The Export action is simple and effective. It will allows us to export the details of our 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). We can then use this file as an archive of our metadata and we can also open and edit values within a proper spreadsheet application and then import the changes back into Jaikoz.
We can use the export feature on all visible songs or just selected songs using the context menu. We can add to an existing file from a previous export , and if we re-export 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 our spreadsheet application.
The only restrictions are
- Export does not export coverart
- 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.