Replace backslash

[Amenophis]

For some reason that I cannot explain, I suddenly have two backslashes (\) instead of the semicolon ( I entered in the "ARTIST" field in many files when there are several entries. I have tried to have these automatically replaced by the semicolon, but have had no success. What do I have to do to achieve this?

[LyricsLover]

There are no real \\ in your tags.

This two \\ are only a visual representation that you have multiple tags with the same name in your track.

Please press Alt+T on your music file and check the multiple ARTIST Tags with different content in your case.

Therefore you can not replace the non-existent \\.

What exactly do you like to achieve?

[Amenophis]

What is ALT-T on the Mac?
I thought, there is something wrong and wanted to put the semicolon in the right place. But it seems there happened something else?

[LyricsLover]

If you are on Mac please use the matching support forum.

I will change it for you.
(As I have no Mac keyboard I can't tell you the combination. You could use the menu View -> Extended Tags).

[ohrenkino]

@Amenophis

What is ALT-T on the Mac?

See the documenation

Keyboard Shortcuts

Mp3tag menu Shortcut Command ⌘ , Preferences... ⌘ H Hide Mp3tag ⌥⌘ H Hide Others ⌘ Q Quit Mp3tag File menu Shortcut Command ⌘ O Open... ⇧⌘ O Add... ⌥⌘ C Copy to... ⌥⌘ M Move to... ⌫ Remove ⌥⌫ Delete ⌘ P Create Playlist... ⌘ E Export... ⌘ R Refresh ⌥⌘ R Refresh Tag ⌘ S Save ⌥⌘ S Save (Force) ⌘W Close Edit menu Shortcut Command ⌘ Z Undo ⇧⌘ Z Redo ⌘ X Cut ⌘ C Copy ⌘ V Paste ⌥⌘⌫ Remove Tag ⌘ A Select All ⌥⌘ ↑ Select Previ…

[ohrenkino]

@Amenophis

have tried to have these automatically replaced by the semicolon, but have had no success.

Use an action of the type "Merge duplicate fields" if you want to have only 1 field of the type ARTIST

Quick Actions and Action Groups

Mp3tag for Mac provides a variety of Actions, which can be used on filenames and tags. The actions can be applied individually via Actions → Quick Actions ⌥⌘ 6 or be grouped into named and reusable Action Groups via Actions → Actions ⌘ 6. Action Groups serve as repeatable workflows in Mp3tag for Mac. When using Quick Actions you can select one of the different available action types from the list. This action will be applied to the selected files and the changes are saved immediately. Tip 1…

[Amenophis]

Aha. Thank you. Now I know better what I see. Just one more question: Is it. good idea to have two ore more fields »ARTIST« or should I unite them?

[ohrenkino]

Only very few players can cope with more than 1 field of the same type.
So it depends on the features of your player what to use.

[Amenophis]

Many thanks to everyone who replied. Now I can see a little more clearly. The question remains as to who made this change. I haven't noticed it so far. Maybe it was Roon, which I recently switched to. Since I will most likely stay with Roon and it doesn't really matter for the occasional use of files on my mobile phone, it makes sense to leave everything as it is. Well, let's see.

Thanks again to everyone!