mp3 filenames change when using Search in Finder (OS Mavericks)

Jyfromfra, removing MP3 tags from your entire library so they don't show up in a spotlight search is absolutely NOT the answer.

If that's is all that is bugging you, add your MP3/Music folder to the privacy tab of Spotlight, in system preferences. Then they won't be searchable at all.... but to delete the tags because Apple thinks they're being hip and trendy is ludicrous.

This needs to be addressed by Apple!

Many windows mp3 players in the old days stored the data in the filename, instead inside the .mp3 as ID3.

Apple preferred the logical way using ID3, thats ar tags stored inside the songs, so the finder filename can be "track 1" and your computer can understand who the author is, or the song name.

You can edit all the info stored inside the .mp3 with get info in iTunes. You can edit song by song, or select a batch and set the same property for all them.

Automated utilities doing this can result in: author->track 1

If you buy the songs in iTunes store, the info must came properly set. Even is you rip your comercial CDs to mp3, iTunes search in databases to name it properly based on the length of the tracks.

The Finder filenames has nothing to do with that. Spotlight can search by filenames or the inside tags.

@el_mancebo
You are promoting the use of ID3 which is fine.

But the problem is that when i am searching for a track i cant distinquish the difference between 2 songs with the same name by different artists.
If you know a solution for this, let me know

This has been bugging me ever since my move from Snow Leopard to Yosemite. I discovered that in Yosemite, Finder and Spotlight only look at the title in the id3 tag when they decide how to display search results for Mp3's. If there is no title in the Mp3 tag then the file name will display normally. You can have all other id3 tag values filled in but if you remove the title, Spotlight and Finder will display the full filename. Once you add the Title back into the id3 tag then Finder and Spotlight display only the title in search results. I've been searching for a way to modify both the Spotlight and Finder executables to disable this behaviour but I haven't found anything in the code yet. Stay tuned...

I found a workaround. This may or not be applicable depending on if these ID3 tag fields are already in use in your collection. Remove the title from all of your ID3 tags and move the title information to the label field of your ID3 tags. If finder sees a Title in your ID3 tags it will behave as the original poster stated and will not display the full name of your mp3 files in finder search results. Once you remove the title from an ID3 tag then finder will display mp3 search results as desired with full file name and also Enter/Return key edit functionality restored. By the way if you're a DJ most DJ software will allow you to display the Label as a column in your browser/library. Unfortunately iTunes does not show the label field for whatever genius reason so you may have to find another field to move your titles to if iTunes is your music player of choice and you want to sort your collection by song title.

P.S. I highly recommend a program called Yate to do your ID3 tag editing and updating. It is hands down the most bad a** tag editor I've used and I have tried many. It costs but it's worth it. I hope this helps:-)

MacOS Sierra here and I too have the same outcome when searching for music. I find it really annoying because there's no sensible reason why the artists's names won't show up when searching.

Has anyone found out a way around this?

Cheers

@mattMDG before you go take a look at my previous reply. I'm on Sierra now as well and my solution works really well. Simply relocate the title in your id3 tags to another field in the id3 Tag and your tracks will show up the way you desire in finder. The id3 title field has to be completely empty on all of your tracks or they will not show up 'correctly' in Finder. In my case I don't use the Album field so I put my track titles there in all my iD3 tags.

I have requested the hosts to move your post to the iTunes community, where hopefully you will have better luck getting an answer.

iTunes for Mac

Until a better solution for this problem will be found, here is how I did it here

I have the same issue in El Capitan. This solution Re: mavericks searching finder results are not consistent is not acceptable. This is clearly a bug in the OS.

Kick!
I have also been looking to solve this problem for weeks now. Its driving me nuts

Exact same problem here... did either of you find a solution?