# Export in Mp3tag for Mac
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-in-mp3tag-for-mac/52098
**Category:** Mac
**Tags:** feature
**Created:** [February 23, 2021, 3:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-in-mp3tag-for-mac/52098 "2021-02-23T03:18:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Buck](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Buck)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2021, 3:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-in-mp3tag-for-mac/52098/1 "2021-02-23T03:18:39Z")
Regarding the export, I like the options I find most worthwhile are:
Album name (tab) track number (tab) track title (tab) track artist (tab) track length (tab) disc number
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2021, 7:11am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-in-mp3tag-for-mac/52098/2 "2021-02-23T07:11:27Z")
> I've moved your post to #Mac from the German category 🙂
The Export currently exists in a slightly different way and only as hidden feature 🧐
If you select files in Mp3tag for Mac and copy via Cmd+C, a textual representation of the files is copied to the clipboard.
You can modify the format of this textual representation using a [formatstring](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-strings-and-available-placeholders/51688) and the `defaults` command via Terminal.app
```plaintext
defaults write app.mp3tag.Mp3tag CopyFormat '"%album%$char(9)%track%$char(9)%title%$char(9)%artist%$char(9)%_length%$char(9)%discnumber%"'
```
It's a little bit nerdy, but should get the job done. Ah yes, and you can always go back to the default behavior via
```plaintext
defaults delete app.mp3tag.Mp3tag CopyFormat
```
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### Author:  [@Buck](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Buck)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-in-mp3tag-for-mac/52098/3 "2021-02-23T17:25:07Z")
> [@Florian](#):
>
> `defaults write app.mp3tag.Mp3tag CopyFormat '"%album%$char(9)%track%$char(9)%title%$char(9)%artist%$char(9)%_length%$char(9)%discnumber%"'`
That is fantastic! Thank you. I'm trying to modify the track number and disc number so it uses this format as well: (%track%,2) but I'm not sure how to add that. Any suggestions?
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2021, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-in-mp3tag-for-mac/52098/4 "2021-02-23T17:28:32Z")
Great! This is with leading zeros using the `$num()` [scripting function](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/scripting-functions/51689).
```nohighlight
defaults write app.mp3tag.Mp3tag CopyFormat '"%album%$char(9)$num(%track%,2)$char(9)%title%$char(9)%artist%$char(9)%_length%$char(9)$num(%discnumber%,2)"'
```
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### Author:  [@Buck](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Buck)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2021, 5:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-in-mp3tag-for-mac/52098/5 "2021-02-23T17:52:15Z")
Perfect, thank you so much!
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2021, 10:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-in-mp3tag-for-mac/52098/6 "2021-05-19T10:05:39Z")
I've just released Mp3tag v1.2.0 that supports exporting to text and CSV files via Cmd+E or _File → Export..._.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2021, 10:06am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-in-mp3tag-for-mac/52098/7 "2021-06-18T10:06:26Z")
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