Edit MP3 metadata on Finder

Hello,

I am trying to burn some MP3 Files to a CD to play in my car. I would like to set the artist and album of the MP3 files, and have been having issues with the MP3 files getting renamed once the files are being moved to Apple Music. Is there a way for me to modify the MP3 metadata in Finder? Any help is much appreciated!

Thanks in advance,

Whal3y

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.0

Posted on Dec 16, 2021 3:56 PM

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2 replies

Barney-15E

Level 10

122,846 points

Dec 16, 2021 6:03 PM in response to Whal3y

No. The only thing in macOS to do that is Music.

There used to be some third-party apps to edit the tags.

What is getting renamed? If you are getting ._ files, those are the file metadata that cannot be stored inside the file in a FAT file system. You can remove them using the dot_clean utility in Terminal.

Whal3y Author

Level 2

208 points

Dec 17, 2021 5:08 AM in response to Barney-15E

what is getting renamed is the name of the song once it has been moved to Apple Music. I have already named the songs, which were originally random strings of numbers.

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Edit MP3 metadata on Finder

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