If you are like me, your iTunes library can become a bit disorganized over time, especially when adding songs through multiple sources like buying from the iTunes store and copying from the CD collection. Not only can this lead to mismatched names, with one band going by multiple names (Beatles, The Beatles, etc.), it can also create duplicate songs.
And cleaning up duplicate songs in iTunes is no fun task.
That's where Tidysongs comes into the picture. Tidysongs is an Adobe Air application that uses the iTunes scripting engine to tidy up and organize iTunes. It does this by finding and eliminating duplicates, adding album art and fixing song information.
The nice thing about adding album art is that Tidysongs can add artwork that is not in the iTunes store, so if you have artists like The Beatles in your collection, you can easily get the album artwork added through Tidysongs. Fixing song information can also make sure that a single artist isn't listed under multiple name variations.
One neat feature is the ability to specify a particular playlist and to modify the minimum confidence level, which is how confident the application is that the changes are correct. If you want to play it safe, you can up the confidence level to 90% or 95%, or you can be a little more aggressive and lower the confidence level.
You can also organize iTunes by renaming genres, which is real handy if you're collection has gotten a bit picky about genre names or if you want to combine Pop Rock, Metal and Blues Rock all into "Rock". Unfortunately, this area of Tidysongs could use some tidying up. A bug prevented me from seeing the changes in Tidysongs until I exited and re-launched the program, though iTunes showed the changes immediately. It would also be nice to have the ability to browse songs within the genres to get a better feel for what to rename the genre.
Is Tidysongs worth the $30 price tag?
While Tidysongs is a nice application, it won't be worth $30 for everyone. If you have a huge iTunes library and find yourself in need of organizing genres and cleaning up playlists on a semi-regular basis, the price might be a real bargain in exchange for not doing all of the work manually. But if you simply want to eliminate some duplicates or find a few pictures for album art, the $30 price tag might be a little too steep.
Check out the Tidysongs website.
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Comments
Thank you for letting your readers know about TidySongs, Daniel! We want to make tidying up your music library as easy as possible. Let me know if there is any way I can help by emailing me at kelly@tidysongs.com
Thanks!
Don't use this program. It's a steep price at $39, particularly given the stability issues it has. It wouldn't fix my songs, and after several attempts to get support for the product with NO RESPONSE whatsoever, I have filed a claim with my credit card to be refunded.
Bad software. Steer clear!
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