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An applescript to refresh the metadata of a selection in the Apple Music application (with progress bar)
tell application "Music"
-- get the selection
set theSongs to selection
end tell
-- setup the progress bar
set theSongCount to length of theSongs
set progress total steps to theSongCount
set progress completed steps to 0
set progress description to "Refreshing Songs..."
set progress additional description to "Preparing to process."
-- iterate over the songs
repeat with i from 1 to theSongCount
set theSong to item i of theSongs
-- Update the progress detail
-- get the metadata about the song
tell application "Music"
set theArtist to artist of theSong
set theName to name of theSong
end tell
-- update the progress bar with additional information
set progress additional description to i & "/" & theSongCount & " - " & theArtist & " - " & theName
-- reload the song metadata from disk
tell application "Music"
refresh theSong
end tell
-- update the progress bar status
set progress completed steps to i
end repeat
-- Reset the progress information
set progress total steps to 0
set progress completed steps to 0
set progress description to ""
set progress additional description to ""
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