#Copy metadata to swinsian update#
#Copy metadata to swinsian mac#

Devices running iOS are only partially supported copying tracks from them onto your computer may be possible for some devices, but changing the library on the device is not possible. ‘Classic’ iPod models are supported (including Mini, Shuffle, Video and older Nanos). If you use an iOS device you will still need to use iTunes or Music to sync music to the device.

#Copy metadata to swinsian mac#

Does Swinsian replace iTunes/Music?įor managing and listening to the music on your Mac Swinsian can replace iTunes/Music entirely. It's also a good idea to disable the 'Keep iTunes Media folder organised' option in iTunes so that it won't move or rename any files once they have been imported into the Swinsian library. Then use the 'Import iTunes Library…' command in the File menu in Swinsian and select the 'iTunes Library.xml' file in your iTunes folder.

Make sure that 'Share iTunes Library XML with other applications' is turned on in the Advanced tab of the iTunes preferences. If you are running an older version of macOS that comes with iTunes When importing a Music library Swinsian will not make a new copy of the audio files so it's advisable to disable the 'Keep Music Media folder organised' option in the 'Files' section of the Music preferences so that files aren't moved once they have been imported into the Swinsian library. To export the Music library select 'Export Library…' from the 'Library' section of the 'File' menu in Music. If you have smart playlists that you wish to import you will need to export the Music library as an xml file and use the 'Import iTunes Library…' command described below. The 'Import Music App Library' command does not support importing smart playlist rules. Either click the import button in the welcome window when you first run Swinsian or use the 'Import Music App Library' command in the File menu. Swinsian can import the library directly. On Catalina iTunes has been replaced by the new Music application. How do I import my iTunes or Music library? If you are running macOS Catalina Automatically syncing changes back to iTunes/Music is not possible.

Playlists and track metadata like play counts will be copied to Swinsian. Swinsian can import libraries from iTunes and from the new Music app on Catalina. Can I import my existing iTunes or Music library? To prevent other applications playing sounds on the same device you may wish to change the audio output device in Swinsian to be different from the system wide output device that is set in the System Preferences. Check that 'Automatically adjust device sample rate' is enabled in the Swinsian preferences. Make sure that both the system wide and Swinsian volume settings are set to maximum. For example a track with the genre 'Rock, Pop' will be shown under both 'Rock' and 'Pop' in the browser. Turn on the 'Recognise multiple genre tags per track' option in the Tags tab of the Swinsian preferences and Swinsian will show tracks under more than one genre if the genre tag value is a list of comma separated values. How do I make Swinsian recognise multiple genres per track?

#Copy metadata to swinsian update#

For albums ripped as single files with cue sheets Swinsian will attempt to update the cue file or embedded cue sheet if found. You can customise this behaviour in the preferences if you would prefer to leave the files unchanged. Yes, Swinsian will write any tags you edit back to the original files.

Does Swinsian write edited tags to the original files? To prevent this, disable the 'Import M3U files as playlists' option in the preferences. If the folders of tracks you are importing contain M3U files they will be imported as new playlists in Swinsian. Why is importing tracks creating new playlists? Select Swinsian in the list of applications on the left and change the alert style to 'None'. Notifications can be disabled in the Notifications panel of the System Preferences. Swinsian also supports albums ripped as a single file together with a cue file, and FLAC, Ogg Vorbis and WavPack files with embedded cue information. Most popular audio formats are supported: MP3, AAC, ALAC, WAV, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, AIFF, Opus, AC3, APE WavPack, MusePack, DSF, and WMA. Swinsian can be used on any Mac running macOS 10.8 or later.