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Easily add lyrics to iTunes songs via AppleScript
Authored by: kioarthurdane on Wed, Jul 16 2008 at 11:36AM PDT

My preferred method is to make sure the Harmonic widget from http://mindquirk.com/ is running, then use an AppleScript to step through all the songs.
Basic algorithm for the script goes (not tested for syntax, etc):


set timestep to 5 --adjust as needed depending on your internet speed.

play first track of playlist "Music"
pause

repeat from 1 to count of tracks of playlist "Music"
     next track
     delay timestep
end repeat

Easily add lyrics to iTunes songs via AppleScript
Authored by: blackxacto on Wed, Jul 16 2008 at 5:08PM PDT

I tried to compile this into a script, but it doesn't like the word "first".
I am no expert coding, but have compiled before.
What is the problem here, me or the code you provided?

jr

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