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Can you use GUI scripting from the iTunes script menu?

I have a script that uses traditional AppleScript, but also some GUI scripting. I placed it in ~/Library/iTunes/Scripts, so it would show up in the iTunes Script menu, where I have tons of iTunes ...
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How do you set the selection in iTunes in an AppleScript

I'm writing a script in iTunes, part of which changes the selected playlist. When I'm all done, I want to restore the playlist and the selected tracks. I was able to do the first, but haven't found a ...
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Create playlists for full albums in iTunes (i.e. albums with all songs)

How could I create playlists for all of the albums in iTunes for which I have all of the songs? Assume that track number & track count metadata is accurate where specified, and don't worry about ...
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Script to Update/download most recent iTunes podcast WITHOUT opening iTunes at all?

I have a couple favorite podcasts that I subscribe to in iTunes. I'm using You Control (so I don't have to open iTunes to play my music). I'm using Keyboard Maestro. I've made a macro that runs ...
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Turn on iTunes EQ via AppleScript

Can I turn the iTunes EQ on/off using AppleScript? I found a way to change the preset, but not turn the EQ on or off.
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How to check which files are not in iTunes library, but are in iTunes folder?

This is a question from Wil Wheaton's google+, but I would like to get an answer too, stackexchange style. Suppose you have all your music in a folder called /iTunes/Music. When you add files to ...
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How do I copy the location of a track to the “Comments” section in iTunes?

I dont understand why this is not working. If anybody knows how to resolve this issue: tell application "iTunes" copy location of track 1 of playlist "Test" to Comments end tell Applescript ...
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Set Specific Podcasts to Show as TV Shows in iTunes, using AppleScript

I'm using on online TV recorder to record TV shows. Those recordings are downloaded as a podcast to iTunes. My following Applescript should just grab those podcasts, update some info fields and ...
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Launch Genius via AppleScript

I would like to launch a Genius playlist for the currently playing song in iTunes via an AppleScript. A prerequisite would be for the script to work when iTunes is in full screen. And ideally, it ...
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Deleting all songs in a given iTunes playlist using Applescript

I'm working on a script to manage my "queue" playlist in iTunes and wanted an easy and fast way to quickly delete all songs in that playlist. Applescript seemed the best option and I created a little ...
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An iTunes Applescript that appends to tag only when it doesn't match part of the tag string?

I'm trying to find a way to add a keyword or group of words/tags/strings to a set of selected iTunes tracks if they haven't been added. A use-case would be to add extra metadata in a comment such as ...
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Scripting iPhone backup

Is it possible to use AppleScript to automate backing up an iPhone via iTunes? I've come across a script that uses the update command and that simply syncs rather than performing a back up. This is ...
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How do I find out the applescript commands available for a particular app?

I'm trying to find out if I can get iTunes to do something complex, but don't know what can be scripted. Is there a way to find out what applescript commands an app will respond to?
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How to Unset iTunes Track Start And Stop Time For Multiple Tracks?

For some reason a lot of tracks in my iTunes library have senseless start and stop times set. This is really annoying as some tracks get skipped after a few seconds. There are Apple Script commands ...
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How do I set podcast release date in iTunes using Applescript?

I would like to add the release date to podcasts that I've imported into iTunes, but my applescript is returning an error about the date object. tell application "iTunes" set theSelection to ...
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How to script “add to iTunes Library”

I'm trying to deliver as a download a collection of audio files such that the user (preferably Win and Mac) would be able to double click on the file (perhaps a DMG? / ZIP) and launch a script that ...
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AppleScript to add files to an iOS app under iTunes

I know it's possible to write an AppleScript to add music and video files to the iTunes library. Is it also possible to write AppleScript to add files to iOS apps that use file sharing? For example, ...
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How can I regularly move movies in iTunes to an external drive?

I have been adding a lot of movies to iTunes lately. Problem is, the size grows very quickly. I appreciate having the metadata in one place, but I would want to move the actual files to an external ...
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Can you (semi-)automatically rate all songs with at least X plays with Y stars in iTunes?

After reconsolidating my music collection in iTunes, Iā€™m curious if there is any way to programmatically set star ratings based upon the number of plays, but only for songs that I have not yet rated? ...
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Why doesn't Automator service appear in iTunes?

I'm trying to write an Automator service for iTunes so that I can immediately open a file from iTunes in VLC, so I don't have to do (show in finder, launch with other application, vlc). I go to ...
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AppleScript to mark video file as TV show?

I'm using Hazel to automate the conversion of video files to iTunes .mv4 format, however one limitation I've run into is being able to mark a video file as "TV show" or "Movie" before adding to ...
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Is there an AppleScript or Automator action to quickly edit Info for Video in iTunes?

I ripped the DVD set of a television series to my iMac. But now, the filenames are weird and there is no meta info. In Automator, I see there is an action to edit Info for a song. That's great, but ...
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Can I write an Automator/AppleScript script to download all the iTunes app updates?

This is related to How can I tell iTunes to always download free updates I would like to write a script to tell iTunes to download all the free app updates available, and have that script run ...
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Compare my iTunes library with the iTunes Store's

Is there a way to compare my iTunes library with the iTunes Store's library, so I can find what songs I'm missing by a particular artist? Ideally, I would be able to compare the Store and my Library ...
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How do I do custom key binding in iTunes?

How would I assign āŒ˜1 to Music (Library item) āŒ˜2 to Movies āŒ˜3 to Podcasts Surprisingly enough, these key bindings are not assigned to anything yet, and IMO they would be most convenient ones ...