# Where is the export feature on mac?
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/where-is-the-export-feature-on-mac/70911
**Category:** Mac
**Created:** [March 20, 2026, 9:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/where-is-the-export-feature-on-mac/70911 "2026-03-20T21:42:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@pentel918](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pentel918)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2026, 9:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/where-is-the-export-feature-on-mac/70911/1 "2026-03-20T21:42:53Z")
Where is the export list feature (on windows) for the mac app store version? I can’t seem to find it. On windows i can export list to get a list of songs numbered and sorted by album by using the following configuration. Does anyone know if this is possible on mac? Thanks!
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```auto
$filename(list.txt,utf-8)
$puts(counter,0)
$loop(%album%)%album%
$loop(%_path%)$puts(counter,$add($get(counter),1))$num($get(counter),1). %title% - %artist% %comment%
$loopend()
$loopend()
```
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2026, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/where-is-the-export-feature-on-mac/70911/2 "2026-03-20T21:51:06Z")
See here:
> [@Export Tags to Text Files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-tags-to-text-files/70192):
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> Export to Text Files Mp3tag lets you export tag and file information to text-based formats via File → Export or ⌘E. You can use any text along with the available [placeholders](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/51688) and [scripting functions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/51689) to define the export format. Mp3tag applies this format to each selected file, generating a textual representation for each one. The resulting export file contains one line of output per file. You can define a format string used to create the export filename at Preferences → Export. Export to Clip…
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### Author:  [@pentel918](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pentel918)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2026, 10:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/where-is-the-export-feature-on-mac/70911/3 "2026-03-20T22:48:14Z")
do you know how to adjust the script to work in mac? it’s splitting everything.
i’m trying to get a list in this format
albumn title
1.song title - artist
2.song title - artist
etc
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2026, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/where-is-the-export-feature-on-mac/70911/4 "2026-03-20T22:54:55Z")
The export feature of the Mac version doesn't support the more expressive Export Configuration Language of the Windows version (i.e., support for loops and sorting, support for variables, filename configuration from the export configuration).
Instead, you can configure a format string and Mp3tag applies this format to each selected file, generating a textual representation for each one. The resulting export file contains one line of output per file.
On Windows, it's one of the features that creates a fair share of the support work for me, because not everyone is capable of writing the scripts, but many want to have the result of those scripts. This is the main reason for why I didn't implement it the same way on macOS (aside from some glaring issues with variable handling, which I didn't want to replicate in a rewrite).
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2026, 7:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/where-is-the-export-feature-on-mac/70911/5 "2026-05-08T07:49:41Z")
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