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Batch transfer tags to media files on Mac via MPL file created on Windows?

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MrC:
That's the idea.

I'm not sure about your reason for Step 5:

   5. Select all albums and choose "Update tags from Library"
   This should result in the DFF filenames on my attached drive being changed as above (correct?)

but test it to see.

You could strip the commas from the MPL within the Filename field's value instead.

couchjr:
Does the Rename, Move & Copy utility operate directly on the files on disc, or only in the Library?

If the former, you're right, I don't need steps 5 or 11.

If the latter, the reason is to change the files on disc so I can manipulate them outside MC (in Audiogate).

I will certainly test with one album, since the only efficient way to do this will be to operate on the original files, because to make a backup copy of 100 DFF albums will take at least a couple of hours . . .

Let me know, and thanks again.

MrC:
It can do either, or both.  Filename is a field - it is intented to always reflect the full path to the file on disk (otherwise, MC can't find the file).  If you use the RM&C tool, you can affect the file's location on disk.  And the Filename field is always updated in a Rename or a Move.

Sometimes you move files outside of MC, and then use the tool in the Update.... mode to correct the Filename field only.

jlyness:
Just following up on the advice above, find and replace in the MPL file did the trick for me. Smooth sailing with ~20,000 tracks. File art didn't transfer, obviously, but internet search fixed almost all of the missing cover art, too. Thanks again for the advice and help.

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