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Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / March 2007iTunes column heading names
I import quite a few audiobooks into iTunes, and find it very irritating not to have a column for *author*. I have to use *composer* instead. Is there any way at all to change the names of the column options? I cannot find such a thing anywhere, and there is nothing even close in the View Options. (I can't use *Artist* because I already use that for the reader of the book.) I have iTunes 7.1.1 running on an iMac G5 PPC with OS X 10.4.9.  SignatureSally in Shropshire, UK bed and breakfast near Ludlow: http://www.stonybrook-ludlow.co.uk Burne-Jones/William Morris window in Shropshire church: http://www.whitton-stmarys.org.uk > I import quite a few audiobooks into iTunes, and find it very irritating not > to have a column for *author*. I have to use *composer* instead. Is there > any way at all to change the names of the column options? I cannot find such > a thing anywhere, and there is nothing even close in the View Options. (I > can't use *Artist* because I already use that for the reader of the book.) > I have iTunes 7.1.1 running on an iMac G5 PPC with OS X 10.4.9. An alternative for grouping by authors (with them named in the Composer field) would be to use a smart playlist and set it to match the composer name. SignatureAdrian >> I import quite a few audiobooks into iTunes, and find it very irritating not >> to have a column for *author*. I have to use *composer* instead. Is there [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > field) would be to use a smart playlist and set it to match the composer > name. Well that's a thought Adrian. I'll ponder on that, though I think it doesn't quite fit what I want. I was just a bit surprised that there seemed no way to change the column headings. SignatureSally in Shropshire, UK bed and breakfast near Ludlow: http://www.stonybrook-ludlow.co.uk Burne-Jones/William Morris window in Shropshire church: http://www.whitton-stmarys.org.uk > Well that's a thought Adrian. I'll ponder on that, though I think it doesn't > quite fit what I want. I was just a bit surprised that there seemed no way > to change the column headings. In the old days you could sometime use a little utility called ResEdit to edit such things ... whether there is an equivalent in OS X I've no idea! (Actually, the smart playlist idea is worth playing with ... it's a powerful way of managing tracks.) SignatureAdrian >> Well that's a thought Adrian. I'll ponder on that, though I think it doesn't >> quite fit what I want. I was just a bit surprised that there seemed no way [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > (Actually, the smart playlist idea is worth playing with ... it's a > powerful way of managing tracks.) If the column names are localized you might be able to hack a plist file by hand. >> Well that's a thought Adrian. I'll ponder on that, though I think it >> doesn't [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > to edit such things ... whether there is an equivalent in OS X I've no > idea! Adrian, A belated response, partly for the benefit of anyone else interested in this: There appear to be two equivalents to ResEdit for OS X. ResKnife which is freeware from: <http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/29105> and Resorcerer which is 256 USD (ouch!) from: <http://www.mathemaesthetics.com/ResorcererInfo.html> There is a free demo of Resorcerer, but for the small thing I want to do it would not personally be worth my paying that much. Not having used ResEdit, or either of the above, I obviously don't know how they compare and if they would actually do what I want. I will have to have a further look when I have a bit of time over the weekend. Thanks for the pointer. SignatureSally in Shropshire, UK bed and breakfast near Ludlow: http://www.stonybrook-ludlow.co.uk Burne-Jones/William Morris window in Shropshire church: http://www.whitton-stmarys.org.uk |
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