# Automatically copy Artist and Album Artist
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automatically-copy-artist-and-album-artist/58872
**Category:** Mac
**Created:** [October 23, 2022, 6:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automatically-copy-artist-and-album-artist/58872 "2022-10-23T06:21:46Z")
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### Author:  [@DJDQmusic](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DJDQmusic)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2022, 6:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automatically-copy-artist-and-album-artist/58872/1 "2022-10-23T06:21:46Z")
Is there a way to copy "Artist' and "Album Artist" at the same time so when I enter the "Artist" name it can copy it to the "Album Artist" as well so I don't have to re-type the info? On Mac M1
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2022, 7:07am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automatically-copy-artist-and-album-artist/58872/2 "2022-10-23T07:07:54Z")
Even though an old thread, it is still the way to do it:
> [@Actions and batch-operations](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions-and-batch-operations/967/15):
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> How to copy one field value to another field? Example how to copy the content of the ARTIST field to the ALBUMARTIST field: Create a [new action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions/967/2) in an existing action group or make a new action group. Action type: Format value Field: ALBUMARTIST Format string: %artist% Note: If you want to copy all possible values of a field (in case you have multiple artist fields), the internal scripting function [$meta\_sep](https://docs.mp3tag.de/scripting) can be used in the format string, e.g., $meta\_sep(artist,\\\\)
It does not happen automatically, though, you have to trigger the action. But then it will work for all selected files, even if the ARTIST is different.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2022, 7:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automatically-copy-artist-and-album-artist/58872/3 "2022-11-22T07:08:33Z")
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