Put your music in order
Crate identifies the songs in a messy folder, adds their tags and cover art, and files them by artist and album. It can copy them to an iPod, too.
Free to try · macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Apple silicon and Intel
Downloads
- Track 07.mp3
- audio_2231.m4a
- 01 - Unknown Artist - Track01.flac
- Recording (3).mp3
- sour times FINAL.mp3
- new_new_2.m4a
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- Portishead
- Dummy (1994)
- 03 Sour Times.mp3
- 09 Roads.m4a
- Radiohead
- OK Computer (1997)
- 01 Airbag.flac
- 02 Paranoid Android.mp3
How it works
Add a folder of music. Crate shows you what it found before it changes anything.
Identifies songs
Shazam listens to a few seconds of every file, so a file called Track 07 is no problem.
Finds the album
It looks up the album, track number and year on MusicBrainz and in Apple's catalog.
Adds tags and cover art
They're saved in the file itself. MP3, AAC, Apple Lossless, FLAC, AIFF and WAV all work.
Sorts into folders
Songs go into Artist › Album (Year) folders. By default Crate copies them, so your originals stay where they are.
Undo
Edit › Undo Organize puts the last batch back.
Watches a folder
Choose a folder, such as Downloads, and Crate sorts new songs as they arrive.
iPods
Plug in an iPod and it appears in Crate's sidebar. You can copy songs to it, or copy them from it to your Mac.
- Works with iPod classic, iPod with video, iPod mini, and iPod nano up to the 4th generation, running Apple's software.
- iPods can't play FLAC, so Crate converts it to AAC or Apple Lossless as it copies.
- Cover art appears on the iPod.
- If songs won't play, Check iPod finds the problem and fixes it where it can.
Pricing
The free version identifies your music, so you can see what Crate finds before you buy.
Free
No time limit
- Identify every song in a folder
- See the album, track number and cover it found
- Browse an iPod and copy music from it
Crate Pro
For Crate 1 and its updates
- Add tags and cover art
- Sort songs into folders, and watch a folder
- Copy music to your iPod
- Use it on three Macs
Prices in US dollars. Tax is added at checkout where it applies. You can get a full refund within 14 days.
Privacy
Crate doesn't need an account and doesn't track you. To identify a song, it sends a short audio fingerprint, not the song. The Privacy Policy lists everything it sends.