Organize and diagnose a locally stored Music.app library, or open standalone audio files directly for inspection, authenticity analysis, playback, repair and conversion.
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Start the trial only when you are ready. For three days, every feature is available for both a locally stored Music.app library and standalone audio files opened from Finder or added by drag and drop.
The trial does not renew and creates no automatic charge. After it ends, continued use requires a one-time Full Version purchase. There is no subscription.
The transition to normalized SQLite storage has begun. Saved Music.app records, individual playlist occurrences and physical-file indexes can be restored after relaunch and queried in pages instead of building huge SwiftUI collections.
Playlist Duplicates can refresh only the selected changed playlist. When Music.app appended entries, the app reads the new tail when possible and preserves every other warmed playlist.
When two playlist entries share one Persistent ID, the selected occurrence is removed while another copy is preserved. Playlist cleanup never deletes the physical file or the Music library record.
SQLite-backed tools return completed groups or records in pages. Artwork Check provides a fast saved-candidate check plus an explicit Full Live Verification for changes made after the cache was created.
Repair / Convert now requests access to a CUE source folder only when required, then safely stages its referenced WAV, FLAC or other source audio. Regular Add Files and Drag & Drop remain direct.
After a track reaches the end, drag the progress bar back to any position and resume playback. Seeking remains reversible even after dragging to the end.
Library organization features integrate with Music.app. Audio Inspector, Audio Authenticity, Live Spectrum, playback, repair and conversion also work directly with files outside Music.app. No Apple Music streaming subscription is required.
Review library size, missing files, bitrate and codec distribution, sample rates, artwork coverage, duration outliers and practical quality signals from one read-only overview.
Understand where every track is used, inspect playlist membership, locate repeated records and reveal the exact Music.app playlist containing a selected item.
Find duplicate playlist entries, repeated library records and competing quality versions. Exact occurrence handling preserves the remaining copy when repeated entries share one Persistent ID.
Run read-only diagnostics for missing files, inaccessible locations, metadata problems and artwork. Fast SQLite candidates are complemented by an explicit full live verification for recent changes.
Search a saved SQLite physical-file index by artist, title, album, filename or path, load large results in pages, see exact playlist use and reveal files in Finder.
Compare every saved entry from two playlists in SQLite and receive completed matches in pages, with a targeted long refresh available after either playlist changed.
Open a standalone local file to inspect codec, container, channels, bit depth, sample rate, bitrate, duration, metadata, waveform and spectrum. Track titles, paths and technical text can be selected and copied for research or support.
Scan an entire cached Music.app library, one selected playlist or an individual file for possible lossy-to-lossless transcodes, sample-rate upscales and bitrate mismatches. Every flagged track includes confidence, detected cutoff, estimated source class and a plain-language explanation.
Play local files in an independent window with a real-time 512-band logarithmic analyzer, full-track waveform, draggable seeking, technical meters, gain control and configurable appearance.
Drop files, folders or CUE sheets into Repair / Convert, or onto the app icon, to begin local background conversion with the selected profile and visible progress.
Preview a gain change, build a temporary candidate, verify audio structure, metadata and artwork, then replace the original only after every safety check passes.
Convert common and specialist audio sources with offline engines included in the application. No Terminal, Homebrew or separate codec installation is required.
Create short before-and-after samples, compare processing strength and choose the weakest effective mode before applying de-clicking to the full recording.
Review file paths, permissions, selected folders and maintenance actions using normal macOS access controls without requesting Full Disk Access.
Create a new anti-repeat shuffled playlist while preserving the original source playlists and avoiding destructive library changes.
Review and edit supported Music.app metadata explicitly, confirm visible results and retain undo support for controlled corrections.
Music.app can be slow when an application asks it to read thousands of tracks and playlists. Local Music Organizer stores warmed records and playlist occurrences in a persistent SQLite-backed cache, restores them after relaunch and lets large results load in pages.
Every playlist entry is stored as an individual occurrence, even when several rows share one Persistent ID. Changing one playlist invalidates or refreshes only that playlist; full records and all other warmed playlists remain available.
Fast mode reads the saved SQLite data. When a playlist changed after the cache was created, use Warm / Refresh Selected Playlist or a tool's clearly marked long live verification. Newly appended entries are read incrementally when possible.
I am a music collector and Music.app user with a large offline library accumulated over many years. Eventually it became total disorder: duplicate records, repeated playlist entries, missing artwork, inconsistent tags, broken references, several versions of the same album and rare formats scattered across different folders and disks.
The project began as a small utility for randomizing playlists without changing the originals. As the collection and its practical problems grew, that focused tool expanded into Local Music Organizer: one place to understand the library before touching it, see what was duplicated, learn where a track was used, compare versions and clean safely.
Conversion was another part of the same problem. No single converter handled every difficult source I owned. TAK, SACD ISO, DSD, DTS, AC3, CUE albums, tracker modules and other archival formats often required several tools and a fragile sequence of actions.
The program brought order back to my own collection and solved the practical problems I had lived with for years. Only then did I realize that it could also be useful to other people like me - people who still maintain serious offline music libraries and want control instead of automatic destructive cleanup.
The interface is intentionally restrained and tool-first. Local Music Organizer is not designed as a decorative showcase: screen space is used for evidence, paths, technical details, explicit actions and safety explanations that help solve real library problems.
Open a physical audio file in an independent macOS player window without creating another Music.app record. The window combines real-time analysis, full-track navigation, transport controls and a cautious gain workflow.
Batch-check the audio behind a local Music.app library without altering the source files. The analyzer compares declared codec, bitrate, sample rate and bit depth with measured spectral behavior, then surfaces only recordings that deserve review.
Actual decoding depends on the source being valid and supported by the bundled engine. Encrypted, corrupted or non-standard files can still fail.
Repair / Convert accepts file drops directly in its queue area. You can add one file, several files or CUE sheets, inspect the queue, select only the required items and convert with the current output profile.
Files and CUE sheets can also be dropped onto the Local Music Organizer application icon. A normal drop starts an automatic background conversion batch using the current Repair / Convert profile. Hold Option while dropping to open the first file in Audio Inspector instead of converting it.
For CUE albums, macOS may request access to the album folder containing both the CUE sheet and its referenced audio file. The authorized root is remembered for later CUE files inside that folder.
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Version 1.0.8 (Build 30) uses App Sandbox, macOS system file pickers and Music.app Automation permission. It includes universal Apple Silicon and Intel engines, a privacy manifest and the first stage of the SQLite-backed large-library architecture.
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