Meta v2.3 Latest Oct. 31, 2025

Starting with Meta v2.3, you can use a new filter syntax that lets you target specific fields, exclude terms, and combine expressions — making it easy to build complex filtering queries quickly.

What's New? ✨

• Filter Recents Menu
• Advanced Filter Syntax:
• Filter for specific fields, ex: artist: Nils
• Join filter conditions using commas, ex: artist: Nils, year: 2011
• Exclude terms prefixed with a minus sign, ex: Daft Punk, -Remix

Fixes

• Fixed a bug in the "Import Artworks" feature, that prevented it from working properly
• Renamed “Move to Bin” to “Move to Trash" for system coherence
• Renamed the "Tools" menu, into "Tag"
• Moved "Rename Files" and "Arrange Into Directories" commands to the "File" menu
• Overall UI fine tuning

Meta v2.2.2 Sep. 25, 2025

Fixes

• Updated Paddle Licensing SDK to version 4.5.1

  This fixes a bug in the licensing UI, being unresponsive in macOS Tahoe

Meta v2.2.1 Sep. 18, 2025

Fixes

• Updated Paddle Licensing SDK to version 4.5
• Fixed: "Size to Fit Contents" now properly ignores hidden files (accounts for filter status)

Meta v2.2 Feb. 02, 2023

What's New? ✨

• New feature: “Import Artworks”

  Allows to batch-fetch images according to a filename pattern. A common use case would be to have multiple folders, each containing albums, and a file named cover.jpg

• When browsing for artworks, the prompt now defaults to the files first common ancestor
• Find & Replace now offers a menu option to save specific searches, instead of offering recents
• Find & Replace now offers a button to refresh a search
• “Title Case” behavior has been refined

Fixes

• Fixed a bug in “Track Numbering” where the counter would reset when album names are empty

Meta v2.1.6 Nov. 17, 2022

What's New? ✨

• Added an option to reset count for each new directory / album name, in “Number Tracks”
• Added the ability to assign disc numbers/total, in “Number Tracks”

Meta v2.1.5 Aug. 31, 2022

What's New? ✨

• Preferred Music Library: Customize the targeted app for the 'Add to Library' action
• Added built-in support for syncing with the Doppler music library

Meta v2.1.4 Jun. 27, 2022

What's New? ✨

• New string transform: “Sentence Case”
• Tag Finder is now no longer an add-on, and part of Meta by default
• Text-editing popovers now automatically save edits and can be dragged and detached

Fixes

• Fixed slash characters wrongfully being converted to colons when using the “Compose Tag” tool

Meta v2.1.3 Mar. 28, 2022

What's New? ✨

• Added the ability to filter by Media-Type, in Tag Finder

Fixes

• Fixed a bug when Importing CSV
• Fixed parsing of indexes and sub-tracks, in Tag Finder
• Handle Artist-per-track, add “Track-Total”, in Tag Finder

Meta v2.1.2 Jan. 22, 2022

What's New? ✨

• Updated tag engine Taglib to v1.12

Fixes

• Fixed numerous layout issues on macOS Monterey
• Fixed file list header drawing on macOS Monterey
• Fixed missing allowed file types in the open panel

Meta v2.1.1 Jan. 10, 2022

What's New? ✨

• Added a “To Selection” matching mode in Tag Finder
• Added the ability to save the selected track's tags, when double clicking a row, in Tag Finder's track list

Fixes

• Ignore track list headings data in Tag Finder
• Fixed year number formatting in Tag Finder
• Fixed batch-pasting to file names (preserves file extensions)
• Fixed fetching “XL” sized artworks in Cover Finder

Meta v2.1 Dec. 18, 2021

What's New? ✨

• New Feature: “Tag Finder”

  Find tags & artworks online, thanks to the Discogs database

Fixes

• Refreshed Toolbar Icons
• Fixed token field recents displaying 'file info' tokens incorrectly

Meta v2.0.7 Jun. 22, 2021

Fixes

• Added the ability to use "File Info" tokens in "Rename Files"
• Fixed flawed MP4 Movement Number/Total Implementation
• Fixed "Replace all" failing when multiple results are found at different ranges for the same file & tag
• Fixed the look of toolbar icons under older macOS releases
• Fixed a missing localization

Meta v2.0.6 Jun. 08, 2021

Fixes

• Reworked and unified tag context menus
• Added a helpful “Find & Replace” option to tag-context menus, that updates the search scope accordingly
• Added an option that allows for keeping folder tags when using “Create Directories”

Meta v2.0.5 Jun. 02, 2021

What's New? ✨

• Refreshed App Icon!

Fixes

• Changed JPEG image export extension to “.jpg”, for maximum compatibility
• More straightforward “Find & Replace” interface
• User preferences now allows for turning off completions entirely
• Preferred startup folder now uses “None” initially, instead of “Last Used”
• Fixed a crash when editing
• Fixed a drawing issue in converters, where pattern drawing would be clipped to the first displayed token
• Fixed issues with recording custom genres
• Fixed “Size to Fit” when double-clicking a column separator not accounting for the preferred list size
• The example string in “compose tag“ is now forced to single line mode

Meta v2.0.4 May. 19, 2021

What's New? ✨

• Brand new “Find & Replace” interface

  The redesigned interface features pattern matching, search scopes, and recents management

• New “Import Tags” feature, to import and extract tags from CSV files
• New “Reload Tags” command, to re-read metadata from disk
• New artwork previews in the list view, makes for a nicer browsing experience
• Added .ape file format support
• Added “Description” tag support

Fixes

• Faster rendering of the list view
• Autocomplete now also suggests currently listed metadata
• Fixed Meta setting itself up as default for many audio formats
• Fixed a bug where view selector would fail to operate under older versions of macOS
• Fixed a bug that prevented editing the value of track and disc total in the sidebar

Meta v1.9.9 Mar. 05, 2021

Fixes

• Fixed unreachable Cover Finder
• Fixed autocomplete from completing in the middle of a word
• Fixed tag-targeted paste wrongfully also pasting artworks when present
• Fixed a bug when using special copy

Meta v1.9.8 Jan. 01, 2021

Fixes

• Added “Remove From Recents” command to token fields recents menu
• Toggle sidebar visibility using the view selector segmented control
• Fixed cropped artwork view
• Fixed “Add to Library” command failing silently

Meta v1.9.7 Dec. 03, 2020

What's New? ✨

• Optimised for macOS Big Sur ✨
• Added support for “Work” and “Movement” Tags
• Added a user preference for keeping iTunes/Music.app compatibility (Affects grouping and work tags)
• New popover assistant editor for “Length” Tag
• Batch-convert between Traditional & Simplified Chinese
• Display artwork properties when hovering
• Added a “Browse” button to the artwork toolbar
• Discrete progress indicator in lower right corner of the info-bar (macOS 10.15 and later)
• Refactored Column Management Menus
• Automatic playlist export name
• “Copy” now also copies data as CSV
• Shiny new default view configurations for first timers

Fixes

• Fixed a bug that caused artwork writing to fail silently on first run
• Fixed failed progress reporting when performing “Move” operations
• Fixed missing zero-padding when using “Compose Tag”
• Fixed composing an empty Tag of numeric type resulting in an interpretation error
• Fixed tracks under 1 minute long not displaying leading zeroes
• Targeted an incorrect Vorbis APE key for “Track Title Sort”

Meta v1.9.6 Jun. 14, 2020

What's New? ✨

• New optional info-bar
• Added recents to startup folder selector

Fixes

• Preserve formatting when batch copy-pasting
• Strip newlines from pattern-generated strings
• More explicit “Copy” labels
• Fixed display of multiline text in sidebar
• Fixed purging of window sessions on quit
• Fixed “Convert to Tags” badly extracting comma-separated text
• Fixed an access failure issue causing a unintended display of the “Remove directory” popup

Meta v1.9.5 Nov. 29, 2019

What's New? ✨

• Added support for macOS Catalina / Music App
• Easier column management functions, with customisable default configuration
• New transform command: “Trim Whitespace”
• New transform command: “With Underscores” (alternate command to “Sans Underscores”)

Fixes

• Added ability to compose numerical tag types using “Compose Tag”
• Added artist name completion to Cover Finder's search field
• Better German Localisations
• Implemented coloring of token-based example text
• Fixed a possible hang on app start
• Fixed “add to iTunes” to work with “Music” app, and renamed function to “Add to library”

Meta v1.9.4 Jul. 17, 2019

What's New? ✨

• 🇷🇺 Мета теперь доступна на русском языке
• Added a preference to customise the app's editor & list size

Fixes

• Fixed showing the artwork's menu when Control-Clicking
• Fixed showing error messages when files are detected as flawed
• Fixed “To titlecase” rule: Keep “the” as lowercase
• Fixed folder configured to “open at startup” wrongly pushed to the top of the recents menu

Meta v1.9.3 Apr. 13, 2019

What's New? ✨

• New “Swap Tags” utility
• Added a general preference to always select all files added

Fixes

• You can now batch copy/cut/paste from the artwork view's context menu
• Items with a similar name in the recents lists can now be more easily dissociated
• Fixed a crash when showing the context menu for the artwork column
• Fixed “Remove” command not being available when selected artworks differ
• Fixed a bug that caused completion to malfunction
• Fixed batch-pasting from Microsoft Excel
• Fixed general preference pane randomly being too tall

Meta v1.9.2 Mar. 25, 2019

Fixes

• Added progress report and cancelling when performing “Add to Library”
• Fixed a bug that caused a '2' to be appended to filenames when renaming with only capitalisation changes
• Fixed a bug that occasionally prevented dragging images from Safari
• Fixed showing the artwork view's context menu when using control+click

Meta v1.9.1 Jan. 26, 2019

Fixes

• Added a menu item to help recovering lost product licenses
• Fixed insertion point color in dark mode
• Fixed coalescing of tag write operations
• Fixed “Show License” menu item not working
• Fixed auto-moving script failing to cleanup on macOS 10.12 and later

Meta v1.9 Jan. 22, 2019

What's New? ✨

• Ready for macOS Mojave: Supports hardened runtime, and app notarization
• Dark mode support
• Major performance improvements ⚡️
• Create Directories: Options to reveal created folders, move non-audio files, & remove empty folders
• Ability to use audio-properties when composing file names or file paths
• Ability to specify path components when exporting artworks
• New “Paste Tags” and “Paste Artwork” context menu actions
• New “Bit Depth” audio property

Fixes

• Context menu “Cut” & “Copy” actions now include artworks by default
• Fixed “Add to iTunes” on macOS Mojave, to handle POSIX-style paths and new security restrictions
• Fixed copying wrong artwork representation, causing images to be smaller when pasting outside of Meta
• Fixed failing progress sheet dismissal when the parent window was hidden
• Fixed targeting the wrong directory when prompting for sandbox access
• Re-allowed usage of path modifiers in “Create Directories” and “Rename Files”

Meta v1.8.6 Jul. 23, 2018

What's New? ✨

• Export Artworks: Added the ability to specify the artwork export name using a pattern
• Recovery attempting: Meta now offers recovery options when file operations fail
• Create Directories now shows a progress indicator & offers an option to copy files instead of moving them

Fixes

• When browsing for audio files, only accepted types will be selectable
• System Information .spx files are now ignored. (were previously mistaken for OGG Speex audio files)
• Fixed various crashes when using Find & Replace
• Fixed a crash when importing files
• Fixed a crash when backspace-deleting in the sidebar editor
• Fixed thumbnail image resolution for retina macs in the Cover Finder
• Fixed a bug where the album name would not be pre-filled in the Cover Finder

Meta v1.8.5 Jul. 02, 2018

Fixes

• “To Titlecase” now properly ignores roman numerals (will leave them uppercase)
• Fixed a bug that caused licensing of in-app purchases to fail
• Fixed a bug that randomly prevented Meta from opening OGG Vorbis files
• Fixed a bug where moving files across a different volume could allow duplicate entries
• Fixed a crash when reloading artworks
• Fixed a crash when adjusting multiple artworks, and one of them is undefined
• Fixed a crash when changing the precision of ‘Mixed’ dates
• Fixed a crash when dropping files while a move operation is in progress

Meta v1.8.4 Jun. 04, 2018

What's New? ✨

• New feature: “Cover Finder”

  Find hi-quality album covers online

• New Artwork Toolbar for a more hands-on experience
• Bumped the required minimum system version to macOS 10.10

Fixes

• When batch-pasting, whitespace is now trimmed from both ends of every line
• Fixed a buggy animation on macOS 10.13
• Fixed a crash when passing a null URL to the tag engine
• Fixed sidebar not saving its layout and sometimes not allowing itself to be resized
• Added missing declaration for .opus files that prevented Meta from opening those types of files

Meta v1.8.3 May. 07, 2018

What's New? ✨

• New feature: “Export Tags”

  Export the selected files tags to a CSV document

Fixes

• Fixed sorting of text with numerical content in the table view (Now identical to the System/Finder)
• Fixed ID3v2's “Genre” implementation from displaying genre IDs instead of their textual counterpart
• Fixed a crash when trying to set a PDF as artwork
• Fixed a rare crash when reloading artworks

Meta v1.8.2 Feb. 21, 2018

What's New? ✨

• 🇪🇸 Meta ya está disponible en español!

Fixes

• WAV INFO and MPEG APE metadata write options are now enabled by default.

Meta v1.8.1 Jan. 19, 2018

Fixes

• Fixed a startup crash (macOS < 10.11 only)
• Fixed a bookmarking issue (macOS < 10.11 only)
• Fixed 'add To iTunes' sheet freezing because of rapid multiple-clicks

Meta v1.8 Jan. 04, 2018

What's New? ✨

• New Feature: “Compose Tag”

  You can now compose a tag's value for multiple files, by specifying a pattern of text and metadata.

• “Convert Filename to Tags” is now called “Convert to Tags”

  Because it now allows selecting a conversion source, which can either be the file name, file path, or another tag!
  Yes, that means you can now convert existing tags to tags, or the files' parent folder name to the “Album” tag for example, handy!

• New command: “Select Similar”

  Extend the current selection with files that hold the same metadata that the one found at mouse-location when making the previous selection. Yes that sounds complicated, but it's not: Click on some metadata, choose 'select similar' and it will.

• New preference to clear the list when files are dragged in.
• Added key equivalents to: Adjust Artworks, Number Tracks, and global string transforms.

Fixes

• The “Create Directories” feature is now also applying the NTFS/CIFS sanitizing preference.
• Changed the key equivalents for “Rename Files” and “Convert to Tags”.
• Completions taken from iTunes are now split by comma when parsed into Meta's database.
• Default export location is now relative to the currently selected files.
• Meta now offers to fix file permissions issues when failing to save changes.

Meta v1.7.2 Sep. 26, 2017

Fixes

• Meta now ignores the 'Open directory at launch' preference, when launched to open a specified set of files.
• Fixed multiple retro compatibility issues that could cause crashes on systems older than macOS 10.10.

Meta v1.7.1 Sep. 26, 2017

Fixes

• Fixed a crash on .m3u export

Meta v1.7 Sep. 25, 2017

What's New? ✨

• Added support for Direct Stream Digital audio files (DSF / DSDIFF)
• Added the ability to import / export .m3u playlist files
• Added a preference that allows selecting a directory to be opened on app launch

Fixes

• Fixed showing the app's main window when launching Meta using an app-icon drag
• Meta is now tolerant to 'similar' Vorbis XIPH Frames for Comments, Year, and Track Number

Meta v1.6.10 Sep. 01, 2017

Fixes

• Fixed a bug where entering a track/disc total would freeze the app

Meta v1.6.9 Aug. 31, 2017

What's New? ✨

• 🇮🇹 Meta è ora disponibile in italiano.
• Separate view configuration switcher
• Added 'Select Next' and 'Select Previous' commands

Meta v1.6.8 Jul. 03, 2017

What's New? ✨

• Added completions for the 'Grouping' tag, using iTunes data.
• Added the ability to String-Transform all of a file's metadata at once (context menu & edit menu)
• Added the ability to batch-copy read-only attributes
• Added the ability to batch-copy some attributes' “raw” value (offered when pressing the option-key)
• New 'Edit in List / View in List (alternate)' entries in the tag context menus of the sidebar

Fixes

• Added missing translations
• Fixed a bug which would cause clearing tags to fail
• Improved loading time for large amounts of files
• All visible columns are shown in the column customization menu, for faster de-selection

Meta v1.6.7 Jun. 06, 2017

Fixes

• Fixed a crash when setting the “Comment” ID3 Tag on RIFF (wav/aiff)

Meta v1.6.6 Jun. 02, 2017

Fixes

• Fixed ID3v2 “Comment” Tag implementation
• Removed a extraneous separator in the list's context menu, on systems before macOS 10.11
• Ensured the sidebar's width stays fixed at 250px, on systems before macOS 10.11

Meta v1.6.5 Feb. 02, 2017

Fixes

• Added the ability to navigate the selection when previewing artworks, using the up/down arrow keys.
• Fixed quicklook panel not being refreshed on selection change (audio preview).
• Restored the “Services” Menu.

Meta v1.6.4 Jan. 24, 2017

Fixes

• Column-based batch editing operations were moved to their own submenu
• Editing operations affecting all tags have been restored to the file's list context menu
• Fixed 'Create Directories' silently failing.
• Fixed multiple retro-compatibility issues causing crashes on macOS 10.8 & 10.9.
• Fixed copying of single values as CSV mistakenly adding an extra newline.
• Fixed autocomplete not preserving the typed-in typecase.

Meta v1.6.3 Jan. 16, 2017

Fixes

• Fixed an issue when using 'Strip Tags' on MP4 Files.

Meta v1.6.2 Jan. 12, 2017

What's New? ✨

• Updated tag engine Taglib to v1.11.1
• Added the ability to batch-copy filenames without extensions

Fixes

• When editing text, calling the ⌘⌫ key command now clears the line, instead of calling “Move to Trash”.
• “Add to iTunes” now skips unsupported file formats, and reports in case of success or failure.
• Fixed unusual slowness when opening FLAC files.
• Fixed text-finder crashing on macOS Sierra.
• Fixed text-finder issues on previous system versions (see end note).
• Fixed handling of MP4 Metadata track/disc frames.
• Fixed various error-resolving issues when moving files to an existing location:
  • “Replace” was failing when moving files across volumes.
  • “Keep Both” was incorrectly pointing to the file with the orignal name, and not the new unique location.
  • “Skip” was skipping all forthcoming errors, instead of skipping only the current-one.

Meta v1.6.1 Oct. 17, 2016

Fixes

• Nicer CSV copying (single value case)
• Brung back ⌥-Click to edit pattern, as a user preference
• Relative date formatting
• Fixed a drawing glitch when resizing header cells
• Fixed a critical issue regarding “Adjust Artworks”
• Removed “Preserve Modification Date” preference, as it fought against system-defined behavior

Meta v1.6 Oct. 03, 2016

What's New? ✨

• Updated tag engine Taglib to v1.11

  Added support for OGG Opus files and WAV INFO metadata

• Extended tags support

  There is now a wider range of tags available to edit

• Custom editor view configurations

  You can now define different view configurations and switch from one to another easily, depending on wether you’re editing music, more advanced tags, sorting tags, podcast-related tags, etc

• Batch cut, copy, paste

  These operations are now available both in the editor, and in the files list's context menu. You can copy raw text from anywhere, and when you paste it to Meta, the app will automatically split the data per-selected-row for each line break. Magic ✨

• Editing popovers

  New Popovers in the batch editor that help deal with:

  • Date Editing
  • Multiline Text (Lyrics, Comments…)
  • BPM (“Tap Tempo” feature)

Fixes

• The editor can now be resized, and collapsed
• Spreadsheet style editing in the tableview
• New FLAC artwork storage preference (FLAC Pic, Vorbis Pic, or both)
• Fixed drawing of tokens appearing clipped, on macOS Sierra
• Fixed a rare unicode issue in “convert filename to tags” due to combining character sequences

Meta v1.5.2 Feb. 24, 2016

What's New? ✨

• iTunes Integration

  Added an option to enable autocomplete of artists, composers, and genres using metadata from the iTunes library. Also Meta now automatically asks for removal of tracks from the iTunes library when files are deleted.

• Filename to tags / Tags to filename

  Added special escape tokens (wildcard, char, digits…) to filter out unwanted data.
  Zero-Padding length now adapts to the “total” value (ie. 005/100).

• Added an option to preserve file modification dates.
• Added the ability to manually re-order tracks via drag & drop.
• Enhanced the files-list context menu (“Open With” menu)

Fixes

• Fixed the progress window not being dismissed when the app is hidden or minimised.
• Fixed a potential crash when using the text finder (Find/Replace).
• Fixed the conversion pattern selection not being correctly persisted to the user defaults.

Meta v1.5.1 Nov. 24, 2015

What's New? ✨

• New Handy Toolbar Items!
• Added cancellable progress reporting for “Adjust Artworks” operations.
• Nicer Table header contrast & Font weight.
• Better Recessed indicator drawing on El Capitan.

Fixes

• Fixed a scenario where artwork view gets stuck in “Loading…” state.
• Fixed a potential crash when dismissing the “Adjust Artworks” sheet.
• Fixed bad window contour/shadow for “Adjust Artworks”.
• Fixed redundant Menu Separator when running OSX 10.8.
• Fixed a potential hang upon launch.

Meta v1.5 Nov. 13, 2015

What's New? ✨

• Better error reporting when importing faulty audio files.
• Better conversion previews/examples.
• Enabled QuickLook when multiple audio files are selected.
• Added a selector to choose when to enable image reprocessing (Artwork Preferences)
• Optimized Artwork Reloading for slow Disk I/O (NAS, very large artwork, etc…)
• Better progress reporting, with cancellation (move files, set artwork)

Fixes

• Fixed ID3's implementation of -setComments:
• Increased the track numbering maximum value to 9999
• Smaller Fixes & Enhancements for OSX El Capitan

Meta v1.4.2 May. 22, 2015

What's New? ✨

• Redesigned main window that now fully embraces Yosemite's UI.
• Redesigned conversion windows, with previews.
• New conversion option: Create Directories.
• New 'Adjust Artworks' command that allows for batch editing multiple artworks.
• Cancellable Progress Reporting when opening a large amount of files, or when stripping tags.

Fixes

• Inputting '0' in numeric typed tags now deletes the value.