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Perform search-and-replace on text in your choice of tags

AppleScript Applet for Music/TV

Universal, for macOS 11 and later only. Performs a search-and-replace on the text in your choice of track tags in the Music or TV app (Title, Artist/Director, Album Artist, Album, Composer, Comments, Genre, Grouping, Show, Movement or Work) in the selected tracks or all the tracks in the selected Playlist. Features case sensitivity and whole word match options and "Test run" preview.

This app is free to try in Demo Mode. In Demo Mode only up to 5 tracks can be processed per launch. You can purchase a code for $1.99 which will remove the 5-track Demo Mode restriction. Launch the app and click "Register..." in the its File menu to make an in-app purchase.

Action shot:

Search-Replace Tag Text in action

It's a good idea to do a Test run to check the results before actually doing the replace.

Latest version:

  • v7.4 October 9, 2025
  • Accommodations for macOS 26/Tahoe
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Further:
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Current v7.4

Try it free in Demo Mode.
Unlock it for only $1.99

(via in-app purchase)

Info:

  • This is an Applet
  • works with: Music/TV
  • file format: Application (Applet)
  • Gatekeeper Security: Notarized by Apple
  • current version downloads: 448 | total downloads: 6,511
  • .dmg download size: 2MB

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