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Exporting all of your playlist names to a text file

The ability to sync albums artists didn't exist prior to iTunes 9.0. My workaround to sync albums was is to create album-based playlists with the following nomenclature: artist - album. This has also made it easy for me to burn CDs of albums, as I could just navigate to a playlist and click on the "burn" button.

If you manage your iTunes library like this, and would like a way to export your playlists to a text file (to share your album collection with your friends and whatnot), then the Playlist Names to Text File AppleScript may do the trick for you. To install the script, first download it and then place it in your [username]/Library/iTunes/Scripts/ folder.

After running the script, you're presented the option of whether or not you want to save a text file with the names of all the playlists (and folders) in your iTunes library. Playlist Names to Text File is available as a free download on Doug's Scripts site, though I'm sure Doug will certainly appreciate any donations.

2009 for me wasn't very musically exciting. To make up for lost time, I'll be embarking on a journey to listen to 52 albums in 52 weeks during 2010. But I can't do this without "a little help from my friends," who'll be reviewing my album list and make some recommendations.



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Copeland23

I just wanted to say love the Whiskeytown. Best under-the-radar-as-a-great-band ever.

December 02 2009 at 2:19 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
janmcintyre

Anyone know of a similar script that allows you to export a list of songs in a playlist? Exporting as XML includes a ton of unnecessary data when all I want is song title/artist.

December 02 2009 at 9:16 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Matthew Smith

Nice tunes, btw!

December 02 2009 at 7:26 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
johnnyc2

How do you sync albums? I only have the option to sync Artist, Genre or Playlist to my iPhone. Or is Albums and iPod only feature?

December 02 2009 at 2:13 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
web easy 8 reviews

This one is great and i really liked it. AppleScript application may appear very simple but it is very useful especially when i need to share my favorite play-list with my friends.

December 02 2009 at 1:40 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ondra Soukup

Seriously, setting goals for even something as simple as listening to music ? Aren't you people exaggerating stuff little too much ?

December 01 2009 at 10:00 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Galley

One album per week? The number of tracks scrobbled on your Last.fm page must be embarassingly low.

December 01 2009 at 9:28 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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