How do I find and change the metadata in music files? The use of the word "tags" is confusing me. I'm used to being able in Windows to pull up the properties and find the metadata in there. How do I do something like that in Apple?
MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)
Finder -> Get Info -> More Info
Is that what you are looking for?
Thank you, I had completely overlooked it. Now one last question. How do I enter metadata into a file in Yosemite?
I have found that the Applications -> Preview -> Tools -> Show Inspector will display even more image metadata.
Stork347 wrote:
Thank you, I had completely overlooked it. Now one last question. How do I enter metadata into a file in Yosemite?
You would need an image editor. I cannot find anything in Preview that will add or change metadata.
iPhoto can add descriptive information and allow you to set GPS location data, for images that do not already include GPS info (stuff taken by cameras without GPS).
I'm not sure if iPhoto can do more, as I have not really tried to change image metadata.
For full access to the metadata you may need to get a 3rd party product, unless someone with a lot more image processing experience has some suggestions.
Thanks for the follow up answer, I couldn't find anything either. The Apps Store is sparse on solutions as well. Almost seem to have to do it a Microsoft environment. Oh well.
In the OS X App Store, I searched "music editor" and a five-star app showed up. Take a look at Tag Editor ( as an example). There is a trial download available to see if it meets your need.
How do I access a files metadata?
