How can I edit my 'Genre' list?

There are a number of predefined genres, the rest are those entered in the tags of your files. Open the list/album list view with column browser and turn on the Genres column. Find a genre you want to remove or merge with another. Click on it to show all the files with that genre. Select all & Get info. Type in the updated value for the Genre. Click OK. Repeat until finished....

If you want to edit the list of available genres still left after clearing any that are stored in your tags, see this article.

tt2

I found a way to make that work for me. Trying to comment out or change any genre tags wouldn't work, but simply deleting the tags I didn't want worked (in Genres, Reduced Genres, and CD Text).

(And the easiest way to find the Genre section is simply to Find /* ===== Genres ===== */ in the file.)

However, I've still got a huge list of genres I assume are for Apps (i.e. Education, Reference, etc.).

Does anyone know if there is a way to separate the list of genres for Music vs. Apps?

Thanks

Ignolopi

Ah well....

When importing a CD, I'm still getting a genre I don't want. Do you know if there is a different place to edit that selection? Or if I'm just going to have to continue changing the genre of CDs before I import?

Thanks much

~iggy

Once you have removed the default list and all instances of a genre from your own tags that should be it. Of course if Gracenote recognises the album you insert then it can set a genre that isn't otherwise in your library.

tt2

Ignolopi wrote:

Does anyone know if there is a way to separate the list of genres for Music vs. Apps?

I strongly doubt it...

tt2

Yup, that's what it's doing. Oh well, thanks!