# Using path to modify tags problem
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-path-to-modify-tags-problem/58137
**Category:** Mac
**Created:** [August 7, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-path-to-modify-tags-problem/58137 "2022-08-07T18:50:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@sfe](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sfe)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-path-to-modify-tags-problem/58137/1 "2022-08-07T18:50:36Z")
Hi. I'm having trouble getting tag names from the path on the mac version, as discussed here: [Converters to rename files or to import tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/converters-to-rename-files-or-to-import-tags/8016)
If this is my file directory:
`Fela Kuti\(1969) Fela Fela Fela\01 My Lady Frustration.mp3`
Shouldn't this be what I enter using Convert \> Filename - Tag?:
`%artist%\(%year%) %album%\%track% %title%`
It will not allow me to use this coding. Convert is grayed out anytime I include a backslash in the format string. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-path-to-modify-tags-problem/58137/2 "2022-08-07T20:17:26Z")
See [Rename Files and Import Tags from Files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rename-files-and-import-tags-from-files/51720) from the Mac Documentation. The relevant bit there is that macOS uses the forward slash as folder separator and Mp3tag for Mac follows this approach.
If your file path is
`Fela Kuti/(1969) Fela Fela Fela/01 My Lady Frustration.mp3`
a correct format string is
`%artist%/(%year%) %album%/%track% %title%`
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### Author:  [@sfe](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sfe)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-path-to-modify-tags-problem/58137/3 "2022-08-07T20:20:12Z")
Thank you - that was it!
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-path-to-modify-tags-problem/58137/4 "2022-09-06T20:20:21Z")
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