking in general terms right now byt what is basically needed is that >> all your files are consistently named with track numbers in the same place >> in all file names. Then a shell or Apple script could roll through each file >> and parse the track number from the file name and then apply the ID3 tagger >> to update the track number internally. On linux, I have used simple command >> line tools like id3v2 to do the job but I believe id3 editor for the Mac can >> handle command lines - I hope. >> >> That free program id3v2 would require macport or homebrew to get it >> installed. >> >> Hope these other ideas are of some value. >> >> On Sep 26, 2013, at 5:49 AM, Ray Foret jr <rfore...@att.net> wrote: >> >>> Uh, thanks, however, I REFUSE, TO, INSTALL, WINDOWS, ON, THIS, MAC!!! It >>> just ain't gonna happen EVER, EVER, EVER!!! >>> >>> >>> Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind >>> built-in! >>> Sincerely, >>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray >>> Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! >>> >>> On Sep 26, 2013, at 7:11 AM, Paul Erkens <paul.erk...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> What I use is fusion, and a little windows utility called mp3tag. It >>>> allows you to select a bunch of tracks, who's filenames have been nicely >>>> numbered. It looks at each file in turn, numbering it in sequence. Of >>>> course, your filename numbering must be correct, in order for mp3tag to >>>> match your track numbers accordingly. But that is very effective. You >>>> select your files, and then you tab across the mp3tag windows dialog, >>>> filling in general information that you want applied to each track. For >>>> example,you can fill in the artist and album name from within the mp3tag >>>> program window, and apply that to all selected files. You then select >>>> renumber as a second operation, and mp3tag fills in the track number field >>>> inside each mp3 file's meta data. >>>> If you then import those mp3 files into itunes, your metadata, i.e. the >>>> mp3 tags, will be just fine, so that itunes knows how to handle each mp3 >>>> file and move it into your itunes library. >>>> >>>> Hth, >>>> Paul. >>>> On Sep 25, 2013, at 6:31 AM, Ray Foret jr <rfore...@att.net> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Ah, I had thought perhaps that if I checked the Keep Library organized or >>>>> something like that, you know the one? Maybe then if I used a wild card >>>>> like 1* or 1+ that might work, but, no go. You can't enter special stuff >>>>> like * or + in to the track number edit box because they are not allowed. >>>>> So much for the wild card character idea. Okay. Looks like I'll have >>>>> to go to a third party renaming app. I'd prefer one that I can set up to >>>>> start putting track numbers in to the proper locations in the meta data >>>>> taging info and then just let it go. Only one I found so far is File >>>>> Renamer. Costs $19.95 though. >>>>> Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind >>>>> built-in! >>>>> Sincerely, >>>>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray >>>>> Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! >>>>> >>>>> On Sep 24, 2013, at 10:05 PM, Tim Kilburn <kilbur...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> That would be an interesting and advantageous function. I don't believe >>>>>> that iTunes has that ability at all. No auto tagging features that I'm >>>>>> aware of. But, if you learn of something, I'd like to learn about it as >>>>>> well. >>>>>> >>>>>> Later... >>>>>> >>>>>> Tim Kilburn >>>>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>>>> >>>>>> On 2013-09-24, at 5:31 PM, Ray Foret jr <rfore...@att.net> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Okay. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Now that I've finally made peace with the ITunes library system and >>>>>>> actually come to love it, I am faced with a slight delima. Is there >>>>>>> any way I can cause ITunes to write tags for track numbers >>>>>>> sequencially? Say, for example, I've got an album consisting of 63 >>>>>>> tracks (I'm not kidding). Now, instead of having to go in to the info >>>>>>> for each track individually and do track number 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 ETC >>>>>>> all the way to 63, is there a way of making ITunes assign track numbers >>>>>>> through the entire album? I know I can select all the tracks in an >>>>>>> album and write info for multiple items: however, how do I deal with >>>>>>> numbering each track? Do I write it like this 1: 63 and specify in the >>>>>>> track count that there are 63 tracks in the album? I really do not >>>>>>> want to sit up all blessed night doing each number by hand. 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