Can we reset play count in iTunes 12.4??

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I'm in the habit of resetting my song play counts at the end of the day because if I don't, when I'm listening to my music on my phone on shuffle (around 1,000 songs), the same tracks replay.

Since updating iTunes the other day, I can't find that option anywhere.

Am I missing something? Or did Apple get rid of that feature?
 

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Open up Script Editor if you have a Mac and paste the following. I found it on a website, and it did the job. Make sure you have iTunes open and files you want to reset selected.

tell application “iTunes”
set sel to selection
if sel is {} then return — nothing selected
repeat with thisTrack in sel
— use try blocks to fail gracefully if problem
try
set thisTrack’s played count to 0
end try
try
set thisTrack’s played date to missing value
end try
end repeat
end tell

http://dougscripts.com/itunes/2016/05/reset-plays-mia/
 

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Open up Script Editor if you have a Mac and paste the following. I found it on a website, and it did the job. Make sure you have iTunes open and files you want to reset selected.

tell application ?iTunes?
set sel to selection
if sel is {} then return ? nothing selected
repeat with thisTrack in sel
? use try blocks to fail gracefully if problem
try
set thisTrack?s played count to 0
end try
try
set thisTrack?s played date to missing value
end try
end repeat
end tell

Reset Plays MIA ? Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes

How about us Windows users? I don't want to reset every song, just the ones I don't want in my smart playlist sorted by plays.
 

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I'm in the habit of resetting my song play counts at the end of the day because if I don't, when I'm listening to my music on my phone on shuffle (around 1,000 songs), the same tracks replay.

Since updating iTunes the other day, I can't find that option anywhere.

Am I missing something? Or did Apple get rid of that feature?

Evidently, Apple got rid of it. It is slowly taking away features that allow people to manage large local music collections to drive people towards Apple Music. In other words, Apple is saying, "We don't care if you bought it once already. We want you to buy it again."

https://discussions.apple.com/message/30223658?ac_cid=op123456

There is a link to a website that allows you to download various scripts, one is called, "Lastplayednever." That would work for you since you reset plays on all of your tracks daily.
 

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Here is some more clarifying info: This was from my discussion in Apple's forums.

https://discussions.apple.com/message/30224548?ac_cid=op123456

gernerttl
May 19, 2016 3:01 PM
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Thanks. So just to clarify, these are the steps I need to take:

1. Open iTunes
2. Select the tracks I want to reset plays to 0
3. Run script (just double click it correct?)
4. Synch with my iPhone/iPod

Is that the procedure?

Thanks again for your help.


This is the site for the script:

Scripts for iTunes for Windows
 

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There is another way, which is far easier if you just want to reset a few songs (but it may be a hassle if you're trying to reset a very large number, or even your whole library)

1. Select the songs you want to reset, right click and select 'Delete' -> 'Delete Song' -> 'Move to Trash'
2. Go to your Trash, find the files you just deleted and drag and drop them back into iTunes (You can also right click and select 'Put Back' or 'Open With iTunes'.
3. iTunes should now recognise them as new tracks that have never been played.
 

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There is another way, which is far easier if you just want to reset a few songs (but it may be a hassle if you're trying to reset a very large number, or even your whole library)

1. Select the songs you want to reset, right click and select 'Delete' -> 'Delete Song' -> 'Move to Trash'
2. Go to your Trash, find the files you just deleted and drag and drop them back into iTunes (You can also right click and select 'Put Back' or 'Open With iTunes'.
3. iTunes should now recognise them as new tracks that have never been played.

Thanks. But I used Windows. This only works on Macs.

Besides, Apple update iTunes and brought back the reset plays function. Evidently, there were a LOT of angry people for Apple to respond like that. Normally, they would just say, "suck it up."
 

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