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Meta Changelog

What's new in Meta 2.2

Feb 2, 2023
  • What's New:
  • New “Import Artworks” feature, allows to batch-fetch images according to a filename pattern
  • Fixes:
  • The “Browse” artwork feature now points by default to the common parent of the currently selected files
  • Find & Replace now offers to save specific searches, instead of offering recents
  • Find & Replace now offers a button to re-launch a search
  • Some “Title Case” rules have been refined
  • Fixed a bug in “Track Numbering” where the counter would reset when album names are empty

New in Meta 2.1.6 (Nov 16, 2022)

  • Enhancements:
  • Track Numbering now offers an option to reset the count, when the files are in another directory or have a different album name
  • Track Numbering now offers assigning disc numbers/total

New in Meta 2.1.5 (Sep 1, 2022)

  • Added support for syncing changes with the Doppler Music Library
  • Added a preference to specify your preferred music library app (targeted by the 'Add to Library' feature)

New in Meta 2.1.4 (Jun 27, 2022)

  • What's New:
  • New string transform called “Sentence Case” is available
  • Tag Finder is now fully part of Meta
  • Fixes:
  • Text-editing popovers (comments, lyrics…) now automatically save edits
  • Text-editing popovers (comments, lyrics…) can now be dragged and detached for consecutive editing
  • Fixed slash characters wrongfully being converted to colons when using the “Compose Tag” tool

New in Meta 2.1.3 (Mar 28, 2022)

  • Enhancements:
  • Tag Finder: Added custom filter options
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed a bug when Importing CSV
  • Tag Finder: Fix parsing of indexes and sub-tracks
  • Tag Finder: Handle Artist-per-track, add the “Track-Total” tag

New in Meta 2.1.2 (Jan 23, 2022)

  • Enhancements:
  • Updated Meta's tag engine to latest build (Taglib 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

New in Meta 2.1.1 (Jan 10, 2022)

  • Fixed batch-pasting to file names (preserves file extensions)
  • Cover Finder: Fixed fetching “XL” sized artworks
  • Tag Finder: Ignore headings data in tracklist
  • Tag Finder: Fixed year number formatting
  • Tag Finder: Added a “To Selection” matching mode
  • Tag Finder: Save the selected track's tags when double clicking a row in the tracklist

New in Meta 2.1 (Dec 19, 2021)

  • What's New:
  • Find Tags & Artworks Online from the Discogs database
  • Refreshed Toolbar Icons
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed token field recents displaying 'file info' tokens incorrectly

New in Meta 2.0.7 (Jun 22, 2021)

  • Enhancements:
  • Added the ability to use “File Info” tokens in “Rename Files”
  • Fixes:
  • 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

New in Meta 2.0.6 (Jun 9, 2021)

  • Enhancements:
  • 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”

New in Meta 2.0.5 (Jun 2, 2021)

  • What's New:
  • Refreshed App Icon
  • Enhancements:
  • Changed JPEG image export extension to “.jpg”, for maximum compatibility
  • More straightforward Find & Replace interface
  • User preferences now allow for turning off completions entirely
  • Preferred startup folder now uses “None” initially, instead of “Last Used”
  • Fixes:
  • 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

New in Meta 2.0.3 (May 19, 2021)

  • What's New:
  • Native support for Apple Silicon M1 Macs (ARM64).
  • New Find & Replace Sidebar with search scopes, pattern matching, and recents.
  • New “Import Tags” command, to extract tags from CSV files.
  • New artwork thumbnails in the list view, for easier lookup.
  • New command to “Refresh Tags”, ie. re-read metadata from disk.
  • Added “.ape” file format support
  • Added “Description” tag
  • Enhancements:
  • Faster rendering of the list view
  • Autocomplete now also suggests currently listed metadata
  • Fixes:
  • 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

New in Meta 1.9.9 (Mar 7, 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

New in Meta 1.9.8 (Jan 4, 2021)

  • Enhancements:
  • Added ability to “Remove From Recents” in token fields recents menu
  • Toggle sidebar visibility using the view selector segmented control
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed cropped artwork view (pre Big Sur)
  • Fixed “Add to Library” failing silently (pre Big Sur)

New in Meta 1.9.7 (Dec 4, 2020)

  • What's New:
  • Optimised for macOS Big Sur ✨
  • Added support for “Work” and “Movement” Tags
  • Added user preference for iTunes/Music.app metadata compatibility mode (Affecting grouping and work tags)
  • New popover assistant editor for “Length” Tag
  • Batch-convert between Traditional & Simplified Chinese
  • Enhancements:
  • 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”

New in Meta 1.9.6 (Jun 15, 2020)

  • What's New:
  • New optional info-bar
  • Enhancements:
  • Added recents to startup folder selector
  • Preserve formatting when batch copy-pasting
  • Strip newlines from pattern-generated strings
  • More explicit “Copy” labels
  • Fixes:
  • 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

New in Meta 1.9.5 (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”)
  • Enhancements:
  • 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
  • Fixes:
  • Fixed a possible hang on app start
  • Fixed “add to iTunes” to work with “Music” app, and renamed function to “Add to library”

New in Meta 1.9.4 (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

New in Meta 1.9.3 (Apr 14, 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

New in Meta 1.9.2 (Mar 7, 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

New in Meta 1.9.1 (Jan 27, 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

New in Meta 1.8.6 (Jul 24, 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

New in Meta 1.8.5 (Jul 3, 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

New in Meta 1.8.4 (Jun 5, 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

New in Meta 1.8.3 (May 9, 2018)

  • 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

New in Meta 1.8.2 (Feb 23, 2018)

  • 🇪🇸 Meta ya está disponible en español.

New in Meta 1.8.1 (Jan 11, 2018)

  • Fixed a startup crash (macOS < 10.11 only)
  • Fixed a bookmarking issue (macOS < 10.11 only)

New in Meta 1.8 (Jan 5, 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.

New in Meta 1.7.2 (Sep 27, 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.

New in Meta 1.7.1 (Sep 26, 2017)

  • Fixes:
  • Fixed a crash on m3u export.

New in Meta 1.7 (Sep 26, 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. For example, comments can sometimes be found stored using the ‘COMMENT’ frame, whereas the Vorbis specification says to use a ‘DESCRIPTION’ frame. Meta now reads both, starting with the spec'ed one first.

New in Meta 1.6.10 (Sep 1, 2017)

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

New in Meta 1.6.8 (Jul 3, 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 customization 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.

New in Meta 1.6.7 (Jun 8, 2017)

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

New in Meta 1.6.6 (Jun 5, 2017)

  • 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

New in Meta 1.6.5 (Feb 3, 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.

New in Meta 1.6.4 (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.

New in Meta 1.6.3 (Jan 16, 2017)

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

New in Meta 1.6.2 (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.

New in Meta 1.6.1 (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 behavior.

New in Meta 1.6.0 (Oct 4, 2016)

  • NEW FEATURES:
  • 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 for you folks running 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 reading/writing OGG Opus Files
  • Added support for reading/writing 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…

New in Meta 1.5.2 (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.
  • Convert to Tags: New wildcard and other handy escape tokens to filter out unwanted data
  • Convert to Filename: 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 (Added an “Open With” menu)
  • Fixed:
  • 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.

New in Meta 1.5.1 (Dec 23, 2015)

  • 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.
  • Fixed:
  • 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.

New in Meta 1.5 (Dec 23, 2015)

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