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Import iPod Audio Files v1.12

• build type: Plain AppleScript
• written by Doug Adams
• latest version posted: Nov 19, 2007
• latest version downloads: 4824 | total downloads: 58225
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Select tracks on the iPod and then run this script to copy their files to your Music folder and add as library tracks to iTunes. Additionally, you can assign the new tracks to their own playlist. Supports AAC (including protected and "bookmarkable"), MP3, Apple Lossless, AIFF, WAV and Audible (.aa) files.

Will not work on Windows-formatted iPods.

Not compatible with iPhone/iPod touch.

Latest version:
• Updated for compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard).

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Rip To iPod v1.6

• build type: Plain AppleScript
• written by Doug Adams
• latest version posted: Jul 27, 2007
• latest version downloads: 1657 | total downloads: 10450
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Rips each enabled (check-marked) CD track to iTunes and immediately copies it to iPod, deletes the file, and removes the track from the iTunes library, giving the appearance of seamless CD-to-iPod importing. You can also change your encoder on-the-fly and your Preferences-set encoder will be restored after the rip.

Latest version:
• Works around a (possible) bug in iTunes that prevents the detection of iPod free space.

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Add Selected Tracks to iPod and Backup v1.1

• build type: Plain AppleScript
• written by Doug Adams
• latest version posted: Jan 20, 2006
• latest version downloads: 2396 | total downloads: 3490
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Copy the selected iTunes library tracks to iPod and then also to a designated backup playlist, to which the current date and time is appended. Then, if you ever need to erase the iPod (or have otherwise lost iPod tracks), you can easily restore it with the tracks from the backup playlist.

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iPod Lyrics To Notes

• build type: Plain AppleScript
• written by Doug Adams
• posted: Jan 7, 2006
• total downloads: 2875
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This script will copy the lyrics of the selected iPod tracks (if the selected iPod tracks contain any lyrics, that is) as Notes to that iPod's "Notes" folder.

Lyrics Notes will be organized in Artist/Album folders in a "Lyrics" folder created in the iPod "Notes" folder. Additionally, a link at the beginning of each Lyrics Note will allow you to play that particular track from the iPod. (The idea for this script was originally suggested by Adam Wiseman at Mac OS X Hints, who created a similar script.)

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New iPod Playlist From Selection v2.3

• build type: Plain AppleScript
• written by Doug Adams
• latest version posted: Dec 28, 2005
• latest version downloads: 1251 | total downloads: 2899
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Copy selected tracks to a new user-named iPod playlist. Works best when iPod Preferences are set to "Manually manage songs and playlists". You may also want to assign it an iTunes Scripts Menu Shortcut.

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

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Selected Playlists to iPod

• build type: Plain AppleScript
• written by Doug Adams
• posted: Dec 7, 2005
• total downloads: 1998
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This script will copy the selected playlists, and the tracks contained in each, from your iTunes library to a mounted iPod.

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Unique To This iPod Playlist

• build type: Plain AppleScript
• written by Rob Worman
• posted: Aug 11, 2005
• total downloads: 926
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Create a new playlist on your iPod, listing those tracks in the selected iPod playlist which have not been assigned to any other playlist on the iPod. Read Me explains all.

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Copy Selected Playlist to iPod

• build type: Plain AppleScript
• written by Doug Adams
• posted: Apr 19, 2005
• total downloads: 2518
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This script will copy the selected iTunes playlist to iPod. It will check if the playlist already exists on the iPod, for files that already exist on the iPod, and the iPod's free space.

This script is inspired by Selected Playlist to iPod by John Paul Davis.

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Update iPod Shuffle LastPlayed

• build type: Plain AppleScript
• written by Jonas Zimmermann
• posted: Apr 11, 2005
• total downloads: 1070

This script updates the last played date of songs that were played with an iPod shuffle. Requires a simple edit to work with your iPod Shuffle. Read Me explains more.

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Show iPod Song Files

• build type: Plain AppleScript
• written by Doug Adams
• posted: Feb 19, 2005
• total downloads: 2882

This script will show the files of the selected iPod tracks in the Finder (a la iTunes' "Show Song File" menu command).

Note: recent versions of iTunes and iPod software create encoded names for files on the iPod (KLAA.m4a, EVEX.m4p, and so on). The filenames displayed, therefore, will not be the names of the tracks.)

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