Tagr 5.14.1

Tagr 5.14.1 for Mac

Tagr 5 is a Mac App Store music metadata editor by Harald Schubert (entwicklungsfreu.de). It is built for owners of local libraries who want to fix tags, embed cover art, rename files to a consistent pattern, and pull album data from Discogs—without handing control to iTunes or Apple Music alone.

Editing and formats

You can edit one file or many at once. Supported formats listed on the store page include MP3 (ID3 v1, v2.3, and v2.4), M4A/M4B (AAC and ALAC), WAV, FLAC, and AIFF. Tags cover track and disc numbers, title, artist, album artist, composer, album, genre, year, comment, compilation flag, lyrics, and BPM.

Common tasks include embedding artwork, applying uppercase/lowercase/title-case rules, auto-generating track numbers, and using predefined or custom file naming schemes. You can extract tags from filenames or titles with patterns, merge tags into new fields (useful for podcasts), and export or import metadata as tab-separated values for spreadsheet workflows.

Discogs and preview

Tagr can search discogs.com for album metadata and artwork, then apply results to a selection. Quick Look lets you preview tracks while editing. The developer site notes integration with Apple Music for dragging files in and pushing updates back, and that file access goes through the TagLib library.

File naming and sandbox (5.14.1)

Version 5.14.1 is the current Mac App Store build. Release notes highlight an important sandbox change: because of Apple security restrictions, renaming individually added files is no longer possible outside the home folder you set in Tagr preferences. If you rely on free renaming across arbitrary paths, configure that home folder or work inside it. The same update also lists stability improvements and unspecified bug fixes.

Version 5.14.0 (March 2026) added Spanish and fixed toolbar icons in the customization view; interface languages on the store now list English, German, and Spanish.

Platform and licensing

Requires macOS 10.14 or later. The listing is about 6.2 MB, priced at $8.99, with Family Sharing. The developer states that data is not collected. A demo video is referenced on entwicklungsfreu.de.