I want to add song files to iTunes via the command line.
open -a iTunes -g song.mp3
does exactly this. - However it starts playing the song, too. Any way to avoid this?
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You can use the "Automatically Add to iTunes" folder for that (see PH19617):
cp song.mp3 ~/"Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Automatically Add to iTunes/"
If iTunes is running, anything you copy into this folder will be imported into iTunes automatically (and deleted from the folder afterwards).
Please note:
- The folder name might be language specific, so check the name on your system first.
- Depending on when iTunes was installed, the media folder may be called either
iTunes MediaorTunes Music
answered Apr 19, 2013 at 13:40
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1You should use
mvinstead ofcpso that the file is added and you are not left with a duplicate song file outside of your iTunes library. Apr 28, 2013 at 23:11 -
1Not only does the "Automatically add to iTunes" folder simply not work in many instances, it doesn't work for a distributed library. Jun 4, 2014 at 15:31
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1Support for distributed libraries isn't part of the question here. But you are correct: if you distribute your iTunes library across several disks neither "Add to iTunes" nor dragging media files into the iTunes window will import in a useable way.– nohillside ♦Jun 4, 2014 at 17:23
You can use applescript to do so and there's much more to explore. (add music to special playlist, etc.)
for example, you need to add file /User/username/myMusic/my.mp3 to lib, create a script file named add.scpt
tell application "iTunes"
add alias ((path to home folder as string) & "myMusic:my.mp3")
end tell
run command:
osascript add.scpt
