Kid3 Audio Tagger For Mac



If you want to easily tag multiple MP3, Ogg/Vorbis, FLAC, MPC, MP4/AAC, MP2, Opus, Speex, TrueAudio, WavPack, WMA, WAV and AIFF files (e.g. full albums) without typing the same information again and again and have control over both ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags, then Kid3 is the program you are looking for.

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With Kid3 Tag Editor, tag multiple MP3, Ogg/Vorbis, FLAC, MPC, MP4/AAC, MP2, Speex, TrueAudio, WavPack, WMA, WAV and AIFF files without typing the same information again and again and have control. Screenshot for Kid3 - Audio Tagger « Hardcopy 2020.06.28 Kid3 - Audio Tagger 3.8.4 VidMasta 27.1 » Comment Rules & Etiquette - We welcome all comments from our readers, but any comment section requires some moderation. Add ID3 tags to multiple audio files. If you want to easily tag multiple MP3, Ogg/Vorbis, FLAC, MPC, MP4/AAC, MP2, Opus, Speex, TrueAudio, WavPack, WMA, WAV and AIFF files (e.g. Full albums) without typing the same information again and again and have control over both ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags, then Kid3 Tag Editor is the program you are looking for. Edit and convert between ID3v1.1, ID3v2.3 and ID3v2.4 tags. Access to all tag fields. Batch edit tags of multiple files. Generate tags from filenames or from the contents of other tag fields. Generate filenames from tags, rename and create directories from tags. Generate playlist files. Automatically convert upper and lower case and replace. The latest version of Kid3 is 3.8 on Mac Informer. It is a perfect match for the System Tools category. The app is developed by Urs Fleisch and its user rating is 3.9 out of 5.

Features

With Kid3 you can:

  • Edit ID3v1.1 tags
  • Edit all ID3v2.3 and ID3v2.4 frames
  • Convert between ID3v1.1, ID3v2.3 and ID3v2.4 tags
  • Edit tags in MP3, Ogg/Vorbis, DSF, FLAC, MPC, MP4/AAC, MP2, Opus, Speex, TrueAudio, WavPack, WMA, WAV, AIFF files and tracker modules (MOD, S3M, IT, XM)
  • Edit tags of multiple files, e.g. the artist, album, year and genre of all files of an album typically have the same values and can be set together
  • Generate tags from filenames
  • Generate tags from the contents of tag fields
  • Generate filenames from tags
  • Rename and create directories from tags
  • Generate playlist files
  • Automatically convert upper and lower case and replace strings
  • Import from gnudb.org, MusicBrainz, Discogs, Amazon and other sources of album data
  • Export tags as CSV, HTML, playlists, Kover XML and in other formats
  • Edit synchronized lyrics and event timing codes, import and export LRC files
  • Automate tasks using QML/JavaScript, D-Bus or the command-line interface

Requirements

Kid3 runs under Linux (KDE or only Qt), Windows, macOS and Android and uses Qt, id3lib, libogg, libvorbis, libvorbisfile, libFLAC++, libFLAC, TagLib, Chromaprint.

Information

  • The Kid3 Handbook(PDF)
    Thanks to all those who translated the handbook:
    • ca: El manual del Kid3(PDF)(by Antoni Bella)
    • de: Das Kid3 Handbuch(PDF)(by Urs Fleisch)
    • it: Manuale di Kid3(PDF)(by Vincenzo Reale)
    • nl: Het handboek van Kid3(PDF)(by Freek de Kruijf)
    • pt: O Manual do Kid3(PDF)(by José Pires)
    • sv: Handbok Kid3(PDF)(by Stefan Asserhäll)
    • uk: Підручник з Kid3(PDF)(by Yuri Chornoivan)
  • The KDE Gitlab hosts the source code repository and issues for help.
  • At the Kid3 project page at SourceForge you can download all releases of Kid3.
  • The Kid3 page at linux-apps.org offers the possibility to rate Kid3 and to submit comments.
  • The Kid3 page at Open HUB offers code metrics and the possibility to rate Kid3 and to submit comments.

License

Kid3 is open source software licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL).

Download

  • Sourcecode kid3-3.8.4.tar.gz(PGP Signature)
  • Ubuntu users can add the PPA for Kid3:
  • Linux Flatpak at Flathub
  • Linux binaries (64-bit) kid3-3.8.4-Linux.tgz(PGP Signature)
  • Windows binaries (64-bit) kid3-3.8.4-win32-x64.zip(PGP Signature)and (32-bit) kid3-3.8.4-win32.zip(PGP Signature)
  • macOS binaries kid3-3.8.4-Darwin.dmg(PGP Signature)
  • Android package kid3-3.8.4-android.apk(PGP Signature)
  • SHA256 sums for all release files(PGP Signature)

Special thanks to Marcel Strittmatter for providing hardware that allows for the continuation of macOS support!

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Thanks to all those who created the following packages:
  • Windows Chocolatey Package
  • macOS Homebrew Package
  • Android F-Droid Package
  • Package for Arch Linux (by Jaroslav Lichtblau)
  • Packaging of the KDE Framework version for KaOS
  • Package for Chakra (by Neophytos Kolokotronis)
  • kid3 and kid3-qt for Debian Unstable (by Mark Purcell, Patrick Matthäi)
  • kid3 and kid3-qt for Ubuntu 20.04
  • Package for Mageia (by daviddavid)
  • Overview of packages for openSUSE
  • kid3 for openSUSE (by Packman)
  • Gentoo Package (by Johannes Huber)
  • Overview of packages for Fedora (by Hedayat Vatankhah)
  • kid3 for openmamba (by Marco Bellezza)
  • Package for Alt Linux (by Sergey V Turchin)
  • Port for FreeBSD (by Max Brazhnikov)
  • Port for NetBSD (by Thomas Klausner)

Git

To get the source code repository, fetch it using Git

Or browse the Kid3 code on KDE Projects.

Then you can build Kid3 with the usual cmake and make commands or build an RPM or deb package.

Development snapshot binaries for Linux, Windows and Mac are available in the development folder.

A nightly Flatpak build of Kid3 is available in the KDE Flatpak repository.

History

DateReleaseChanges
26 Sep 20203.8.4Besides bug fixes, this release provides usability improvements, such as more navigation keyboard shortcuts and the possibility to customize them. The file type detection is more tolerant.
10 May 20203.8.3Besides bug fixes, this release provides usability improvements, additional keyboard shortcuts and user action scripts. Special thanks go to various people at KDE, who translated the user interface and the handbook to new languages.
23 Jan 20203.8.2This bugfix release fixes a crash that happens when frames are removed from M4A files. Additionally it brings new Catalan, Portuguese and Ukrainian translations.
23 Dec 20193.8.1This bugfix release solves some problems with the binary packages for Linux and Android. Improvements include information about the number of files in the status bar and about the identifier of RVA2 and UFID frames in the frame table. String replacements are now executed in order and support regular expressions.
24 Aug 20193.8.0The CLI now supports JSON for input and output and is independent of any GUI libraries. Other improvements concern better compatibility with iTunes. The import from tags function can now operate on all selected files and return extracted values to scripts.
18 Mar 20193.7.1This release primarily brings bug fixes and usability improvements. Most new features target the Android version, which now supports a dark theme, a better file selection dialog and more configuration options.
23 Dec 20183.7.0The most important new feature is a playlist editor. Playlist items can be added, removed and reordered. Improvements include editors for the formats to convert between tags and file names and drop down lists with available tag values when multiple files are selected. The new file list fixes problems with updates when directories are renamed.
24 Aug 20183.6.2This bugfix release fixes the use of free form MP4 atoms, import from CSV with DOS line endings, the application icon in KDE wayland sessions and other bugs. The generation of file names from tags is improved by supporting conditional text around a value from the tags, which is only inserted when the corresponding value exists.
23 Apr 20183.6.1This bugfix release improves the speed when saving with a lot of unchanged files in the directory. It fixes wrong parsing of the xid atom when using the Mp4v2Metadata plugin, scrolling to the opened file when using a custom sort order in the file list and avoids changing the file name extension when setting file names from the tags.
18 Mar 20183.6.0Ratings can now be edited using stars with configurable mapping between rating values and the number of stars. New options include a maximum length for file names and showing hidden files. Support for MP4 files is improved by handling more atom types. Bug fixes include renaming of directories with subfolders on Windows and finding frames by their frame ID. The Android app has a fresh look in Material style.
02 Nov 20173.5.1This bugfix release fixes a crash with DSF files having sample rates other than 2822400 or 5644800 Hz. It also brings a few usability improvements.
16 Jun 20173.5.0Besides bug fixes and performance improvements, Kid3 3.5.0 brings new features like marking violations of the ID3v2 standard. It is now possible to assign keyboard shortcuts to user actions. The command line version can access frame fields, multiple frames of the same kind and subsets of frames. It starts faster and can run on systems without UI.
18 Feb 20173.4.5This bugfix release brings improvements with handling lots of files. File tree expansion and filtering are significantly faster and consume less memory. Folders can be explicitly excluded or included. Importing from MusicBrainz and Discogs has been fixed.
23 Dec 20163.4.4This bugfix release fixes the import of durations when importing from file or clipboard, and building with Chromaprint 1.4. New features include a portable mode storing the configuration file in the application folder, copying of images to the clipboard and an MPRIS D-Bus interface for the audio player on Linux.
01 Nov 20163.4.3Tagging of WAV files is improved by supporting ID3v2.3.0 tags on WAV files and better interoperability with RIFF INFO tags by configuring the track field to be “ITRK” and the RIFF chunk to use a lowercase “id3 “ name. The latest iTunes tags for classical music are now supported. Bug fixes solve crashes with FLAC files and support for translated names and the 3rd tag in kid3-cli.
24 Aug 20163.4.2This bugfix release fixes issues with copy pasting of tags with multiple frames of the same type (e.g. multiple artists) and deleting frames in kid3-cli. It adapts to changes of the web services used for fetching lyrics. Usability improvements include complex quick access frames like pictures and selection of the file list filter in the settings.
24 Jun 20163.4.1This bugfix release fixes the wrong marking of ID3v2 Date frames as modified and makes it possible to directly add Date frames with ISO date/time values to files which do not yet have an ID3v2.4.0, M4A or Vorbis tag. For the Windows version, issues with incorrect relative paths in playlists, importing from Discogs and temporary files generated by id3lib were fixed.
23 Apr 20163.4.0It is now possible to edit more than two tags, for example ID3v1, ID3v2 and APE tags of MP3 files or ID3v1, ID3v2 and Vorbis tags of FLAC files. Support for RIFF INFO chunks in WAV files has been added. Bug fixes include the editing of synchronized lyrics on Windows.
10 Mar 20163.3.2This bugfix release adapts the import to changes of the Discogs service. It is now possible to set the encoding used for exported files and playlists. Third-party libraries have been fixed to solve random crashes on Windows and file corruptions when writing WAV files.
04 Feb 20163.3.1-1Minor fix to find kid3qml plugin only for Windows, see bug #124.
17 Dec 20153.3.1Package for Android, support GEOB frames in CLI. Improvements for high pixel density displays and handling read-only files. Bug fixes include selection of text encoding in picture frames, higher resolution application icons and a workaround for cropped pictures on high pixel density displays.
01 Oct 20153.3.0Support audiobook and podcast frames. Configurable order of the quick access frames, a more user friendly naming of the frames, and the possibility to use submenus and separators in the user actions context menu.
12 May 20153.2.1This bug fix release fixes a bug on Mac OS X where the file tree of network shares is not shown correctly, cover art pictures which are displayed too small, single quotes in kid3-cli and packaging issues. Cover art in APE tags is now supported.
18 Mar 20153.2.0Script interface to write extensions and automate tasks using QML/JavaScript. Example scripts to embed, export and resize album art, export tags and fetch lyrics from a web service. Support for building with KDE 5 and tagging DSF and Ogg/FLAC files. More options to number tracks and marking oversized embedded album art.
09 Nov 20143.1.2This bug fix release offers the possibility to change the permissions when trying to save read-only files. It fixes bugs like editing a frame for multiple files which do not all already have such a frame or the use of special characters in M4A files on Windows. The number of open file descriptors is reduced, which should solve problems when working with a huge number of files. The Discogs import has been updated to address the latest restrictions.
24 Aug 20143.1.1This bug fix release fixes incorrect behavior when removing custom frames (COMM, PRIV, TXXX, free form), setting of POPM frames using kid3-cli, import of composer from MusicBrainz and other smaller issues, as well as platform-specific bugs such as kid3-cli output redirection on Windows, support for case-sensitive filesystems on OS X and drag’n’drop on OS X 10.10.
23 Apr 20143.1Support for synchronized lyrics and event timing codes, find and replace strings in tags and file names, details and sort columns in file list, bug fixes and usability improvements.
29 Nov 20133.0.2This bugfix release solves the problem that translations and the documentation were not found on Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks. The application is now correctly terminated when the main window is closed while the handbook is open. Session restoration and the genres list have been improved. A few build system issues are fixed too.
29 Oct 20133.0.1This is a bug fix release for 3.0. It fixes the incorrect configuration conversion and toolbar configuration in the KDE version, the filename format configuration, bugs in the fingerprint import and several build issues for different Linux distributions.
23 Oct 20133.0Flexible architecture with common shared libraries and plugins for metadata libraries and importers, new command-line application, support for Opus format, bug fixes and usability improvements.
10 Mar 20132.3Automatic batch import for multiple directories, improved import, configurable quick access tag frames, better responsiveness when working with a huge number of files, long operations can be aborted, bug fixes and usability improvements.
03 Dec 20122.2.1This is a bug fix release for 2.2. It fixes the selection of a wrong language if the primary language is not supported and the first fallback language should be English and that the English instead of the German handbook was displayed for a German locale.
26 Oct 20122.2Improved Discogs and AcoustID audio fingerprint import, bug fixes and usability improvements.
12 May 20122.1Chromaprint Acoustid fingerprint import, keyboard shortcuts, improved iTunes support, icons, bug fixes.
02 Nov 20112.0.1Minor bugfixes. The build system is also improved and should work out of the box on most distributions.
05 Sep 20112.0Extract and move information between tags, many improvements and refactorings, e.g. in file list, import, numbering tracks, renaming directories, GUI and usability.
05 Feb 20111.6Improved numbering of tracks, GUI and usability.
26 Sep 20101.5Faster filtering, simple audio player, GUI and usability improvements.
26 Mar 20101.4Support for Ogg cover art, import from Amazon, usability improvements.
30 Oct 20091.3Support for WMA/ASF, AIFF and WAV files, advanced playlist creation, improved tag editing.
25 Apr 20091.2Import of album cover art, options to mark changed tag fields and to store the ID3v2 genre as text instead of numeric string.
25 Oct 20081.1All tags (not only artist, album, …) can be used for all operations (e.g. import, export, tag <-> file name, rename, …), additional tags can be imported from Discogs and MusicBrainz, setting character encoding for ID3v1.1 tags.
03 Apr 20081.0File filter, D-Bus interface, FLAC picture support, rename directory wizard, usability improvements.
02 Dec 20070.1Direct editing of all frames. Support for MP4/AAC, MP2, Speex, TrueAudio and WavPack files. Usability improvements. Support build with KDE 4.
12 Jun 20070.9Hierarchical directory tree, enhanced context menu commands, editor for custom genres, mark truncated ID3v1.1 fields, import from gnudb.org and TrackType.org, usability improvements.
22 Nov 20060.8.1Fixed bug: A new Custom genre was added on termination.
21 Nov 20060.8Import from freedb2.org, Discogs and MusicBrainz release database. Support for ID3v2.4 and MPC using TagLib. Support build with Qt4 and tunepimp 0.5.x.
28 Jun 20060.7Export, show/hide ID3v1.1/ID3v2.3, custom genres, automatic track numbering, improved import (search history, track reordering), split filename and tag format into separate options and commands, builds with libtunepimp 0.4.x.
31 Oct 20050.6Support for Ogg/Vorbis and FLAC files, import from MusicBrainz, usability improvements.
31 Jul 20040.5Length and count check on import, shortcut configuration, rename and create directories from tags.
24 Jan 20040.4Direct import from freedb.org. Minor GUI changes.
21 Oct 20030.3Automatic case conversion and string replacements. Import of album data from freedb.org and other sources. Improved Windows version: persisted configuration, online help.
14 May 20030.2.1Use automake/autoconf to build, no change on code.
28 Apr 20030.2Placed controls in a scrollview, so that window can be resized. Show busy cursor while reading and writing files.
12 Jan 20030.1First release at SourceForge

Support

  • If you found a bug, create a bug report.
  • If you need a feature, create a new wishlist item.
  • Ask for help by creating a new issue.
  • Contact the author: Urs Fleisch <ufleisch at users.sourceforge.net>.

Jul 19,2019 • Filed to: Manage Music • Proven solutions

There are quite a few good ID3 tag editors in the market, especially free ID3 tag editor for Mac (including macOS 10.13 High Sierra). An ID3 is actually a metadata container that stores information about MP3 files in your Mac device. An ID3 provides you all the information that you require while storing MP3 file - artist, album, track title, the genre of the songs on the playlist, and track number. This information helps the users to use the MP3 collection in his Mac and to listen to the songs that are present in the collection. An ID3 file contains all the important and relevant information that you might want to see as you want to listen to some great music in your Mac.

It is interesting to note that the information that is there on the ID3 tags of the macOS can be changed and modified according to the wishes and convenience of the user. You can edit, change, and remove the metadata completely using ID3 tags. That is the reason most of the users use the ID3 formats to store audio files. The main purpose of using such ID3 tag editor is to sort and scrutinize all the information that is present within the multimedia files. In both the free and the paid versions of these tags that are available in the market, there are many taggers available. You can find taggers on the Internet. There are taggers in both the paid and the free versions of the ID3 tags. These tags can be downloaded and used to organize the music library in the MacOS 10.12 Sierra easily and conveniently. Given below is a list of top 5 ID3 tag editors for macOS (including 10.13 High Sierra, 10.12 Sierra, 10.11 El Capitan and earlier) that can be downloaded and used for free from the Internet:

iMusic-Best ID3 Tag Editor for Mac & Win

It is one of the best ID3 tag editor (macOS 10.13 High Sierra and Windows 10 included). It is actually an audio recorder that can tag music. There are millions of users of this ID3 tag. With it, you can download and record music from over 3000 music websites. The music that you can download is of very high quality and are 100% original. Addition to that, you can manage, play, and edit the music using this software. Also you can transfer and record the songs between itunes to iPhone/iPad/iPod/Android/Win/Mac for better management and can even burn the songs to a CD for preservation. You can do all these tasks easily with just a few clicks and using this app is easy and convenient for you.

iMusic - Best Free ID3 Tag Editor for Mac You Deserve to Own

  • Contains almost all the tools you need to manage downloaded music.
  • Transfer music between iPhone/iPad/iPod/Android phones and iTunes/Mac/PC.
  • Download music from YouTube, Archive, Jamendo, 4Shared and 3000+ sites.
  • YouTube playlist batch download in MP3 & MP4 (600+ songs at once).
  • Download 128k - 320k music in MP3, M4A, WebM, OGG, etc.
  • Burn music to CDs in one click.
  • Remove music DRM protection and convert downloaded M4P music files to MP3 format.

How to Edit ID3 tag on Mac using iMusic

With iMusic, you can edit ID3 tags within seconds. In short, you can use iMusic as ID3 Tag Editor. Alternatively, you can also use the Toolbox, to fix the Music tags. In the Toolbox, you will find special feature like Clean Up iTunes Library where you can Fix/Edit Music Tags or Covers efficiently. Follow these steps to edit ID3 tag using iMusic:

Step 1: Record or Download Song

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iMusic is the ultimate music program which can download or record songs from over 3000+ music websites. It always provides 100% original audio quality. Users can easily Stream or Manage Songs in Music Library. So, record a song by tapping the red button. Alternatively, you can download any song by choosing ‘Get Music’, select song and click ‘Download’.

Step 2: Identify Song and Edit ID3 Tag information

While managing the downloaded or recorded song in the music library, you can edit its ID3 tag with ease.

Go to Music Library, right click the target song and click ‘Get Info’. Edit the Song’s Tag information by selecting ‘Edit Music Info’ to organize the information. You can also add any information to the song.

Follow that, begin to edit the info you wanted, after finish editing mp3 tag , click 'Save'.

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Download Any Music

How

You can download unlimited free music from 3000 music sites, radio stations and online video sites in one click.

Get high quality music

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iMusic records the audio directly from the sound card of your computer. It means you can get music with 100% original quality.

Identify and fix ID3 tag info

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It comes with ID3 tag technology and can tag the music with album, artist, genre and more.

Multiple export ways

You can directly export the Deezer music to iTunes library or burn the recorded Deezer songs to CD.

It is a free MP3 tag editor software that can be used with the MacOS 10.12 Sierra in both personal and commercial purposes. The ID3 Tag Editor supports both the ID3V1 and D3V2 versions of ID3. Using this software, you should be able to edit the embedded metadata. This embedded metadata can be found in the audio file in the ID3 format. This program lets the users jump to the specific locations easily. With the ID3 Tag Editor Mac you will be able to jump to the specific locations of your choice. So, you will be able to rename and edit the ID3 tags efficiently and easily. It actually lets you do a lot:

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  • To add comments and tags to the audio files.
  • It provides a slide view of the titles and images in a synchronized manner during the audio playback.
  • The tag supports embedded cover pic and the latest ID3 versions.

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Kid3 is one of the best MP3 ID3 tag editors that you can use for free. It has an easy to use interface and it is very convenient for the users to manage and edit songs and music files using Kid3. You will be able to add all the missing tags quite fast and conveniently. This MP3 ID3 tag will do it automatically. The ID3 tag allows you to edit the music, titles of the songs, artists, albums, genre, and the year that the music was launched.There are lots of information that can be obtained using this application. The ID3 tag has an online database and it also uses the other websites, for gathering information about the songs in your playlist. It can even use websites like Amazon to edit the information. The ID3 tag uses various forms of metadata like the ID3v1, ID3v2.4, and ID3v2.3, iTunes MP4 and WMA. In addition to that it also supports APE tags and Vorbis.

Kid3 Audio Tagger For Mac

Kid3 Tagger

It is another great mp3 tag editor application for organizing and managing your music collection. There are lots of music formats that the application supports. It is an application that seamlessly plugs into the Windows Media Player and the iTunes. This lets you manage and edit songs and information quickly and easily. The ID3 tag searches from a large database to find the exact songs that you are looking for. You are sure to be able to use this ID3 tag to get the best of the world of music from all across the world.

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It is a new ID3 tag editor Mac in the market that works fine. It will not just edit, but will also help to clean-up the meta-data. With this application you can quickly edit and modify the details like song name, artist, and format. In addition to that, you can also add tags and comment on the songs that are there on the list. It is a fast editor that you can use to edit multiple files at once conveniently and easily. The DJ software playlist of your device will look great and flawless with MetaBliss. Using MetaBliss is easy as it has an easy-to-use interface.

So, you have a list of five ID3 tag editors Mac that you can use to edit, modify, and manage your playlist in Mac. If you are looking for the perfect ID3 tag editor to edit MP3 tags on Mac, you must make it a point to choose between these five top ones iMusic . There are also a few other ID3 tag editors that you can use.