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Export Smart Playlist Criteria v1.3

  • build type: Plain AppleScript
  • written by Doug Adams
  • latest version posted: Nov 17, 2007
  • latest version downloads: 579 | total downloads: 2148
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Two scripts, "Export Smart Playlist Criteria" and "Export Selected Smart Playlist Criteria", each export just the criteria of the selected Smart Playlist(s) to an XML file. This file can then be imported to any iTunes using the "Import" command in the File menu. Handy for backing up Smart Playlist criteria or for sharing your Smart Playlists' criteria with other users.

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Make Video PDF Booklet v1.0

  • build type: Plain AppleScript
  • written by Doug Adams
  • latest version posted: Aug 14, 2007
  • total downloads: 328
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This script will create a PDF booklet containing video-oriented tag info from the selected tracks (or every track from the selected playlist) and then add the PDF to iTunes and copy it to the playlist where the selected tracks reside. (Here is an example PDF Booklet made with the script.)

See also Make PDF Booklet.

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Export Selected Tracks to XML v1.2

  • build type: Plain AppleScript
  • written by Doug Adams
  • latest version posted: Mar 15, 2007
  • latest version downloads: 1062 | total downloads: 2069
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This script will create an importable XML file using the data from the selected tracks, similar to the iTunes "Export Song List..." as XML menu command except that just the selected tracks' data are exported. Later, you can reimport the files using the iTunes "Import..." command in the File menu.

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Make PDF Booklet

  • build type: Plain AppleScript
  • written by Doug Adams
  • latest version posted: May 9, 2006
  • total downloads: 2960
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This script will create a PDF booklet containing tag info from the selected tracks (or every track from the selected playlist) and then add the PDF to iTunes and copy it to the playlist where the selected tracks reside. (Here is an example PDF Booklet made with the script.)

See also Make Video PDF Booklet.

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Most Played Artists

  • build type: Plain AppleScript
  • written by Michael Henley
  • posted: Feb 21, 2006
  • total downloads: 1200
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This script generates a text file that lists the total combined play count of tracks by each unique artist in your library. You must have played at least one track by an artist for that artist to be included in the ranking.

Notable for its use of the faceless Database Events application distributed with Tiger, and thus requires Mac OS X 10.4 or better.

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trackReporter v1.2

  • build type: Plain AppleScript
  • written by Bret Van Horn
  • latest version posted: Oct 3, 2005
  • latest version downloads: 1159 | total downloads: 2367

Writes the currently playing track and artist to a local text file and then uploads that file to an FTP server using cURL, an open source command line file transfer tool.

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Lyrics to TextEdit

  • build type: Plain AppleScript
  • written by Doug Adams
  • posted: Sep 30, 2005
  • total downloads: 1137
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This script copies the lyrics from the Lyrics tag--if they exist--of the currently playing track, or if no track is playing, the selected track(s), to a new TextEdit document. Requires iTunes 5 or better.

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Make A Text List

  • build type: Plain AppleScript
  • written by Doug Adams
  • posted: Apr 20, 2005
  • total downloads: 6922

This script will write an alphabetical list of your choice of the Albums, Artists, Composers, Genres, or Song Names in iTunes to a text file.

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Make An EQ Preset Script

  • build type: Plain AppleScript
  • written by Doug Adams
  • posted: Jan 19, 2005
  • total downloads: 398

This script will allow you to select one of your EQ Presets and then create an AppleScript that when run will re-create that EQ Preset in iTunes.

Dandy for sharing your EQ Presets accurately with your friends or making "back-ups" of your EQ Presets.

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Current to Clipboard v1.5

  • build type: Plain AppleScript
  • written by Doug Adams
  • latest version posted: Sep 23, 2004
  • latest version downloads: 1430 | total downloads: 1751
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Copies info about the currently playing iTunes track to the clipboard like so: "Name of Song" by Artist Name. If current track is a radio stream, name of station will also be included (providing data is sent correctly by streamer).

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