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gravelld/rescan-tags.scpt

Created August 15, 2017 10:35
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An AppleScript that refresh's iTunes' stored metadata from the selected music files.
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rescan-tags.scpt
tell application "iTunes"
set sel to selection
if sel is {} then return
repeat with aTrack in sel
if class of aTrack is file track then refresh aTrack
end repeat
end tell
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chemboy commented Sep 27, 2018

This looks great. Excuse my ignorance, but where do I select the music files - in iTunes or in the iTunes Media > Music directory? Do I have to select the mp3 files [ie each album individually] or will it search through directories? Looking forward to using this script cheers

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