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? [image] Quick Actions and Action Groups Documentation Mp3tag for Mac provides a variety of Actions, which can be used on filenames and tags. The actions can be applied individually via Ac…

Quick Actions and Action Groups ⌥ 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…

And where in this long list of instructions did you get stuck? To me it looks like AI-generated. And at least this part [image] iAutobot: $num(%_createtime%,1)* This function will assign track numbers based on the creation date of the files. The "%_createtime%" variable represents the file's…

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).

So working with 15+ MP3s selected, I've been attempting to create custom actions but appear to only have the option to create action groups containing preset actions. Here is a screenshot of what I'm referencing: [hTF69f4] thanks again for the help

Have a look at the keyboard short cuts: [image] Keyboard Shortcuts Documentation Mp3tag menu Shortcut Command ⌘ , Preferences... ⌘ H Hide Mp3tag ⌥⌘ H Hide Others ⌘ Q Quit Mp3tag File menu Shortcut Command ⌘ O Open... ⇧⌘ O Add... ⌥⌘…

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?

You can use the + button on the lower right of the actions list to add actions to an action group: [Screenshot of Mp3tag at 7_ Apr 2024 at 12_43_20] Please also note that I've used %_counter% instead of the creation timestamp (the latter doesn't make sense).

Thanks for the help Florian - when I check that option, I only have these as actions possible to add. Am I missing the custom tag option? [Screenshot 2024-04-08 at 12.03.00 AM]

Creating new actions on Mac

Mac

ohrenkino April 7, 2024, 6:28am 9

Have a look at the keyboard short cuts:

Action Groups Sidebar

Shortcut Command
⌘ N Add Action Group or Category
⌘ D Duplicate Action Group
⌫ Delete Action Group