Search & Replace iTunes Song Names and More!

Ever have trouble reading the titles of your Podcasts in a list because they scroll off the right side of your iPod's screen? When every episode is titled something like "This Week's Exciting Edition of the World's Best Fish Noodling Podcast Episode #124," all you see in your list is:

• This Week's Exciting Editi
• This Week's Exciting Editi
• This Week's Exciting Editi
• This Week's Exciting Editi
• This Week's Exciting Editi
• This Week's Exciting Editi

Pretty irritating, no? The truth is, podcasters should name their episodes with the number or date first. But assuming that isn't going to happen, I use this simple free AppleScript, Search/Replace Tag Script.

By using this Applescript and searching for "This Week's Exciting Edition of the World's Best Fish Noodling Podcast Episode" and replacing with "Noodling," my list now looks like:

• Noodling #126
• Noodling #127
• Noodling #128
• Noodling #129
• Noodling #130
• Noodling #131

Doug Adams hosts Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes, where over 400 (so far) free AppleScripts (most authored by Doug) add functionality to the ubiquitous iTunes on Mac OS X, using this built-in scripting language. Take a look, there's bound to be something there you've always wished iTunes did!