Chapter 8. Export and Import

Chapter 8. Export and Import
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1. Export
2. Import

1. Export

The Export action is simple and effective. It will allows you to export the details of your loaded songs in either an XLS (Excel) or CSV (comma separated values) file (both of the file types can be opened by Apples Numbers spreadsheet). You can then use this file as an archive of your metadata AND you can also open and edit values within a proper spreadsheet application and then import the changes back into Jaikoz.

You can use the export feature on all visible songs or just selected songs using the context menu. You can add to an existing file from a previous export , and if you reexport songs the spreadsheet will store the latest values for the reexported songs. The export file should be easy to view in any spreadsheet application, the information is stored in UTF8 format (to enable any unicode character to be stored) so specify UTF8 as the charset - if requested by your spreadsheet application.

The only restrictions are

Export does not export coverart, a separate action will be added to Jaikoz for this in a later release
Export does not export multiple values from multivalues like genre - only the first value is exported.
Export only export fields available from the Metadata view, it does not export fields that are only visible in the ID3 view or fields that are not visible with Jaikoz at all.