Now you can proceed with an option to revert in a pinch. ITunes lets you change metadata on multiple songs at once. You can make sure you’re backing up the right folder by looking in iTunes > Preferences > Advanced, where the iTunes Media Folder Location is listed. File Type: Choose Extension to limit the search range to specific types of. (See this September 2018 column on how to make sure your music is locally downloaded.) Click the magnifying glass next to the Search field at the top-right corner.
If you have iCloud Music Library enabled (via iTunes Match or Apple Music), make sure all the files you want to modify have been downloaded to your Mac and aren’t stored in the cloud.My strong suggestions before you make bulk metadata changes in iTunes:
Notably, you can correct or modify metadata-information about the files-in bulk.īut beware! These changes are made to the files, not just within iTunes, and there’s no warning and there’s no undo. But despite all of its the non-audio parts, iTunes can help you with music files. According to Apple, the High Quality AAC setting produces files that take up less than. With all the features Apple has crammed into iTunes for macOS, it’s a Swiss Army knife of an app (or maybe more like a 20 pounds of potatoes in a five-pound bag). The songs you purchase at the iTunes Store are also in the AAC format.
