Meta

Meta automatically saves changes when you finish editing a field, so there’s no need for a manual Save command. If you’re not satisfied with a change, you can always use Undo to revert it.

To sort any data displayed in the main files list, click a column's header once to sort. Click it again to reverse that sort-order. A caret symbol will be displayed to the rightmost side of the header to indicate the current sort order. The order in which columns are sorted will have a last-to-first order of importance.

The Select Similar command allows you to select all files with identical metadata as the one you clicked. Single-click any field in the list, choose Select Similar from the menu or ⌘⇧A, and watch the selection extend to all files with identical metadata.

Meta’s filter syntax lets you search using freeform text, specific fields, and term exclusion. You can type any text you want to appear in the file, prefix your search with a field name followed by a colon (e.g., artist: Nile), and exclude terms by prefixing them with a minus sign (e.g., -Beatles). You can also combine filters by separating each filter component with a comma.

Meta provides an Add to Library action that asks compatible music apps to re-read metadata from the files. To do so, select the desired files, press the Add to Library button, or choose File → Add to Library or ⌥⌘L, and wait until the operation completes.

If you purchased Meta from Paddle, launch Meta.app, select the Meta menu, then Retrieve License, and follow the given instructions. If you purchased from the Mac App Store, delete Meta.app from your Applications folder, open the Mac App Store, sign in to your account, look for the app under the Mac Apps section, and click Install.

If Meta encounters a crash, open console.app located under Applications Utilities Console.app, find User Diagnostic Reports in the sidebar, select the .crash reports whose filenames begin with Meta, and send these files as email attachments using the provided link.

macOS's Finder won't be able to read tags from .flac and .wav formats, and as a consequence, a correctly tagged file of this type will appear as displaying the default icon in macOS's Finder.