# Default always in effect edit function to replace apostrophes
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-always-in-effect-edit-function-to-replace-apostrophes/71106
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 23, 2026, 8:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-always-in-effect-edit-function-to-replace-apostrophes/71106 "2026-04-23T20:49:17Z")
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### Author:  [@Faalscholver](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Faalscholver)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2026, 8:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-always-in-effect-edit-function-to-replace-apostrophes/71106/1 "2026-04-23T20:49:17Z")
Is there a function in MP3Tag that I can use that will always make the same change in whatever tags I’ve loaded in MP3Tag?
In this specific case I would like to change the serif apostrophe (I believe is the result of people using Apple devices instead of real computers) in all instances to the sans-serif apostrophe.
Sort of a ready to click macro maybe?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-always-in-effect-edit-function-to-replace-apostrophes/71106/2 "2026-04-23T20:53:07Z")
Select the files that you want to treat.
Try an action of the type "Replace" for \_ALL
and set the search and replace parameters.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2026, 9:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-always-in-effect-edit-function-to-replace-apostrophes/71106/3 "2026-04-23T21:47:24Z")
> [@Faalscholver](#):
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> serif apostrophe ... to the sans-serif apostrophe
Out of interest, what are serif and sans-serif apostrophes?
Do you mean
`’` a RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK {single comma quotation mark} = correct typographic apostrophe
**vs.**
`'` or an APOSTROPHE {single quote; APL quote} = typewriter style, wrong for typography
?
Or one of the many similar looking characters:
> **[Apostrophe | Characters similar to apostrophe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe#Characters_similar_to_apostrophe)**
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> 1.U+0027 ' APOSTROPHE |
> 2.U+0060 \` GRAVE ACCENT |
> 3.U+00B4 ´ ACUTE ACCENT |
> 4.U+02B9 ʹ MODIFIER LETTER PRIME |
> 5.U+02BB ʻ MODIFIER LETTER TURNED COMMA Hawaiian ʻokina and for the transliteration of Arabic and Hebrew ʻayn. |
> 6.U+02BC ʼ MODIFIER LETTER APOSTROPHE |
> 7.U+02BD ʽ MODIFIER LETTER REVERSED COMMA |
> 8.U+02BE ʾ MODIFIER LETTER RIGHT HALF RING Arabic hamza and Hebrew alef. |
> 9.U+02BF ʿ MODIFIER LETTER LEFT HALF RING Arabic and Hebrew ʿayin. |
> 10.U+02C8 ˈ MODIFIER LETT In modern comp...
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### Author:  [@Faalscholver](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Faalscholver)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2026, 10:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-always-in-effect-edit-function-to-replace-apostrophes/71106/4 "2026-04-23T22:03:55Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> Try an action of the type "Replace" for \_ALL
I’m lost here. I have a tab called ‘action’s. but I don’t see something called ‘\_ALL’
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### Author:  [@Faalscholver](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Faalscholver)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2026, 10:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-always-in-effect-edit-function-to-replace-apostrophes/71106/5 "2026-04-23T22:07:11Z")
It’s the weird punctuation mark that Apple devices use \> **´**
The correct one should be \> ‘
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2026, 6:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-always-in-effect-edit-function-to-replace-apostrophes/71106/6 "2026-04-24T06:13:06Z")
You could try this:
If I copy & paste your characters, I see
U+00B4 : ACUTE ACCENT
and a
U+2018 : LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK {single turned comma quotation mark}
In French, the acute accent is typically used to indicate the stress on á, é, í, ó, and ú, as in “café”.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2026, 6:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-always-in-effect-edit-function-to-replace-apostrophes/71106/7 "2026-04-24T06:18:43Z")
> [@Faalscholver](#):
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> I have a tab called ‘action’s. but I don’t see something called ‘\_ALL’
Between "actions" and "\_all" there was the "Replace". Once you found that, "\_all" would be clear.
In general: there is no function in MP3tag that manipulates tag data automatically. Any changes always have to be triggered by the user.
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### Author:  [@Faalscholver](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Faalscholver)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2026, 10:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-always-in-effect-edit-function-to-replace-apostrophes/71106/8 "2026-04-24T22:03:44Z")
Okay, it took some time to find it. It’s not under Actions but under Actions (Quick). I am not sure what the difference is.
The thing is though, can I make a macro for this?
I thought maybe that it’s possible to have it the same way as ‘case conversion’ under Actions.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2026, 10:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-always-in-effect-edit-function-to-replace-apostrophes/71106/9 "2026-04-24T22:11:21Z")
You will find [Replace](https://docs.mp3tag.de/actions/replace/) in both: [Actions](https://docs.mp3tag.de/actions/) and Actions (Quick).
In **Actions** you can group multiple single actions together. This ways you can collect various Actions and re-use it whenever you want. This is what you are looking for as a "Macro".
In the **Actions (Quick)**, you can only perform one action manually after another.
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### Author:  [@Faalscholver](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Faalscholver)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2026, 10:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-always-in-effect-edit-function-to-replace-apostrophes/71106/10 "2026-04-24T22:17:33Z")
Okay, well I can;t find this under Actions.
This is what is there:
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2026, 5:28am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-always-in-effect-edit-function-to-replace-apostrophes/71106/11 "2026-04-25T05:28:58Z")
If you mark one of these action, make a double click or click on the edit icon you can define and add other actions. They are called "Action groups" (see headline) because you are not restricted to a single action but can add other actions (+-icon) that you want to execute together as a macro.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2026, 6:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-always-in-effect-edit-function-to-replace-apostrophes/71106/12 "2026-04-25T06:03:19Z")
> [@Faalscholver](#):
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> This is what is there:
Only the actions with the title "Case conversion", "CD-R" and "Standard" are part of a default installation. So someone with access to your computer must have created all the other ones like e.g. "space) - )".
See also the documentation:
> **[Actions – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/actions/)**
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> Documentation on Quick Actions and Action Groups that covers replace text, case conversion, tag to tag conversion, duplicate field handling, batch cover import/export, and more. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.
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### Author:  [@Faalscholver](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Faalscholver)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2026, 10:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-always-in-effect-edit-function-to-replace-apostrophes/71106/13 "2026-04-26T22:04:53Z")
Okay., I finally got it. That + sign is hard to distinguish in dark theme.
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### Author:  [@Faalscholver](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Faalscholver)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2026, 10:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-always-in-effect-edit-function-to-replace-apostrophes/71106/14 "2026-04-26T22:07:54Z")
> [@Faalscholver](#):
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> ´
Pretty sure I did that myself many, many years ago.
Only other option would be that it was part of the portable install I downloaed back in the day.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2026, 5:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-always-in-effect-edit-function-to-replace-apostrophes/71106/15 "2026-04-27T05:42:16Z")
> [@Faalscholver](#):
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> Only other option would be that it was part of the portable install I downloaed back in the day.
The only real difference between the standard and the portable installation is the shell extension for the explorer context menu.
The portable installation does not feature modified internal functions.
The list only seems to show to me that actions should not be something new for you.
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### Author:  [@Faalscholver](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Faalscholver)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2026, 9:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-always-in-effect-edit-function-to-replace-apostrophes/71106/16 "2026-04-27T09:31:15Z")
No, definitely not. The entire point of using portable software is so you don't have to reset settings or collect addons, etc when you use the software in a new environment.
Scroll up for the screenshot if you want to see how it is done. Someone already posted it exactly how it should look.
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### Author:  [@j7n](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/j7n)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2026, 1:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-always-in-effect-edit-function-to-replace-apostrophes/71106/17 "2026-04-29T01:58:57Z")
What is the use of a lone acute accent symbol in any language, for it to be assigned a code point in a finite 8-bit Western codepage? There are letters that include an acute accent. On Macintosh, the letters get decomposed into a base letter + 0x301 "Combining acute accent".
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2026, 6:11am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-always-in-effect-edit-function-to-replace-apostrophes/71106/18 "2026-04-29T06:11:52Z")
> [@j7n](#):
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> What is the use of a lone acute accent symbol in any language, for it to be assigned a code point in a finite 8-bit Western codepage?
I can't think of any useful purpose for a single acute accent other then keyboards where such characters (like `é`) are not directly accessible and therefore need an `e` and `´`.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2026, 6:12am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-always-in-effect-edit-function-to-replace-apostrophes/71106/19 "2026-05-06T06:12:37Z")
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