Mp3tag 1.2.3

Changed

• FLAC VorbisComment block is now always written before Picture block to increase compatibility.

Fixed

• Copy and paste metadata from files to other files via internal clipboard did not work reliably in rare cases.

Mp3tag 1.2.2

New

• Added action groups and action categories to toolbar menu item.
• Added action groups and action categories to main menu.
• Added keyboard shortcuts to jump between Tag Panel and File List.
• Added option to rewrite tags also if no input has changed.
• Added support for FLAC in MP4.

Changed

• Preserve selection when filtering the file list.
• Combined last used Tag Source and Tag Sources menu toolbar items.
• Added special handling for ID3v2 comment descriptions were case needs to be preserved.
• Changed keyboard shortcut for filtering the file list to Cmd+F.

Fixed

• Previous selection was not restored correctly if file list is reloaded and file list changes.
• Added workaround for crash on invalid JPEGs.

Mp3tag 1.2.1

New

• Added preferences setting to preserve modification date.
• Added support for Polish localization.

Changed

• Preserve file order when loading M3U playlists.
• Double click on cover to display Quick Look preview.
• Automatically select file if only one file is loaded.
• Keyboard shortcut to remove tags is now ⌥⌘⌫ because ⌘⌫ is usually used to delete text from start to cursor.
• Possibility to cancel at batch processing errors.
• Improved filtering performance.

Fixed

• ID3v2 cover art with descriptions containing umlauts or other special characters were not read correctly.
• Crash at $rg2sc() scripting function.

Mp3tag 1.2.0

New

• Added support for reading M3U playlists.
• Added support for creating M3U playlists.
• Added support for exporting to text and CSV files.
• Added support for complex filter expressions.

Changed

• Added recently used filters to filter field menu.
• Improved message that requests permission to access files and folders.

Fixed

• Renaming _DIRECTORY via action Format Tag Field prevented subsequent renames of _FILENAME in same action group.
• Text in Filter field was not scrollable.

Mp3tag 1.1.4

New

• Added an alternative distribution method that doesn’t require the Mac App Store.
• Added randomize sorting option when clicking on first column header in file list.

Changed

• Apply is now the default action on the Action Groups window so actions can be applied by pressing Return key.

Fixed

• Renaming _DIRECTORY via action Format Tag Field failed if target directory already existed.

Mp3tag 1.1.3

Changed

• Navigate to next/previous rows via Tab and Shift+Tab keys after last/first editable column in file list is reached.
• Added detection of macOS App Translocation for trial version and ask to move the app to Application to prevent all sorts of random issues.

Fixed

• Copying from temporary to original file failed on network drives in some cases if file was opened by an external process.
• Collecting user-defined fields at input didn’t prevent duplicates in fields list in all cases.

Mp3tag 1.1.2

New

• Added support for Japanese and Brazilian Portuguese localization.
• Added support for MP4 fields DIRECTOR, ITUNESALBUMID, ITUNESARTISTID, ITUNESCOMPOSERID, ITUNESCOUNTRYID, ITUNESGENREID, and XID.

Changed

• Detect unmounted network volumes to prevent waiting for timeout if set as startup folder
• Not using ID3v2 unsynchronization scheme anymore when writing ID3v2.4 due to compatibility reasons with apps that don’t implement the standard.
• Acquiring advisory lock when writing files.

Mp3tag 1.1.1

New

• Added support for Spanish localization.

Changed

• Changed imported tags from converter Text file - Tag to be merged with existing tags.

Fixed

• CRLF newline characters resulted in empty lines at import from text file.
• External changes on filenames were not reflected in the file list in some cases.

Mp3tag 1.1.0

New

• Added converter Text file to Tag to import tags from text files.
• Added option to Merge tag-sources results to existing tags which also keeps existing covers.
• Added synchronized selection for tracks and files table at Tag Sources results.
• Added synchronized scrolling for tracks and files table at Tag Sources results.
• Added support to enable or disable all fields in Tag Sources result via Option + Click.
• Added context-menu item on file list header to auto-size current column.
• Added context-menu item on file list header to auto-size all columns.

Changed

• Changed Show in Finder context-menu item to also select all files in Finder and open more than one Finder window if necessary.
• Changed focus to be at first empty search field or search button at Tag Sources search window.
• Improved accessibility for helper buttons in formatstring fields.
• Changed to use a minimum window size.

Fixed

• Write error message due to sandboxing issue on some external thumb drives if temporary files were involved.

Mp3tag 1.0.4

New

• Added support for Czech, French, Italian, and Simplified Chinese localization.

Changed

• Renaming files now replaces slash character / if none is used in formatstring.

Fixed

• Crash at pasting copied tag data if different files were loaded in the meantime.
• Quick Look on file list also displayed cover when switching to textual Tag Panel fields.
• Write error message due to sandboxing issue on some external thumb drives if temporary files were involved.

Mp3tag 1.0.3

Changed

• Changed encoding of ID3v2 cover description back to ISO-8859-1.

Mp3tag 1.0.2

New

• Added Quick Look preview to cover art window.

Changed

• Removed auto-replacing reserved characters to underscore on field-lookup when renaming files.
• Changed default button title text at edit extended tag dialog.

Fixed

• Accessing of files and folders via secure bookmarks failed in some cases.
• Action adjust cover rounded 1 pixel off when calculating new image size in some cases.
• ID3v2 cover description only supported characters of ISO-8859-1.

Mp3tag 1.0.1

Changed

• Alignment of fields of type Check in Tag Panel now more in line with Text fields.
• Auto-completion of Genre field in Tag Panel now uses suggested capitalization.

Fixed

• Add files and folders button in toolbar didn’t add the files and instead had the same functionality as Open files and folders.
• File associations for MP4 and M4V were accidentally set to default.

Mp3tag 1.0.0

New

• Added trial version.

Changed

• Close app when window is closed.

Mp3tag 1.0.0-beta.13

Fixed

• Regression from beta 12 where menu at Preferences → Tag Panel → Type had no label texts.

Mp3tag 1.0.0-beta.12

Changed

• Cleanup of localization resources.

Fixed

• Temporary files and folders were not always removed if MP4 files cannot be written on external or network drives.

Mp3tag 1.0.0-beta.11

Changed

• Changed edit extended tag dialog to be vertically resizable.
• Changed edit extended tag dialog to have scrollbar.
• Added accessibility field names when editing in the file list.

Fixed

• Performing changes that require temporary files left name of temporary file in file list in rare cases.
• Crash at displaying error message when running action export cover.
• Ensure file list has focus after removing all files.

Mp3tag 1.0.0-beta.10

Fixed

• Regression from beta 9 where top-level action groups were not loaded correctly.

Mp3tag 1.0.0-beta.9

New

• Added Delete as alternate command for Remove menu item in main menu and file list contextual menu.
• Added message alerts when deleting action groups or actions.

Changed

• Accessibility improvements for Tag Panel fields.

Fixed

• Crash when using single / as format string for converter Filename to Tag.
• Root level action categories were always nested on reload.
• Regression from beta 6 where some logical scripting functions could not be nested correctly.

Mp3tag 1.0.0-beta.8

New

• Added alternating row background colors to tracks and files tables for Tag Sources results.

Changed

• Changed to expand ~/ to home directory when importing, exporting, or renaming files.
• Changed to use localized display name for folders at Preferences → General → Startup folder.

Fixed

• Crash when removing selection from Tag Sources tracks table.
• Action Import Cover failed silently if sandbox access to image file was missing.
• Folders loaded via System Services were not added to recent folders and secure bookmarks.
• Not all fields were displayed at Tag Sources result in some cases.

Mp3tag 1.0.0-beta.7

New

• Added Copy, Cut, and Paste to contextual menu of file list.
• Added Open in Mp3tag system service to folders and supported files.
• Added support for sorting the Tag Sources results table.

Changed

• Changed toolbar symbols to be slightly bigger.

Fixed

• Crash at duplicating actions of type Import tag fields.
• Crash when reading invalid UTF-8 from FLAC, Ogg, or Opus.
• Using Tag Sources on a filtered result also used some of the unfiltered files.

Mp3tag 1.0.0-beta.6

New

• Added support to copy, cut, and paste tags from files to other files.
• Added support to copy selected files externally.
• Added support to copy textual representation of selected files.
• Added menu View → Sort By.
• Added option to randomize file list sorting via menu View → Sort by.

Changed

• Changed fields with multiline contents visually more distinctive in both file list and extended tags dialog.
• Changed format string token fields to scroll in single-line mode.
• Changed scroll to insert location after adding fields to format string via fields menu.
• Changed to always show minutes and seconds in formatted lengths.
• Changed keyboard shortcut for Quick Actions to Cmd+Alt+6.

Fixed

• File list column width was not preserved if changed via double click between column headers.
• Regression where selection in file view via Cmd+drag did not work anymore.
• Copying format strings to pasteboard sometimes contained superfluous slash characters.
• Format string bracket-lookup notation didn’t work if field placeholder was part of function parameter.

Mp3tag 1.0.0-beta.5

New

• Added action Adjust Cover to adjust album cover image format and size.
• Added action Import tag fields (aka Guess values).
• Added action Merge duplicate fields.
• Added action Split field by separator.
• Added action Remove duplicate fields.
• Added option to Adjust Cover to cover window context menu.
• Added support for reordering of files via drag and drop.
• Added support for %_counter% and %_counter_total% dynamic information fields.
• Added import of secondary images from Discogs in case no primary images is available.
• Added option to replace invalid NTFS characters when renaming files.
• Added common links and feedback option to help menu.

Changed

• Changed toolbar symbols to be slightly bigger.
• Changed supported file types to be individually reported to the system.

Fixed

• Regression where file extension was not omitted from selection when renaming files in file list.
• Cover Window still lost focus after performing changes via contextual menu in some cases.

Mp3tag 1.0.0-beta.4

New

• Added support for index tracks and subtracks to Discogs tag source.
• Added information fields to format string fields menus.
• Added functions to format string fields menus.

Changed

• Added normalization of Discogs artist names that removes disambiguation numbers.
• Changed to use folder.ext as default cover filename for drag and drop.
• Changed cover export via drag and drop to use actual cover file type and data instead of conversion to PNG.
• Changed default ID3v2 version to write to ID3v2.3 with UTF-16 for new installations.
• Changed tokens and field names in format string fields menus to be lowercase.

Fixed

• Removed trailing spaces at artist field when importing from Discogs.
• Removed misleading error message that tag could not be read after removing tags.

Mp3tag 1.0.0-beta.3

New

• Added support for importing metadata and cover art via Discogs.
• Added support for importing metadata and cover art via Discogs Release ID.
• Added tag sources popup toolbar button to choose tag source to import from.
• Added tag source toolbar button to import via last used tag source.

Changed

• Improved Tag Panel layout.

Fixed

• Preview at converter Tag - Tag used replacement of invalid path characters.

Mp3tag 1.0.0-beta.2

Changed

• Added word wrapping to extended tags edit dialog.
• Added workaround for drag’n’drop of folders from Finder alternatives.
• Changed quick actions window to be resizable.

Fixed

• Blocking when writing ID3v2 TIPL (INVOLVEDPEOPLE) and TMCL (MUSICIANCREDITS) fields.
• Crash when adding new field to Tag Panel via Preferences that was neither in the list of standard nor custom tag fields.
• Editing mode sometimes chose previous field when adding custom fields.
• Editing mode sometimes chose previous field when adding custom genres.
• Error on attempting to write to locked files produced invalid program state.
• File list did not have focus after saving tags by removing file selection.
• File list sometimes did not have focus after loading files.
• Numeric checkbox had no effect when editing preferences of file list.
• Startup folder configured via „Other“ was sometimes not remembered.

Mp3tag 1.0.0-beta.1

New

• Added action Import Cover to import cover from file.
• Added action Export Cover to export cover to file.
• Added removing of ID3v2 tags from FLAC files.

Changed

• Changed Tag Panel field auto-complete to allow for changing case only.

Fixed

• MP3 VBRI and LAME headers were not read correctly in some cases.

Mp3tag 1.0.0-alpha.21

Changed

• Performance improvements when selecting large amounts of files.

Fixed

• Writing to Ogg files failed if file couldn’t be edited inplace.

Mp3tag 1.0.0-alpha.20

Changed

• Excluded files from last used items that are opened on startup.
• Excluded files from recent documents menu.

Fixed

• Visual glitches at Preferences → File List under Big Sur.

Mp3tag 1.0.0-alpha.19

Fixed

• Renaming files and folders via actions and converter did not work due to sandbox restrictions in some cases.

Mp3tag 1.0.0-alpha.18

Changed

• Improved file-writing performance.

Fixed

• Crash at applying imported data from tag sources in some cases.

Mp3tag 1.0.0-alpha.17

New

• Added support for Musepack.

Fixed

• Regression from previous version where file loading wasn’t possible in some cases.

Mp3tag 1.0.0-alpha.16

Fixed

• Prevent file loading while other operations are running.
• Menu item to add files was enabled during reading of files.

Mp3tag 1.0.0-alpha.15

New

• Updated user interface for macOS Big Sur.
• Updated app icon for macOS Big Sur.
• Added support for native arm64 on Apple Silicon M1.
• Added CMD+D keyboard shortcuts to duplicate actions and action groups.

Changed

• Changed to use joinphrase from API to concatenate multiple artists in MusicBrainz tag source.

Fixed

• Startup Folder popup at Preferences → General was too wide for long folder names.

Mp3tag 1.0.0-alpha.14

New

• Added support for importing metadata and cover art via MusicBrainz.
• Added support for duplicating actions and action groups.

Fixed

• Action Format value for field _DIRECTORY did not work.
• Action Format Value for field _FILENAME with folder specification only performed renaming if folder was created or filename was changed.
• Converter Tag to Filename created empty filenames on format strings that produced an empty string.
• Click on fields menu via + required format string field to have focus.
• Click on format string history menu button required format string field to have focus.

Mp3tag 1.0.0-alpha.13

New

• Added support for checkbox fields on Tag Panel (e.g., COMPILATION).

Fixed

• Possible crash if one or more Tag Panel items were deactivated in configuration.
• Choosing quick action via return was not possible if quick action list has focus.

Mp3tag 1.0.0-alpha.12

New

• Added Quick Look preview to follow selection in file list.
• Added preferences option to choose startup folder.
• Added preferences option to open previous folders on startup.
• Added preferences option to use, collect, and manage custom user-defined genres.
• Added preferences option to hide standard genres.
• Added preferences option to use, collect, and manage user-defined field names.
• Added preferences option to hide standard field names.

Changed

• Changed file list to enter editing mode on delayed double click.
• Changed to use fields from Tag Panel als default fields in converter fields menus.
• Changed Tag Panel auto-complete to be case-insensitive.
• Changed Tag Panel drop-down lists to be sorted.
• Changed to use monospaced digits font in file list.

Fixed

• Default genres were not listed for files with empty Genre field.
• Loading files after changing file list columns via preferences wasn’t possible until restart.
• ID3v2 POPULARIMETER fields were not read correctly.
• ID3v2 POPULARIMETER playcount was not written correctly.

Mp3tag 1.0.0-alpha.11

New

• Added Action Groups feature to run multiple actions on selected files.
• Added Quick Look preview to play files from file list.
• Added Dark Mode cover placeholder image.
• Added < blank > option to Tag Panel field combo list to remove fields when saving tags.
• Added string comparison scripting functions $strcmp() and $stricmp().

Changed

• Logical scripting functions used case-sensitive comparison if parameters were strings.

Fixed

• Temporary directories from creating temporary files on network drives were note removed.
• Crash when double-clicking on empty space in extended tags dialog.
• Toolbar and menu buttons were disabled after exporting cover art from Tag Panel.
• Adding new fields to Tag Panel via Preferences didn’t focus name text field.
• Adding new columns to File List via Preferences didn’t focus name text field.
• Action Remove Fields checkbox Remove covers didn’t update OK button state.

Mp3tag 1.0.0-alpha.10

New

• Added Quick Actions feature to run single action on selected files.
• Added action Replace to replace text in tags and filenames.
• Added action Replace with Regular Expression to replace text in tags and filenames using regular expressions.
• Added action Case Conversion to change upper and lower case in filenames and tags.
• Added action Format value to copy and compose tag fields or filenames by other fields content.
• Added action Remove Fields to remove selected fields from tags.
• Added action Remove Fields Except to remove all fields except selected fields from tags.

Fixed

• Creating temp files on external drives fails if files were loaded individually.
• Pasting cover art from file names (e.g., from Finder) only added file icon instead of image.
• External changes in filename case were not reflected in the file list.
• Copy and paste of folder names with umlauts to format string fields did truncate the string in some cases.

Mp3tag 1.0.0-alpha.9

New

• Added dummy field to Filename to Tag converter field list.

Fixed

• Crash at converter Filename to Tag when adding fields via menu to a format string that contains unparsed tokens.
• Externally renamed folders were not updated in the file list.
• Externally renamed files were not always updated in file list if filter was active.
• Loading files was not possible anymore after attempting a tag change on a non-existing file.

Mp3tag 1.0.0-alpha.8

New

• Added support for Direct Stream Digital Audio (*.dsf).

Changed

• Improved progress reporting to be more responsive when renaming files.
• Changed to use directory of current file when adding cover art from file.
• Changed to use directory of current file when saving cover art to file.
• Changed to use „folder“ as default cover file name when saving cover art to file.
• Tag to Tag converter did not remember window position.

Fixed

• Renaming huge amounts of files reached sandbox limit and showed allow access dialog for each file.
• Folders loaded via drag’n’drop were not added to the recent files list.
• Reloading the file list did not sort files according to current sort descriptor.
• Added files were not sorted according to current file list sorting criteria.
• Adding and loading files did not always update status bar summary.
• Formatstrings at converter Tag to Filename could be removed from history.
• Formatstrings at converter Tag to Tag could not be removed from history.
• Renaming field in Extended Tags dialog did not remove original field.

Mp3tag 1.0.0-alpha.7

Fixed

• Regression from alpha.6 where file list was not always refreshed to display latest contents and which resulted in all kinds of random behaviour.

Mp3tag 1.0.0-alpha.6

New

• Added adjusting of column width by double-clicking on column separator.
• Added continue editing in next or previous file list row via Return and Shift+Return.
• Added file size and track length of selected and total files to file list status bar.
• Added detection of Opus in Ogg container.
• Added Extended Tags toolbar item.

Changed

• Added preserving selection while sorting.
• Cover added via drag and drop is now stored as JPEG in case TIFF data is provided.
• Added converter Tag to Tag to file list context menu.
• Added expansion tooltips for truncated values in file list.
• Added padding to file list status bar.

Fixed

• Cover art image dimension were not calculated correctly in some cases.
• Previous selection was preserved when loading new files.

Mp3tag 1.0.0-alpha.5

New

• Added converter Tag to Tag.

Changed

• Improved default sorting so that files are added sorted by path and filename and only then the custom sorting column is applied.

Fixed

• Editing Tag Panel fields with unsaved changes removed Tag Panel contents.

Mp3tag 1.0.0-alpha.4

New

• Added progress for renaming via converter Tag to Filename.

Changed

• Improved performance of UI refresh at batch-renaming of files.
• Improved performance when editing file list preferences if files are displayed.
• Improved selection behavior when removing files

Fixed

• Cancelling loading files prevented subsequent loading of files (since alpha.3).
• Write operations that require temporary files failed if files were on different devices.
• Files with non-lowercase file extensions were omitted from loading.
• Files with invalid streams were not added to the file list when loading files.
• ID3v1 tags with special chars are not read correctly.
• Registered as Default app for some file types where Alternate app was intended.

Mp3tag 1.0.0-alpha.3

New

• Added creating of directories at converter Tag to Filename.
• Added support for removing of tags via Cmd + forward delete key.
• Added support for removing of files via forward delete key.

Changed

• Add field button in converters now inserts field at current cursor position.
• Changed to omit file extension from initial selection when renaming files in file list.
• Changed to use option modifier key for adding files.
• Cover Window lost focus after performing changes via contextual menu.
• Contextual menu actions were performed on selected file and not on clicked file.
• Preserve visible state of Tag Panel.

Fixed

• Remove cover menu button was enabled after startup even if no file was selected.
• Cover paste menu item was enabled also if no file was selected.
• Rename button at converter Tag to Filename was initially enabled even if no formatstring was provided.
• Convert button at converter Filename to Tag was initially disabled even if formatstring matched.
• Converter Filename to Tag omitted trailing characters if filename contained Unicode chars.
• Multi-line field content was rendered unreadable in file list.
• Potential crash due to race condition on concurrent file loads.
• Potential crash due to race condition on concurrent sort operations.
• Potential crash due to race condition when updating files that were renamed externally.
• Wrong German localization for Tag to Filename context menu entry.

Mp3tag 1.0.0-alpha.2

New

• Added ‘Save’ button to toolbar.
• Added ‘Add files or folders’ button to toolbar.
• Added context menu to file list.
• Added support to load folders via dropping the folder on the Mp3tag Dock icon.
• Added support to add files to the file list via drag and drop by using the Shift modifier key.
• Added support to open multiple files via Finder → Open With.
• Registered with the system to support opening of audio files.

Changed

• Previously used format strings are now prefilled at converters.
• Scrolling in file list now uses a predominant axis.
• Adding Tag Panel fields via Preferences gave duplicate field error alert too often.
• Added default genres to Tag Panel field.

Fixed

• Random crashes when editing format strings.
• Tag Panel showed contents of previously selected files after files were removed from file list.
• Extended Tag window displayed wrong field content after adding fields in some cases.
• Tag Panel field layout was broken by newline characters in metadata content.
• Visual glitch with the file list upper border.
• Closing the main window gave no option to restore the window.
• Keyboard navigation on Tag Panel wasn’t possible anymore after modifying fields via Preferences.
• German localization used instead of on Tag Panel.
• ID3v2 WXXX and UFID frames were not read correctly.

Mp3tag 1.0.0-alpha.1

New

• Initial release, everything is new :)