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Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / July 2008Deleting low-rated podcasts (iTunes)
I have tried various tricks to group a couple of hundred low-rated podcasts together to make it easy to delete them. I've created a smart playlist and renamed various fields to "delete me", but I can't select them to be deleted from there, and I can't change the sort order of the podcast list. Anybody have a recommended way to group these in a location that allows me to delete them? > I have tried various tricks to group a couple of hundred low-rated > podcasts together to make it easy to delete them. I've created a [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Anybody have a recommended way to group these in a location that > allows me to delete them? AppleScript (on one line): tell application "iTunes" to delete (every track whose podcast is true and rating < 50) You may want to change the selection clause. The rating that iTunes shows as 0-5 stars is represented internally as a number from 0-100, so the start values are {0,20,40,60,80,100}. I use zero stars to mean "unrated" rather than "really really bad" so I'd probably change the last part of the clause to 'rating = 20' to accomplish what you're describing. If, in the above line, you replace 'delete' with 'get' AppleScript will show you a list. You can use that to validate before deleting for real. You could also leverage that smart playlist you've got if the selection criteria are more complex than this, and use AppleScript to delete tracks based on their inclusion in that list.  Signature"Harry?" Ron's voice was a mere whisper. "Do you smell something ... burning?" - Harry Potter and the Odor of the Phoenix >AppleScript (on one line): > >tell application "iTunes" to delete (every track whose podcast is true >and rating < 50) I guess it's about time for me to start playing with AppleScript. I need one more criterion though - the playcount > 0. I play a smart playlist with playcount < 1 and podcast = true. When I find one I want to save, I give it a rating. Most I don't want to save. > I guess it's about time for me to start playing with AppleScript. You can delete items from a smart playlist (and thus delete them entirely) by selecting them, holding down the option key, and then pressing the delete key. SignatureK. Lang may your lum reek. >You can delete items from a smart playlist (and thus delete them >entirely) by selecting them, holding down the option key, and then >pressing the delete key. That did it. I went to 3 forums before I found someone who knew this. Some features are just not easy to learn. (This is one that might not be easy to remember!). > That did it. I went to 3 forums before I found someone who knew > this. Some features are just not easy to learn. (This is one that > might not be easy to remember!). Yeah, and I stumbled across it by accident. Good rule of thumb: If a keystroke or mouse click doesn't do what you want, try it while holding down the option key. :) SignatureK. Lang may your lum reek. >> That did it. I went to 3 forums before I found someone who knew >> this. Some features are just not easy to learn. (This is one that [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >Good rule of thumb: If a keystroke or mouse click doesn't do what you >want, try it while holding down the option key. :) Too bad it doesn't indicate that anything is different before I press Delete. > Too bad it doesn't indicate that anything is different before I press > Delete. My biggest beef with iTunes is that the undo command is always greyed out. If I accidentally delete a playlist I have to restore my whole iTunes library from backup. A simple command-Z would be so much better. I have no idea why this isn't implemented. SignatureK. Lang may your lum reek. |
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