Download Mp3tag, a powerful and easy-to-use tool to edit metadata of audio files. Download Mp3tag, a powerful and easy-to-use tool to edit metadata of audio files.
Finder doesn't have the smarts to change this - but finder does have a services menu that will allow you to craft a custom automator service that would help automate the process.
You can pop up a dialog to get the artist name, store it, import the songs to iTunes and set the Artist (and/or many of the other tags)
This is a nice way to learn automator if you care, but Finder won't be doing the writing of the mp3 tags. iTunes will launch and do the writing once finder hands off the file(s) and the variable name storing the artist string to iTunes.
Your script uses an import in iTunes step. Won't this give rise to any unwanted side-effects if e.g. iTunes is set to auto manage the library? – Rabarberski10 авг. 112011-08-10 08:07:23
Yes indeed - this implies the songs get imported and you will have to manage / delete these songs. That is a big down side of using the tools provided and a nice benefit of the tools intended to just edit the tags in place. – bmike10 авг. 112011-08-10 15:49:23
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You say this Automator workflow uses iTunes is used to change the value of the MP3's ID3 tags. Maybe it would be better to combine your workflow idea with the ID3 tag editors suggested in the accepted answer. That way, the workflow could open the editor app (or maybe not open it fully, if it can run in the background), let it make the changes, and then it exits. It wouldn't need to start up the whole iTunes app or import the tracks into the library. The workflow could also use a shell-based ID3 tag editor, too. – L S21 апр. 162016-04-21 14:37:48
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Main features:
Batch Tag Editing Write ID3v1.1, ID3v2.3, ID3v2.4, MP4, WMA, APEv2 Tags and Vorbis Comments to multiple files at once.
Support for Cover Art Download and add album covers to your files and make your library even more shiny.
Import from Discogs, freedb, MusicBrainz Save typing and import tags from online databases like Discogs, freedb, MusicBrainz, and more.
Replace characters or words Replace strings in tags and filenames (with support for Regular Expressions).
Create Playlists automatically Create and manage playlists automatically while editing.
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Rename files from tags Rename files based on the tag information and import tags from filenames.
Export to HTML, RTF, CSV Generate nice reports and lists of your collection based on user-defined templates.
Full Unicode Support User-interface and tagging are fully Unicode compliant.
Besides these main features Mp3tag offers a variety of other functions and features ranging ranging from batch export of embedded album covers, over support for iTunes-specific tags like media type or TV Show settings, to combining multiple actions into groups that can be applied with a single mouse click.