I know this is not working anymore
tellapplication"iTunes"
tell itunes_track_name
set artist to PublisherName
set name to TrackName
end tell
end tell
But I need to change artist name.
Thanks in advance
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)
Any thoughts ?
It works just fine for me (once I get a file track, of course) - you might try explaining exactly what "is not working anymore".
So itunes_track_name needs to be a file path not file name right ?
red_menace can you explain how you do you get it worked. I couldn't change any name or artist.
thanks in advance
You need to tell iTunes what the item is by specifying it in its terms, for example a track of a user playlist or an item of the current selection. If you are using an existing name, you can get a specifier by having iTunes look it up, for example:
setsongNameto"testing"
tellapplication"iTunes"
settheTrackstotracksofplaylist"Library"whosenameissongName-- look it up in master library
iftheTracksisnot {} thentellfirstitemoftheTracks-- just one, if it exists
setartistto ("X " & artist) -- just add a prefix for texting
setnameto ("Z " & name) -- just add a prefix for testing
endtell
endtell
Thank you red_menace. Is this knowledge of applescript or cocoa from your experience or a education.
Just experience - I've been poking around since about 1978. Apple makes it fairly easy these days though, you just have to know your way around the documentation. Keeping an eye on the various forums helps - people try to do all kinds of strange things, so a lot of the topics wind up being educational.
Sorry for my late reply. I couldn't found time. Could you please explain a bit more by your comment of by the documention? Is that something I need to learn in college? And it's very long time since 1978.
Apple has made a lot of information about their technolgies available on the internet (with local documentation sets in Xcode, if you are using that application). The AppleScript Language Guide for example, documents the commands and syntax of the AppleScript language, and additional terms and commands available in the various scriptable applications can be seen by opening their scripting dictionaries in the AppleScript Editor. Cocoa is a different beast, with even more documentation, and also uses a different programming language (although the various methods can be used via Cocoa-AppleScript) - the items in the Application Kit Framework Reference are just a start, for example.
It does take a little while to figure out the way things are organized and how they relate to each other - and a little while longer if you are just starting out and these kinds of things are new to you. And yes, it has been a very long time since 1978.
How to change iTunes artist name with AS
