Moving MediaShout Lyrics from Windows to Mac

Here are the steps to copy your lyric library from MediaShout 6 on a Windows computer to MediaShout 6 on a Mac.

 

1) On the Windows computer in MediaShout, go to the Insert Lyric window.

2) In the song list, single click to select on any song

3) Press Control + A to select all songs

4) Right-click any of the selected songs and click Export Lyrics

5) Change the file type to SSC (MediaShout scripts) using the drop-down selection box, give it a name such as "Windows Songs," and pick a location like your Desktop or a flash drive to save your song library. Press okay to export it.

6) Transport the file to the Mac via USB drive etc.

7) On MediaShout 6 for Mac, go to the Insert Lyric widow and press the gear icon in the top left and press "Add lyrics," "from files," then browse to the file you brought over and click to import it.

 

Here are the steps to move songs from legacy versions of MediaShout onto MediaShout 6 for Mac—

 

Move songs from v4 Windows to v6 Mac:

1) On the Windows computer in MediaShout 4, go to the Songs deck

2) Press the down arrow in the top right corner of the Songs deck

3) Click Export Songs, then choose "Song text file" and hit next. Pick a destination file like your desktop and give it a name such as "MediaShout 4 Lyrics" then hit next again.

4) Choose All Songs and hit Export.

5) Transport the file to the Mac via USB drive etc.

7) On MediaShout 6 for Mac, go to the Insert Lyric widow and press the gear icon in the top left and press "Add lyrics," "from files," then change the type of file it is looking for to "Text files or txt" and browse to the file you brought over and click to import it.

 

Move songs from V5 win to V6 mac:

1) On the Windows computer in MediaShout 5, go to the Lyric deck to see all your songs

2) In the song list, single click to highlight/select on any song

3) Press Control + A to select all songs

4) Right-click any of the selected songs and click Export Lyrics

5) Change the file type to SSC (MediaShout scripts) using the drop-down selection box, give it a name such as "Windows Songs," and pick a location like your Desktop or a flash drive to save your song library. Press okay to export it.

6) Transport the file to the Mac via USB drive etc.

7) On MediaShout 6 for Mac, go to the Insert Lyric widow and press the gear icon in the top left and press "Add lyrics," "from files," then browse to the file you brought over and click to import it.