SortPrefixes.loctable - Force Music app to sort with prefixes (“The”, “A”, “An”, etc.)

Hi,

Can we delete the SortPrefixes.loctable file? Here's why:


*(copy/paste from someone that explained it better on stackex.)


"In iTunes package, there was a file called SortPrefixes.plist in localisation folders containing several sort prefixes (“The”, “A”, “An”, etc.). Removing them in this file was making iTunes to auto-sort everything including these prefixes (The Chemical Brothers was listed at T and not C).

(I have a lot of music files and I don't want to fix this by adding a Sort Artist to each of them.)


In the new Music app, there is no such file in Localisation folders, but I've just found a similar one: (SortPrefixes.loctable)"


This "auto sort option" is SO annoying. So many songs, album and artist are not coming up has they should. In French, so many songs starts with a prefix like "le, la les, un une des" that are completely sort out of context. And more, an artist like "Les Baxter" comes up as "Baxter" because "Les" is a prefix in French.


This situation has been going on as far as 2006 (search here) without Apple NOT addressing this issue. At least, give us control with an on/off switch to choose if we want "forced sorting".


If anyone has a workaround, please let me know. Thank you.

Posted on Jan 27, 2023 7:41 PM

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Posted on Feb 2, 2023 11:30 AM

I think your only option here is going to be a script that copies the primary value into the sort value where appropriate. You can roll your own or see if this one https://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=mxsortonfirstarticle will do for you.


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