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* [[How To Add Disc IDs|HowToAddDiscIDs]]
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Products > Picard > Picard Documentation > How to Tag Files With Picard

How to Tag Files With Picard

This quick start guide describes how you can tag your files using the new PicardTagger.

  1. Select a directory and then drag a directory or files to the New files (drag files to tag here) folder.

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  2. Wait for files to show up in the unclustered files folder and click on the cluster button in the toolbar to cluster files into albums.

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  3. Highlight a clustered album and click on lookup. Find the right album using your normal web browser.

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  4. Click on the mblookup-tagger.png icon.

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  5. Drag the clustered album onto the album that was just opened, if it didn't happen automatically.

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  6. Click on the save button in the toolbar to save files.

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  7. A green check mark means the file is saved in its proper location.

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At first there may not seem much to Picard, but a lot of Picard's power is in its extensive drag and drop features. Try some of these operations:

  • Drag a file from the file selector to an album track
  • Drag a file from the file selector to an album -- this attempts to match the file to the album automatically
  • Drag a directory from the dir selector to an album -- this attempts to match all the files from the dir to the album
  • Drag an album cluster onto an album to match the cluster to the album
  • Drag one album onto another to match all the files from one to the other
  • Drag an album cluster into unclustered files to move the cluster back to unclustered
  • Drag album unmatched files onto another album or back to unclustered files

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