I'm trying to create a custom action in MacOS version 1.8.19 (102) but I am not seeing the option. In the action panel, the only new option is for action group. Any ideas?
Can you check this topic from the documentation and see if it answers your question?
TLDR; You can create an action (or multiple ones) in an action group if you want to reuse them or use Quick Actions for disposable ones.
Thank you so much for the help, Florian. I don't think it answers my question. I'm trying to create a custom action, not reuse one of the existing quick actions. For more context, I was trying to create a custom action that would allow me to set track numbers based on their file creation dates. I was attempting to follow these instructions:
MP3tag allows you to perform various operations using file properties, including the creation date. Here's how you can achieve this:
1. Open MP3tag and load the directory containing your MP3 files.
2. Select all the files you want to modify.
3. Go to "Tools" > "Actions" (or press Alt+6) to open the Actions dialog.
4. In the Actions dialog, click on the "New Action" button (or press Insert) to create a new action.
5. Give your action a name, such as "Set track numbers by creation date".
6. In the "Available functions" list, find and double-click on "Format value". This will add the function to the action list on the right.
7. In the "Format string" field, enter the following:
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$num(%_createtime%,1)*
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This function will assign track numbers based on the creation date of the files. The "%_createtime%" variable represents the file's creation date/time, and the "1" parameter specifies the starting track number.*
8. Click "OK" to close the Edit Action dialog.
9. Back in the Actions dialog, make sure your new action is selected, and click "Run Action" to execute it on the selected files.
10. After the action is completed, the track numbers will be assigned based on the creation dates of the files.
Note: Make sure that the files are sorted by creation date in the desired order before running the action. You can sort the files by clicking on the "Created" column header in MP3tag.
Once you've completed these steps, the track numbers should be set according to the creation dates of the MP3 files. Let me know if you have any further questions!
And where in this long list of instructions did you get stuck?
To me it looks like AI-generated.
And at least this part
does not look like being from MP3tag.
See here for available placeholders for properties:
where I do not find a placeholder %_createtime% but only %_file_create_date% (and others).
See here for the correct use of $num()
which does not feature a starting value.
So it would help if you could show us a real example of the data what it looked like for a start, then what it should look like after the modification and the function with which you tried to achieve the modification.
Thanks for the help - I probably shouldn't have pasted that whole text. I am trying to figure out how to create a custom action and that option doesn't seem to exist for me.
What have you tried so far?
As a start: you have to select at least 1 file in the file list to do anything with actions (create, modify, execute them).
I'm not seeing "create action" there - am I missing it? Are custom actions possible on mac?
I took all the links from the Mac documentation.
What happens if you open the Actions ... dialogue and then press the referenced keyboard shortcut?
I think you're looking for the Format tag field action from that list. If this is not the right action, please try to rephrase the problem.
Thanks, Florian - I'll experiment with this and follow up with a new post.