Remove Unwanted Characters from Song Names
Remove a specified number of text characters from the beginning of the selected track names.
Track numbers in your Song Names disquieting your chi? Here’s an AppleScript that lets you delete a specified number of characters from the beginning of the name of each selected track; for example, you can delete the initial digits and the space from “01 First Track,” “02 Second Track,” and so on.
The Code
This script asks you for the number of text characters you want removed from the beginning of each of the selected track names and then removes that many:
tell application "iTunes" -- if no tracks are selected, exit set sel to selection if sel is {} then return -- get a number routine set this_offset to my get_a_number("") repeat with aTrack in sel tell aTrack -- use try block; skip this track if any errors try set name to text (this_offset + 1) thru -1 of (get name) end try end tell end repeat if frontmost is true then display dialog "Done!" buttons {"Thanks"}¬ default button 1 with icon 1 end tell to get_a_number(addenda) -- ask for a number as text set myNumber to text returned of (display dialog "" & addenda & "Enter number of initial characters to remove:" default answer¬ "" buttons {"Cancel", "OK"} default button 2) -- try to coerce the text string to a number try (myNumber as integer) on error -- if not, handler calls itself again tell me ...
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