AppleScript/Automator: removing numbers at the beginning of iTunes song names?

[luigidorf]

I have quite a few songs in my iTunes with names that begin with some track number. I'd like the numbers to be gone, but I don't want to change the name of each song individually. Is there a way I can automate this with Automator or AppleScript? I don't have any experience with either.

If there's a script or plugin I can download to do this, that will be fine. But I'd prefer to learn to do it myself with AppleScript if it's easy. Thanks in advance!

 

[GGJstudios]

For renaming large numbers of files/folders, I use Name Mangler and I've heard good things about NameChanger.

Also, Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes is a great resource for managing your iTunes tags and files.

Here are a few scripts that I've found particularly useful:

Append To Selected Tag v1.1
Artist to Album Artist v2.0
Clipboard to Lyrics Scripts v1.0.1
Clipboard to Multi-Tracks Lyrics v1.0
File Renamer
Filenames to Song Names
Gather Up the One-Hits v2.3
List MIAs v1.2
Move Files To Folder... v1.0
No Lyrics to Playlist v2.0
Proper English Title Capitalization
Remove n Characters From Front or Back v3.0
Replay Last Bit v2.0
Search/Replace Tag Text
This Tag, That Tag Scripts v2.0
Track Parser v1.3.1
Tracks Without Artwork to Playlist v3.3​

 

[luigidorf]

Thanks; the "Remove n Characters From Front or Back" script made it quite easy.

 

[GGJstudios]

Thanks; the "Remove n Characters From Front or Back" script made it quite easy.

The Track Parser script that I bolded will strip the numbers off the song names and put those numbers in the track number tag, rather than just deleting them.