iPod and iTunes Hacks

Find a Track’s File Path

Display a track’s file path without a lot of mouse-clicks and open windows.

Tracking down the location of a track’s file can lead to having a lot of Finder windows open, especially if you’re using the Show Song File command a lot. This hack adds a simple step: it displays the file path of the selected track or currently playing track in a dialog box. Then, going Get Info one better, you can choose to show the file in the Finder only, which saves a few mouse clicks.

The Code

This script will get the locationproperty of a single selected file track or the currently playing file track and display it in a dialog box. Additionally, the dialog box buttons will allow the user to choose to reveal the file in the Finder:

	tell application "iTunes"
	 -- routine to select single selected or playing track
	 if selection is not {} and¬
	   (kind of container of view of front window) is library then
	   set sel to item 1 of selection
	   set dd_message to "selected track"
	 else
	   if player state is not stopped then
	     set sel to current track
		 set dd_message to "playing track"
	 else 
	   display dialog "Select a library track." buttons {"Cancel"}¬ 
	     default button 1 with icon 2 giving up after 15 
	 end if 
   end if
   -- get the location property of the track
   if sel's class is file track and¬ sel's location is not missing value then try set the_file_path to sel's location on error errText display dialog errText ...