Take Control of macOS Media Apps by Kirk McElhearn

Author:Kirk McElhearn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: alt concepts inc.
Published: 2019-10-16T07:04:27+00:00

Understand the Compilation Tag

Nothing causes more confusion in the Music app than the Compilation tag, which is labeled “Album is a compilation of songs by various artists.” You set the tag in the Info dialog (⌘-I), in the Details pane. But I’m not sure that this explanation helps to clarify this tag’s purpose.

The Compilation tag tells Music to group tracks with the same album name, even if they are by different artists. In other words, say your album Favorite Covers of Alvin and the Chipmunks Classics has 23 tracks by different artists. If the Compilation tag isn’t set for every track of the album, there will be 23 album listings, one for each artist and album combination. On the other hand, if the Compilation tag is set for a song that’s not part of a compilation, it won’t be listed under its artist, but only under the album name.

There are two ways to see all your compilations. In Artists view, they are grouped near the top of the list, or you can look at the Various Artists entry. In Albums view, they are all at the bottom.

When you set the Compilation tag for files that you rip, Music stores them, on your Mac, in a Compilations folder, with subfolders for each album name.

It’s worth noting that you can’t have two compilation albums with the same title. Music looks at the title, and the state of the Compilations tag, to group these tracks. So if you have two different “Greatest Hits of the 1840s” compilations, they’ll be grouped together.

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