Download the following file:
https://2manyrobots.com/actions/CleanAppleAppLinkage.zip
- unzip the file.
- drag the unzipped plist file into the Yate main window's file list area. If you look at the Action Manager you should have the following folder and actions:
Folder: Clean Apple App Linkage
Remove All PIDs
Add Files without PIDs
Before you proceed I recommend the following Preferences - Apple Apps settings.
On the General tab, check Prefer PIDs when linking.
On the Auto Import tab make sure Persistent ID is checked.
Step 1:
- on the Actions menu select the Batch Processor Wizard process
- if this is the first time you're running the Batch Processor you may get a few warning panels. You can dismiss them.
- from the drop down control select the Remove All PIDs action in the Clean Apple App Linkage folder.
- hit Next
- drag the root folder of your collection to the target image
- hit Next
- make sure that Auto save files is checked.
- Verbose log does not have to be checked.
- hit Start
- when the process finishes have a quick look at the log file to see if you had any errors.
The above step removed any PID information in the files.
Step 2:
- On the Actions menu select Batch Extract Persistent IDs
- make sure Log only is not checked
- Verbose log does not have to be checked. You are only interested in errors.
- if you don't want to mess around with video files ... select Music from the drop down control
- hit Start
- when the process finishes have a quick look at the log file to see if you had any errors.
The above step will extract all PIDs from Music and write them to the files.
Step 3:
- on the Actions menu select the Batch Processor Wizard process
- from the drop down control select the Add Files without PIDs action in the Clean Apple App Linkage folder.
- hit Next
- drag the root folder of your collection to the target image
- hit Next
- make sure that Auto save files is checked.
- Verbose log does not have to be checked.
- hit Start
- when the process finishes have a quick look at the log file to see if you had any errors.
If everything went okay, all your tracks should now be in Music. This is basically the process I ran when I moved from iTunes to Music.
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