TunesTEXT

I've been looking for a replacement for PearLyrics and happened to see this on MacUpdate today. This is just brilliant! Here's why: 1. It works. (Been using PearLyrics but it just doesn't work very well anymore. No surprise there, but I was using out of loyalty to the developer and hadn't found another that worked.) 2. It embeds the lyrics in the song file, every time. (PearLyrics was spotty on this one) 3. Flip over the widget and click Editor. It shows you the lyrics it found so you can edit them or clear them and start over. No need to go to Get Info in iTunes to make corrections (yay!). Click Save to save changes. 3. You can also see a list of songs it found that may or may not match your search. Very handy for cover versions. Haven't seen that before on a lyrics widget. 4. You can adjust font size. Very handy for displaying lyrics on your tv. 5. Color of the widget can be changed. Helps you see the lyrics easier. 6. It has keyboard shortcuts! (see developer's website for a list) 7. Very fast. It works even faster if you've got your artists as First Name, Last Name. I mention this because previous versions of iTunes sorted artists incorrectly (Ella Fitzgerald under E) so I had changed my artists to Last Name, First Name. Now iTunes has Sort By options, which makes that unnecessary. 9. It's pretty without being ostentatious. (This is what critics refer to as style) 10. In constant development since 2005. That's dedication. I used TunesTEXT with Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes (NoLyrics to Playlist and NeedleDrop). NoLyrics will find all your music without lyrics and corrals them in a playlist. I weeded out the instrumentals and stuff I knew it wasn't going to find lyrics for. Then ran NeedleDrop for 30 seconds for each song. TunesText found the lyrics for everything that was left (practically). Really excellent work.

sadly this software has been discontinued by its developer as of 13/11. it was a great little widget i used all the time, and can still kinda be used as a lyrics reader if you wish (don't have to go into get info etc) but you of course have to put the lyrics in yourself :( i hope someone out there can one day pick up or make their own version of this because it really was a great little widget!

I can't get it to work. I clicked "Info." Wanted to see other features. It ignores my clicking "Done." Stays on the Info side of the Widget. I quit the Widget, reload it. It ignored any changes I made on the Info panel. It does not appear to "listen(?)" to iTunes, so no lyrics show up. Snow Leopard.