# mp3tag for Mac OS X??
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-for-mac-os-x/11239
**Category:** Off-Topic
**Created:** [December 6, 2010, 8:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-for-mac-os-x/11239 "2010-12-06T08:52:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@djdavidmyles](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djdavidmyles)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2010, 8:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-for-mac-os-x/11239/1 "2010-12-06T08:52:59Z")
I have mp3tag on my PC because I cannot find a Mac OSX equivalent which means transferring my mp3 purchases between machines because a major dance music retailer has just decided to tag it's mp3's with the APE convention and not ID3's. 
Does anyone know of any software that works with Mac Intels where I can batch edit my files from APE to ID3?
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### Author:  [@mjcm](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mjcm)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2010, 10:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-for-mac-os-x/11239/2 "2010-12-06T10:10:00Z")
Does this help ?
[Mp3tag for macOS or Linux](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/9889/1)
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### Author:  [@egd](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/egd)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2011, 4:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-for-mac-os-x/11239/3 "2011-06-10T16:23:55Z")
> [@DJ David Myles](#):
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> I have mp3tag on my PC because I cannot find a Mac OSX equivalent which means transferring my mp3 purchases between machines because a major dance music retailer has just decided to tag it's mp3's with the APE convention and not ID3's. 
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> Does anyone know of any software that works with Mac Intels where I can batch edit my files from APE to ID3?
puddletag, and here's a quick link to help you get it installed on OSX: [http://sourceforge.net/apps/phpbb/puddleta...;t=42&p=231](http://sourceforge.net/apps/phpbb/puddletag/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=42&p=231)
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### Author:  [@djdavidmyles](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djdavidmyles)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-for-mac-os-x/11239/4 "2011-06-10T19:56:37Z")
I ended up using Wine on my Mac which creates a virtual windows partition on the mac's drive allowing the use of windows based software.
[Wine](http://www.winehq.org/)
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### Author:  [@egd](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/egd)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-for-mac-os-x/11239/5 "2011-06-10T22:37:32Z")
you'd do well to try puddletag, it runs natively and its a lot more than just a drop in replacemet for mp3tag on \*nix environments
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### Author:  [@i\_edgars](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/i_edgars)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2013, 8:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-for-mac-os-x/11239/6 "2013-02-07T08:40:13Z")
If someone uses mp3Tag v-2.54.app in the MAC 10.6., Then it is resolved language code issue?
I Mp3tag the match represented to scribble file names if there is a non-English letters!
[http://content7-foto.inbox.lv/albums/i/i\_e...at-15-12-05.png](http://content7-foto.inbox.lv/albums/i/i_edgars/Dazadi/Screen-shot-2013-02-06-at-15-12-05.png)
1.
- after convert code page in russian 1251
2. file not faound - any file by any action the name changes
3.
- file name in a MAC
4.
- the same file names in a mp3Tag.
Similar problems with specific German, Latvian, Russian, etc. letters.
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### Author:  [@i\_edgars](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/i_edgars)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2013, 9:12am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-for-mac-os-x/11239/7 "2013-02-24T09:12:29Z")
Anybody used Mp3tag to MAC?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-for-mac-os-x/11239/8 "2013-03-09T15:35:06Z")
> [@i\_edgars](#):
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> If someone uses mp3Tag v-2.54.app in the MAC 10.6., Then it is resolved language code issue?
> I Mp3tag the match represented to scribble file names if there is a non-English letters!
> [http://content7-foto.inbox.lv/albums/i/i\_e...at-15-12-05.png](http://content7-foto.inbox.lv/albums/i/i_edgars/Dazadi/Screen-shot-2013-02-06-at-15-12-05.png)
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> 1.
> - after convert code page in russian 1251
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> 2. file not faound - any file by any action the name changes
> 3.
> - file name in a MAC
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> 4.
> - the same file names in a mp3Tag.
> Similar problems with specific German, Latvian, Russian, etc. letters.
AFAIK the Windows file system uses the ISO standard to encode letters. DOS uses ANSI - which needed the codepage to map the characters.
MP3tag uses the functions of the underlying OS to write the filenames. So it should be a problem of the settings of your emulation to get the characters all mixed up.
If you are not quite sure if the filename has illegal characters you could try some filenames with the converter tag-filename and enclose the whole mask in the $validate() function, e.g.
(taken from the help file):
$validate(%artist% - %album% - %track% - %title%,\_)
perhaps this cuts out the strange characters
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### Author:  [@i\_edgars](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/i_edgars)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2013, 8:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-for-mac-os-x/11239/9 "2013-03-09T20:16:53Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> (taken from the help file):
> $validate(%artist% - %album% - %track% - %title%,\_)
> perhaps this cuts out the strange characters
O, no - the thing is elsewhere!
The Mp3Tag **.app** in a **MAC** OS 10.6.X can see and edit the tags, but can not edit the file names.
If I edit the tag into russian 1251 encode, when they turn into "????" (It was just an example only).
A large part of the various Cyrillic encodes MAC does not see properly only into Mp3Tag.app window, even though it is set to "Windows Cyrillic"! But out of Mp3Tag.app window - Cyrillic encodes folders MAC see property.
It is only **MAC** and Mp3Tag **.app** problem.
Mp3tag **.exe** in the **Windows** these problems have not.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2013, 8:34am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-for-mac-os-x/11239/10 "2013-03-10T08:34:50Z")
I see, sorry to have wasted your time. I do not have a Mac ...
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### Author:  [@dorcia](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dorcia)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2017, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-for-mac-os-x/11239/11 "2017-05-10T13:51:32Z")
If someone meets problems with mp3tag with Wine for Mac OS, I can help.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-for-mac-os-x/11239/12 "2023-11-06T15:09:32Z")
This topic has about 30'000 views but it lacks one essential information:
**Since February 2021 there is an official Mp3tag for Mac version!**
> [@Mp3tag for Mac is here!](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-for-mac-is-here/52021):
>
> Mp3tag for Mac is available on the [Mac App Store](https://mp3tag.app/get)[[Mp3tag\_128]](https://mp3tag.app) It’s been a long journey and I’m very grateful for your support, encouragement, and motivating feedback along the way. I vividly remember [Mp3tag's anniversary in May 2020](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-turns-20/49073) when I’ve shared the first internal alpha version. It was very exciting! Since then, I’ve worked almost daily on what is now Mp3tag for Mac. It would not have been possible without you. While Mp3tag for Mac is an all-new app, it builds upon the experience of 20+ ye…
and
> **[Mp3tag: the universal Tag Editor for Mac](https://mp3tag.app/)**
>
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-for-mac-os-x/11239/13 "2023-11-06T16:02:24Z")