# Mac

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/mac/32.md?page=16

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## [Tag Source Fails to Display For Discogs Source](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-source-fails-to-display-for-discogs-source/59684)

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**Author:** [@grwasserman6242](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/grwasserman6242)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2023, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-source-fails-to-display-for-discogs-source/59684 "2023-01-14T19:43:53Z")

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Select subset of tracks from album, Command-I, provide Discogs release ID, a few seconds pass, no release information displays but Merge/Save buttons become active. The only thing in the Tag Source window is the list of…

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## [Simple request -- append one field to another](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/simple-request-append-one-field-to-another/59683)

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**Author:** [@gauss1989](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/gauss1989)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/simple-request-append-one-field-to-another/59683 "2023-01-14T13:25:49Z")

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I've searched Help, FAQ, and Forums but can't find an answer that applies to the current version (on Mac). How do I update one field, e.g., TITLE by appending another, e.g., TAG? I tried creating an Action using RegExp…

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## [Tag (ID3) Type/Version displayable in left-panel?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-id3-type-version-displayable-in-left-panel/57574)

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**Author:** [@DavidEsp](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DavidEsp)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-id3-type-version-displayable-in-left-panel/57574 "2023-01-13T15:56:43Z")

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I have Tag Type (ID3 version) displayed in the File List However I wish it was also displayable in the Left-Panel I tried a few experiments e.g. "\_TAG" but no luck Is there a way to achieve this? If not, I'd like to …

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## [Filename to Filename on Mac](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-filename-on-mac/52958)

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**Author:** [@Nick0las](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Nick0las)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2023, 2:29am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-filename-on-mac/52958 "2023-01-10T02:29:44Z")

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Hi! I'm so happy with the MacOs version. It's so user friendly compared to Wine :stuck\_out\_tongue: But, in the Windows version, I'm using a lot the "filename to filename" converter. Is there a way to do that on the Ma…

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## [Eigene Genre bei Mac OS](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/eigene-genre-bei-mac-os/59308)

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**Author:** [@wama](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/wama)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/eigene-genre-bei-mac-os/59308 "2023-01-09T13:13:10Z")

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Hallo, Bei Mac OS ist zum Glück auch MP3Tag vertreten. Ich habe aber das Problem, dass ich die von mir erstellten Genres nicht aufrufen und benutzen kann Habt ihr eine Lösung? Danke Gruß Walter

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## [Cmd+I shortcut with different tag sources](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cmd-i-shortcut-with-different-tag-sources/59540)

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**Author:** [@npx](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/npx)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2023, 7:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cmd-i-shortcut-with-different-tag-sources/59540 "2023-01-07T07:44:50Z")

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I mostly use Discogs as tag source (with the Cmd+I shortcut) but I have also installed one for Beatport (by stevehero, version 5.21). I have noticed that Cmd+I now no longer always opens the last used tag source search w…

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## [History of previous format](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/history-of-previous-format/59591)

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**Author:** [@rajanna](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rajanna)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2023, 7:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/history-of-previous-format/59591 "2023-01-07T07:44:00Z")

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Hello @Florian Copy format in setting is welcome. please add history of previous formats in all these three settings.

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## [Ersten Buchstaben groß schreiben](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ersten-buchstaben-gross-schreiben/59606)

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**Author:** [@MoJo2022](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MoJo2022)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2023, 1:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ersten-buchstaben-gross-schreiben/59606 "2023-01-03T13:24:02Z")

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Hallo, Was muss ich einstellen um das ich bei der Konvertierung Dateiname-Tag und Tag-Dateiname jeweils das erste Wort immer groß geschrieben wird ? Vielen Dank jetzt schon für eure Antworten.

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## [Settings backup and restore](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/settings-backup-and-restore/51350)

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**Author:** [@djdizzle](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djdizzle)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/settings-backup-and-restore/51350 "2022-12-31T22:38:08Z")

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Hi, It would be good if Mp3tag for Mac could backup and restore settings... and also import settings from the Windows version.

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## [Random order of files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/random-order-of-files/59561)

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**Author:** [@Dielis](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Dielis)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 7:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/random-order-of-files/59561 "2022-12-30T07:51:24Z")

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In relation to this problem, I myself struggle with compiling albums from different artists. It would be really great if the autonumbering also included the option of a "random" autonumbering. Because now MP3Tag neatly s…

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## [Automate track numbering](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automate-track-numbering/59541)

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**Author:** [@npx](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/npx)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automate-track-numbering/59541 "2022-12-29T15:23:38Z")

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I asked about this as a side question in another thread: Compilation = 1 based on string content possible? - #3 by npx To repeat the request: would it be possible to have a setting in Mp3tag which allows for it to "assu…

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## [Extended Tags window](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extended-tags-window/59559)

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**Author:** [@Lee](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Lee)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extended-tags-window/59559 "2022-12-29T21:58:44Z")

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I am losing a Mac OS Big Sur 11.7.2 I have a question about Extended tabs. When I open the extended tabs window and try to enter a new tag, I hit the Plus, its gives me a window to add the tag but it remains GRAYED OUT,…

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## [Add Columns in Discogs Search and other problems](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-columns-in-discogs-search-and-other-problems/59506)

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**Author:** [@Splash](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Splash)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 25, 2022, 10:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-columns-in-discogs-search-and-other-problems/59506 "2022-12-25T10:03:27Z")

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Hi There! I'm using mp3tags feature to complete my Tags. Is there a way to add columns in discogs Search? I only have Artist, Album, year, format, Label, cat-no., country For identification I need Lenght of the Song. …

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## [Tracknumbers with following space after import](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tracknumbers-with-following-space-after-import/59500)

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**Author:** [@VSG\_79](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/VSG_79)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 24, 2022, 12:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tracknumbers-with-following-space-after-import/59500 "2022-12-24T12:15:49Z")

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Hi there! I recently stumbled upon the same error and I found out Mp3tag (at least the macOS-version) not only adds 0 before single-digit numbers but also a space after the track numbers. That is what caused my import t…

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## [Benennen von Playlists in den Einstellungen](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/benennen-von-playlists-in-den-einstellungen/59047)

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**Author:** [@Topas](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Topas)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 17, 2022, 10:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/benennen-von-playlists-in-den-einstellungen/59047 "2022-12-17T10:59:18Z")

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Hallo, von der Windows-Version her kenne ich die Möglichkeit, die Benennung der Playlist anzupassen. In den Einstellungen kann ich unter "Playlist" angeben, wie die Playlist gespeichert werden soll. Bei mir lautet es da …

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## [Mac export format history](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mac-export-format-history/59161)

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**Author:** [@rajanna](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rajanna)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 16, 2022, 2:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mac-export-format-history/59161 "2022-12-16T14:16:32Z")

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File-\>Export, "Format" can remember the history of format used in the past. Similar to how it is done in Convert-\>Text File - Tag, "Formatstring" Here it remembers the history. Please, we need similar history in…

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## [Want to Adjust Field HEIGHT in Tag Panel](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/want-to-adjust-field-height-in-tag-panel/54504)

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**Author:** [@ShepJim](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ShepJim)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 16, 2022, 10:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/want-to-adjust-field-height-in-tag-panel/54504 "2022-12-16T10:16:43Z")

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I am pretty sure this is not a limitation of just the new Mac MP3TAG. My "Comments" tags are almost always longer than is viewable in the current single line tag field ...even when its width is set to Wide in Preference…

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## [Multi-line field options](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multi-line-field-options/52711)

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**Author:** [@Animal](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Animal)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 16, 2022, 10:15am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multi-line-field-options/52711 "2022-12-16T10:15:37Z")

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New to using mp3tag, so please forgive me if this is obvious but I cannot find a way to make any of the tag panel fields multi-line. Like for lyrics I would like to have more than one line. I can see that this exists f…

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## [Composer not showing up in Discogs Search](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/composer-not-showing-up-in-discogs-search/59092)

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**Author:** [@Roger285](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Roger285)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 16, 2022, 10:12am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/composer-not-showing-up-in-discogs-search/59092 "2022-12-16T10:12:14Z")

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Hello, I'm not seeing how to get mp3tag to fill in the composer field with the discogs search function. I checked with the website and it shows that the composer data is there, but it doesn't appear in the search. I'm …

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## [Request: Export Tags to Text Window](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-export-tags-to-text-window/58438)

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**Author:** [@rajanna](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rajanna)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [December 16, 2022, 10:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-export-tags-to-text-window/58438 "2022-12-16T10:08:48Z")

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Export Tags to Text Files Exporting tags to text files can be done by using Convert → Tag - Text File. But we need the tags in a text window, right inside mp3tag. Similar to Convert → Text File - Tag Text Window option. …

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## [OGG album art support](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ogg-album-art-support/59381)

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**Author:** [@welholicious](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/welholicious)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2022, 10:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ogg-album-art-support/59381 "2022-12-13T10:09:37Z")

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Is there any reason that MP3Tag doesn't support album art on OGG files on macOS? You can add album art to OGG files on Windows version though...

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## [Duplicated albums on server with same album tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/duplicated-albums-on-server-with-same-album-tags/59374)

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**Author:** [@Samnorthernlights](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Samnorthernlights)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2022, 9:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/duplicated-albums-on-server-with-same-album-tags/59374 "2022-12-13T09:54:43Z")

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Hi. I have a peculiar problem that I know now how to solve but I really don’t know what is causing it, but I suspect it is tag based. I use MP3tag on my Macs to tag my music. Recently (although probably been happening fo…

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## [Tagging wrong title?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagging-wrong-title/59068)

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**Author:** [@Monkra](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Monkra)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2022, 5:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagging-wrong-title/59068 "2022-12-13T05:35:34Z")

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Hi all, I am loving MP3 tag and have been manually tagging for a while. I want to start tagging using discogs but it appears to be changing the 'title' field to the wrong title (usually first title on album), below are …

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## [Information inside finder is missing](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/information-inside-finder-is-missing/59341)

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**Author:** [@Bruno10](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Bruno10)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/information-inside-finder-is-missing/59341 "2022-12-09T13:51:24Z")

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Just now I bought Mp3tag for Mac and I could not find any reason, why all the mp3 information shown in Mp3tag isn't shown in the Finder window "Information". There is just "--" shown. What do I have to do or change in a…

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## [Mass update for case conversion gets error message "Can’t access file via secure bookmark"](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mass-update-for-case-conversion-gets-error-message-can-t-access-file-via-secure-bookmark/59321)

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**Author:** [@Markus777](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Markus777)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 9:43am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mass-update-for-case-conversion-gets-error-message-can-t-access-file-via-secure-bookmark/59321 "2022-12-06T09:43:59Z")

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2019 Macbook Pro Touch Bar running MacOSX 12.6. Monterey Batch of songs copied from external to hard drive within laptop. I dragged the files from the laptop folder into MP3Tag, chose case conversion. Each file individu…

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## [How to split title and artist automatically](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-split-title-and-artist-automatically/59287)

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**Author:** [@alexela](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/alexela)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 10:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-split-title-and-artist-automatically/59287 "2022-12-04T10:35:01Z")

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Goodmorning, From a file titolated: Danny Ocean – Fuera del mercado.mp3 How can I nominate the areas: Artist and Title? Thank you

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## [How to visualize iTunes "group" column on MP3tag?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-visualize-itunes-group-column-on-mp3tag/59248)

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**Author:** [@Fabio](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Fabio)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-visualize-itunes-group-column-on-mp3tag/59248 "2022-12-02T16:39:57Z")

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hello verybody, I need to change all the tags I wrote on the "group" column in iTunes, but it do not show up in the software. Could you please help me? I download Mp3Tag just for this and I am quite upset! I hope there …

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## [Compilation = 1 based on string content possible?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/compilation-1-based-on-string-content-possible/59119)

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**Author:** [@npx](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/npx)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/compilation-1-based-on-string-content-possible/59119 "2022-11-20T16:47:15Z")

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I use Discogs as my main tag source on Mp3tag for Mac. I import the MEDIATYPE tag which, if the album is a compilation, may look for example like this: "Vinyl (12" 33 ⅓ RPM Compilation)" "File (WAV Compilation)" "Cas…

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## [Speicherort der Einstellungen](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/speicherort-der-einstellungen/59108)

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**Author:** [@Rene78](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Rene78)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2022, 7:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/speicherort-der-einstellungen/59108 "2022-11-20T07:17:34Z")

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Hallo :slight\_smile: ich hab einen neuen Mac und wollte die alten einstellungen vom "alten" Mac auf den neuen kopieren. Wo werden die Einstellungen gespeichert. Also Aktionen, etc Danke euch. Rene

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## [Mass Delete Formatstrings](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mass-delete-formatstrings/59062)

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**Author:** [@folpo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/folpo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2022, 11:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mass-delete-formatstrings/59062 "2022-11-15T23:17:30Z")

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Hi all - Is there a way to mass delete Formatstrings? I've got a bunch I won't use again and deleting one by one would be tedious. Are they stored somewhere? Thanks :slight\_smile:

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