Meta v1.9.3 Latest Apr. 13, 2019

What's New?

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

Enhancements

• 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

Fixes

• 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

Enhancements

• “Add to iTunes” operation now reports its progress and is cancellable

Fixes

• 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

Enhancements

• Added a menu item to help recovering lost product licenses

Fixes

• 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 and Dark Mode
• Major Performance Enhancements
• Safer app thanks to Hardened Runtime & App Notarization

Enhancements

• Faster tagging: all tag writing is now done in the background while you make changes
• Faster “Fit Columns” and auto-complete
• Ability to use audio-properties when composing file names or file paths
• Ability to specify path components (folders) when exporting artworks, using a forward slash delimiter
• Context menu “Cut” & “Copy” actions now include artworks by default
• New “Paste Tags” and “Paste Artwork” context menu actions
• New “Bit Depth” audio property

Enhancements to “Create Directories” and “Move to Directory” features:

• Option to reveal created folders on completion
• Option to move non-audio files
• Option to automatically remove empty folders

Fixes

• 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

Enhancements

• Added the ability to specify the artwork export name using a pattern
• “Create Directories” now shows a progress indicator
• “Create Directories” now offers an option to copy files instead of moving them
• Meta will automatically offer to fix various errors that might occur when performing file operations
• 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)

Fixes

• 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

Enhancements

• ‘to Titlecase’ now properly ignores roman numerals (will leave them uppercase)

Fixes

• 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 ✨! (via In-app purchase)
• New artwork toolbar
• macOS 10.10 is now the required minimum system version to run Meta

Enhancements

• When batch-pasting, whitespace is now trimmed from both ends of every line

Fixes

• 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
• Removed the 'Clear iTunes Tracks on delete' feature, because it wasn't functioning properly and no reliable solution could be found

Meta v1.8.3 May. 08, 2018

What's New?

• Implemented basic Export of Tags to CSV.

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.

Enhancements

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

Meta v1.8.1 Jan. 20, 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” was renamed to “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 a Tag 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.

Enhancements

• Added a general preference to clear the list on drag. When selected, dragging new files will then replace the contents rather than append to the list. Maintaining the option key down while dragging will temporarily reverse that behaviour.
• The “Create Directories” feature is now also applying the NTFS/CIFS sanitising preferences to the generated folder names.
• Added key equivalents for “Adjust Artworks” ⇧⌘J, ”Track Numbering” ⇧⌘N, and global string transforms.
• Changed the key equivalents for “Rename Files” ⇧⌘R and “Convert to Tags” ⇧⌘T.
• Completions taken from iTunes are now split by comma when parsed into Meta's database.
• When exporting playlists or artworks, the initial export location is relative to that of the selected files.
• In the event of a failure to save changes, Meta will now display an error, and offer to immediately fix any file permissions issues that may be responsible.

Meta v1.7.2 Sep. 26, 2017

Enhancements

• Meta now ignores the 'Open directory at launch' preference, when launched to open a specified set of files.

Fixes

• 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 (ie. DSF and 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

Enhancements

• There is no more lag when selecting a big amount of files. (Previously had to wait 40s when selecting ~500 files. Now selection is instantaneous even with a load of ~3000 Files on a classic Hard Disk Drive).
• Column customisation menu: All visible columns are now initially part of the menu, for faster de-selection.

Fixes

• Added Some Missing Translations.
• Fixed a bug which could cause clearing tags to fail.

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. The ID3 frame is now declared with the ENG language by default, to stay compatible with iTunes.
• - 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

Enhancements

• Added the ability to navigate the selection when previewing artworks, using the up/down arrow keys.

Fixes

• Fixed quicklook panel not being refreshed on selection change (audio preview).
• Restored the “Services” Menu.

Meta v1.6.4 Jan. 24, 2017

Enhancements

• Column-based batch editing operations have been moved to their own submenu, and string transforms are now also available when relevant.
• Editing operations affecting all Tags have been restored to the file's list context menu (cut, copy, paste, paste missing).

Fixes

• 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

Enhancements

• Updated Taglib to v1.11.1
• 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.
• Batch-copy filenames without extensions, by maintaining the option key pressed when clicking “copy”.

Fixes

• 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, see below:
  • “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

Enhancements

• Nicer CSV copying (single value case).
• Brung back '⌥-Click' to edit pattern, as a user preference.
• Relative Date Formatting.

Fixes

• 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 behaviour.

Meta v1.6 Oct. 03, 2016

What's New?

• Extended Tags Support ✨

  There is now a much bigger range of available tags to choose from. So big I had to implement filtering in most menus…

• Custom Editor View Configurations ✨

  With great power comes great responsibility: the wider tag spec. created a need for users to be able to customise what they want to see in the batch editor. 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 ✨

  Now available both in the editor, and in the files list, via the context menu. This is very useful in-app, but also great to import/export lists of tags to Numbers or Excel Spreadsheets. You can copy raw text from anywhere, and it’ll split the data per-selected-row for each line break. You can still copy all tags at once, by selecting the corresponding action in the Main Menu.

Enhancements

User Interface

• New Popovers in the batch editor for dealing with Dates, Multiline Text (Lyrics, Comments…), and BPM (“Tap Tempo” feature)
• The Editor can now be Resized, and Collapsed. (only on OSX El Capitan or later)
• Spreadsheet style editing in the tableview (edit next row on return)

Tag Engine

• Updated Taglib to v1.11. This brings out many fixes and enhancements to the tagging engine powering Meta.

Formats

• Added support for OGG Opus Files
• Added support for WAV INFO Metadata
• New FLAC Artwork Storage Preference (Choose wether to write as FLAC Pic, Vorbis Pic, or both)

Fixes

• Fixed clipped drawing of tokens on macOS Sierra
• Fixed a rare unicode issue in “convert filename to tags” due to combining character sequences
• And a lot of smaller stuff, as usual…

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.

Pattern-Based Operations

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

Other

• 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)
• Optimised 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.