Hi, Steve, You can sync books in IBooks through ITunes.
HtH, Teresa On Apr 21, 2013, at 9:01 PM, Steve Holmes <[email protected]> wrote: > I may have come late to this little party, but what is in common with epub > and iTunes? Are these books somehow readable in iTunes? I don't quite > understand the naming or meta data being changed in iTunes for an epub book. > > What am I missing:)? > > On Apr 21, 2013, at 10:26 AM, Esther <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Annie, >> >> Not sure, but I think what I did was first interact with the text field and >> then do VO-Shift-Space to click, and then I could delete the text in the >> File Renamer text box dialog window. I don't think that I tried routing my >> mouse cursor there first, since I was able to do the click after interacting. >> >> HTH. Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> On 21 Apr 2013, at 07:16, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: >> >>> Hi Esther. >>> >>> I could not do that vo+shift click, I have tried a lot of times. I tried to >>> press vo+command+f5, I have also tried that before, but suddenly I could >>> press vo+shift+space, and I was not thrown out of the program, and I could >>> delete the content of the field and write something else. >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >>> Cheers Annie. >>> On Apr 21, 2013, at 6:56 PM, Esther <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Annie, >>>> >>>> I'm surprised that the field for changing values is not accessible in the >>>> File Renamer applescript. I found that script, too. But are you sure that >>>> you can't change that field? The way the dialog boxes work for Doug's >>>> AppleScripts, is that there's usually a text box filled with a default >>>> value. I just downloaded the script to check. Did you try clicking in >>>> the text box so you could edit it? Remember, if you are in QuickNav mode, >>>> you may think that you can't edit the text box. I did a VO-Shift-Space, >>>> and then I could delete the default string: >>>> [artist] - [name] >>>> Remember that each of the arguments like "artist" and "name" is surrounded >>>> by brackets. In order to use a valid field for the text box, you have to >>>> examine one of the ePub files you want to rename and check which fields >>>> are used. Select an ePub track, then do Command-I to "Get Info", and >>>> examine the "Info" tab. My O'Reilly books use "name", "artist", and >>>> "album", where "name" and "album", give the title of the book, and >>>> "artist" gives the author. My iPhone user guides from iBooks only use >>>> "name" and "artist". Do not try to type in a field like "[author]", >>>> because that's not a tag that iTunes uses. If, for example, you wanted to >>>> use the author, you would delete references to "[name]" and have the text >>>> argument only contain a string like: >>>> [artist] >>>> I don't know which field your ePub books use for the tag information on >>>> title. If the title information is under the "comments" field, and you >>>> wanted to replace the name with the contents of that field, you would type >>>> in: >>>> [comments] >>>> Hope this is clear. Any argument that you use in the text field has to be >>>> a valid tag field that actually corresponds to a field that is used for >>>> you ePub books. Maybe the "description" field is used for title >>>> information. You can activate it in the "View" menu options by bringing up >>>> the window with Command-J and checking the box for "description". None of >>>> my ePub books use this field, and you won't find it on the "Info" tab, but >>>> you can set your library to display this. >>>> >>>> HTH. The only thing I don't like about the new Gatekeeper protocols is >>>> that you can no longer directly view any of the AppleScript codes. >>>> They're buried under the Package contents of the script under Resources > >>>> Scripts > main.scpt. This used to be a great way to learn about >>>> AppleScript coding. This didn't seem like Doug's style of writing >>>> AppleScripts, and I found out that this was a contributed AppleScript from >>>> someone else that he re-wrote. >>>> >>>> By the way, I thought that the "This Tag That Tag" AppleScript might also >>>> rename your files if you allow iTunes to organize your library, since the >>>> folder and file names then match the tags. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Esther >>>> >>>> On 21 Apr 2013, at 04:49, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Esther. >>>>> >>>>> I found in fact an app on dougscripts, where you can specify which fields >>>>> should appear in the new title, it is called file renamer, unfortunately >>>>> the field for changing the values is not accessible, but it automatically >>>>> uses the author and the title. >>>>> >>>>> It is an interesting scripts site, that I can use several scripts from. I >>>>> think I will need to make a donation. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers Annie. >>>>> On Apr 21, 2013, at 5:42 AM, Esther <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Annie, >>>>>> >>>>>> If these ePub files are in your iTunes library, I think you can just use >>>>>> some of the AppleScripts for iTunes at Doug Adams' web site to automate >>>>>> changing the titles. The only thing I'm wondering is if the whether the >>>>>> epub files use the same keywords. I think that the file name field is >>>>>> just "name", which is the same as the "name" track for music tracks. >>>>>> And for my ePub books, the author is entered into the "artist" field. >>>>>> Probably the "This Tag That Tag" AppleScript could be used for this. >>>>>> From the description, I think the way this AppleScript works is that you >>>>>> select your tracks in iTunes, then you run the script, which you just >>>>>> locate by name "This Tag That Tag" under the scripts menu. This menu >>>>>> shows up once you copy the AppleScript to a "Library/iTunes/Scripts" >>>>>> folder under your user account. If you have never used AppleScripts in >>>>>> iTunes before, you'll have to create the "Scripts" folder in this >>>>>> location. Once you've selected this AppleScript, a dialog menu should >>>>>> come up to let you choose what action you want to take with your tags: >>>>>> copy, append, swap, or prepend. In this case you'd select "copy". Then >>>>>> you'd select the metadata tag fields that you'd want to use. So maybe >>>>>> in this case you'd want to copy the "album" tag to the "name" tag, or >>>>>> the "artist" tag to the "name" tag. I'm making up these examples, >>>>>> because I don't actually know how your ePub files are tagged, or even >>>>>> which fields you are using. Just note that these changes are not >>>>>> reversible, so if you want to be extra cautious, make a set of copies of >>>>>> your tracks beforehand. And just choose one ePub book to try the >>>>>> AppleScript out with before you run this with several files selected. >>>>>> >>>>>> It's also possible that there's a better AppleScript to use for the >>>>>> purposes that you want under the "Managing Track Info" group of >>>>>> AppleScripts at that site. I haven't used (or even downloaded) the >>>>>> AppleScript in question, although I have previously used other >>>>>> AppleScripts from this site before. >>>>>> >>>>>> I think you want to get the "This Tag That Tag" AppleScript from this >>>>>> URL at the dougscripts.com site: >>>>>> http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=thistagthattag >>>>>> >>>>>> The AppleScript "This Tag That Tag v.3.2 can be found as a heading level >>>>>> 2. Navigate with VO-Down arrow to read the description and then to read >>>>>> the group of two download links for downloading the script and the read >>>>>> me pdf file. There's also a heading level 3 description of "how to >>>>>> download & install" that explains that the download file will be a .zip >>>>>> that opens as a .dmg file. (Navigate with VO-Down arrow here, as well, >>>>>> to read the description.) It also explains that you should put the >>>>>> script contents of the of the .dmg file into your >>>>>> ~/Library/iTunes/Scripts folder, and that you may have to create the >>>>>> Scripts folder if this is your first AppleScript under iTunes. Just use >>>>>> standard Finder navigation (e.g. use Command-Shift-G to "go to folder", >>>>>> and then type or paste in the path: >>>>>> ~/LIbrary/iTunes/ >>>>>> -- or tilde slash Library slash iTunes for the directory, then create >>>>>> the Scripts folder, and navigate to it. You can copy and paste the >>>>>> AppleScript to this location. You can also save the Read me file >>>>>> somewhere convenient. >>>>>> >>>>>> There may be other scripts you can use, but this seemed to be one suited >>>>>> to your requirements. >>>>>> >>>>>> HTH. Cheers, >>>>>> >>>>>> Esther >>>>>> >>>>>> On 19 Apr 2013, at 05:32, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have some epub files which has some rather strange file names, can I >>>>>>> change them based on the metadata of the files. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> It would be great if there is a way to convert multiple files to >>>>>>> correct file names based on e.g. the title field or maybe also the >>>>>>> author field of the metadata, does anyone know how I can do that. I >>>>>>> have tried playing a little with ITunes, but I can not get ITunes to do >>>>>>> what I want. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Best regards Annie. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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