Software Update iTunes Track Location

Question

I would like to change the file system path for tracks on itunes programmatically so that I can apply string conversion to some places on the tracks (which are now stored in different places on the file system).

I tried using AppleScript to update the location property of the corresponding tracks, but I get an end-of-file error when calling "set mytrack location to ..."

I saw various other hacks on the Internet that include exporting the entire db track, changing it to XML, and then re-importing it - but this seems to lose too much metadata (such as playlists).

Answer 1

. , . , ( AppleScript, Script Editor/& # xfeff; AppleScript Editor).

file track , location alias. , , , , , .

, choose file ( alias):

set m to path to music folder
tell application "iTunes"
    set trk to first item of selection
    set l to location of trk
    if class of l is alias then
        set m to l
    end if
    set {d, a, n} to {database ID, artist, name} of trk
    choose file with prompt "Choose the file to use for " & d & ": " & a & "—" & n default location m
    set location of trk to result
end tell

choose file - , , - .

AppleScript , : POSIX HFS. POSIX ( ). HFS ( ), .

POSIX, str, AppleScript alias, :

POSIX file str as alias

HFS, str, AppleScript alias, :

alias str

:

tell application "iTunes"
    set trk to first item of selection
    set l to location of trk
    set newPath to my computeNewPath(POSIX path of l)
    set location of trk to POSIX file newPath as alias
end tell

to computeNewPath(pp)
    -- presumably something interesting happens here
    return pp
end computeNewPath

Answer 2

( "" iTunes) , iTunes (iTunes Library.itl):

• (, mv ~/MyMusic /Volumes/Huge/)
• ,
  (ln -s /Volumes/Huge/MyMusic ~/MyMusic)
• iTunes ( )
• , .

• AppleScript:

  -- Mark missing tracks (and update database with real path of existing
  -- tracks) in iTunes
  -- Instructions:
  -- * symlink new file location to old location (old location points to
  --   new location, file exists)
  -- * select tracks to scan/update
  -- * run the script
  -- * missing tracks are marked with (!) and all other track paths have
  --   been updated to the real path (symlinks eliminated) in iTunes
  tell application "iTunes"
      set fx to fixed indexing
      set fixed indexing to true
      set Sel to the selection
  
      repeat with i from 1 to number of items in Sel
          set trk to item i of Sel
          set loc to (get location of trk as text)
      end repeat
  
      set fixed indexing to fx
  end tell
  

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, iTunes (!) . , , , script. : Get Info .

iTunes 11.0.5

Answer 3

millerdev, MacOS Catalina Music. $ HOME/Library/Music/Scripts .

tell application "Music"
  set fx to fixed indexing
  set fixed indexing to true
  set Sel to the selection

  repeat with i from 1 to number of items in Sel
    set trk to item i of Sel
    set l to location of trk
    set location of trk to l
  end repeat

  set fixed indexing to fx
end tell