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The easiest way to do this is to just use NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile: <pre><code>NSString* libraryPath = @"~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music Library.xml"; NSDictionary* musicLibrary = [ NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile: libraryPath ]; </code></pre> Also note that users can move their music library so a more complete example is: <pre><code>NSString* libraryPath = @"~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music Library.xml"; NSUserDefaults* prefs = [ NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults ]; [ prefs synchronize ]; NSDictionary* iAppsPrefs = [ prefs persistentDomainForName: @"com.apple.iApps" ]; NSArray* recentPaths = [ iAppsPrefs objectForKey: @"iTunesRecentDatabasePaths" ]; if( [ recentPaths count ] > 0 ) { libraryPath = [ recentPaths objectAtIndex: 0 ]; } NSDictionary* musicLibrary = [ NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile: libraryPath ]; </code></pre> For really large libraries it can take several seconds to read the contents so it is best to do this on a thread. Once you have this loaded then look at the structure of iTunes Music Library.xml in a text editor to see how you will have to walk the tree to format the information in a way that is appropriate to your needs. EDIT: With iTunes 11 Apple is now providing a framework on OSX to access the iTunes library. Documentation can be found <a href="http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/iTunesLibrary/Reference/iTunesLibraryFrameworkReference/_index.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.
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