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Re: How to Remove duplicate files from your iTunes media library

djsurreal — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 20:28:18 -0000

i tried this and clicked show duplicates then show all then shift file and clicked show exact duplicate and it came up with all the duplicates(both copies) so do i have to manually go through all 5000 and delete the duplicate?

Re: How to Remove duplicate files from your iTunes media library

John Anthony Robertson — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:03:12 -0000

Hehe ive got about 22000 dupes! try doing that manually! eekk!

Re: How to Remove duplicate files from your iTunes media library

Kellyvoet — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:59:38 -0000

Best solution so far - thanks!

Re: How to Remove duplicate files from your iTunes media library

Ronzoweaver — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 20:25:20 -0000

Sam is the man no doubt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: How to Remove duplicate files from your iTunes media library

Grmarlow — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 19:28:50 -0000

It would be a simple solution on Apple's end to have iTunes run a hash analysis on the files to determine whether or not a file is unique . It's either a duplicate or it's not - why rely on file names? Generating hash values to determine duplicates is neither time consuming nor costly in terms of computer resources. .

Re: How to Remove duplicate files from your iTunes media library

guest — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 18:52:14 -0000

QuickTime was developed by Apple in 1991 and has always been owned by Apple. iTunes was developed by Apple in 2001. Neither have been separate entities (although early iTunes was based on SoundJam).

Re: How to Remove duplicate files from your iTunes media library

Tezm — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 02:52:40 -0000

my duplicate songs are in win media player..i did try itunes so it colud be connected,but its not from itunes i want them of.any ideas?

Re: How to Remove duplicate files from your iTunes media library

Cynnes Gwyn — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 11:34:06 -0000

Problem is, iTunes leaves some dupes unchecked, but not all. Looks like it is trying to decide which is the original. Then it is a little unnerving to decide whether to delete or leave on disc. Like so many others, I wish iTunes didn't take so much space duplicating everything.

Re: How to Remove duplicate files from your iTunes media library

gayboy1 — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 16:34:56 -0000

i havent been able to get one of these scripts to work yet

ipod sux

Re: How to Remove duplicate files from your iTunes media library

Bryan Duke — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 02:25:37 -0000

Wow...overcomplicated solutions here. Select show exact duplicates as discussed then uncheck every double....very quickly done, even with a lot.
After that, just arrange order by checks, then just select all unchecked for a bulk delete. Logic

Re: How to Remove duplicate files from your iTunes media library

Scap — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:57:34 -0000

Didn't work on my computer

Re: How to Remove duplicate files from your iTunes media library

Rhett — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 12:41:08 -0000

Boy was this easy and I did not have to buy any new application. Thank you!!

Re: How to Remove duplicate files from your iTunes media library

N0nuf2 — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 22:34:58 -0000

Ok, this only works if you don't have names like:

Song1.m4a
01 Song2.m4a

LOL...

Looks like it's time for a second move and then a file renamer app. :-)

Good Tip by the way.

/sg

Re: How to Remove duplicate files from your iTunes media library

idiot — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 21:19:21 -0000

Oh my freaking god. How is it that simple?!

Re: How to Remove duplicate files from your iTunes media library

Orbitmars — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 14:15:04 -0000

I would quickly do the manual fix of dupes (copy all from iTunes library to HD then copy/import back to iTunes, EXCEPT that it will destroy all the info in my many playlists.

Is there any way to maintain integrity of playlists while deleting the dupes (other than manually selecting each dupe and having either script or iTunes delete it?)

thanks!

Re: How to Remove duplicate files from your iTunes media library

you'reabigfatphony — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:24:24 -0000

So what - it's probably the easiest solution to a terribly frustrating issue - F' tha' Date added content.

Re: How to Remove duplicate files from your iTunes media library

Mikael Blomfelt — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 05:49:44 -0000

The problem that I have is that no automated script that deletes every second file in the "Show (Exact) Duplicates" view is going to help when I sometimes have the same song more than twice. Why exactly does the Show Duplicates view also show the original? Why can't there be an option so that it only shows the duplicates, filtered by a parameter of your choice (i.e. keep the one with the highest bitrate, etc.)?

Somebody mentioned TidySongs somewhere, but I'm reluctant to let some random piece of Freeware delete 20GB of music from my library.

Re: How to Remove duplicate files from your iTunes media library

Kyle — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 00:33:28 -0000

Yes there is..
1. Open "my computer"
2. Go to folder options and select "show hidden Files"
3. Now open your ipod like its a drive..(which it is)
4. Open the faded folder that says ipod control
5. then open the folder that says ipod/itunes music
6. now highlight the folders only (all of them) i.e. F00, F01, F02.... and so on
7. Right click and click properties.
8. uncheck hide and click ok then on the window that pops up clik ok again.
9. once the files are unhidden, just drag the highlighted folders over ur itunes library and itunes will automatically put the songs in and give them all the correct info about the song name, artist, etc.

ENJOY : ]

Re: How to Remove duplicate files from your iTunes media library

Nevindawson — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 10:01:16 -0000

Note that you need to hold the Shift or Command key BEFORE clicking the file menu.

Re: How to Remove duplicate files from your iTunes media library

Ladidadi — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 06:27:43 -0000

This does not work on my iTunes v10? Ive tryed using tyhe shift, control, option and command buttons but none change the file menu??

Re: How to Remove duplicate files from your iTunes media library

Ash121981 — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 10:46:16 -0000

This manual solution worked GREAT!!!! first and best answerI found!

Re: How to Remove duplicate files from your iTunes media library

Caesius — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 06:21:13 -0000

Delete the duplicate line in iTunes, just as you've noted. Then go immedately to the Recycle Bin and Restore that song. The remaining iTunes listing (the one you didn't delete) will now be the only one pointing to the Restored file.

This is exactly the problem I am having. And while what I've written IS a fix, it is not one I want to use on 900+ files. I do believe the other fixes noted above (placing songs copied from iTunes Library to a new folder, then delete iTunes Library, and throw the copies back into iTunes ) might work for this... But since this is a wonky issue to begin with, I think it'll tie up my laptop all day to copy/paste 5000 songs back into iTunes. And I really don't want to point iTunes to a folder of my own creation as the new path for all song files. I like the ease and functionality of the "Automatically Add To iTunes" feature, so the less I screw with it, the better.

Re: How to Remove duplicate files from your iTunes media library

Kavanabp — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:54:33 -0000

yes nigga thats what im talkin about!

Re: How to Remove duplicate files from your iTunes media library

Cmonster — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 20:43:27 -0000

...argh...mistyped information. I had over 10,000 music files and and at least 2500 were duplicates. The duplicates are now down to 648. My bad.

Cmonster

Re: How to Remove duplicate files from your iTunes media library

Cmonster — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 20:41:00 -0000

...a-heh...heh heh heh...Ha Ha.....BWA-HA-HA-HAAAAA!!!!!!
Just Pugh, good fellow human, for some reason your description of the process made sense and, BY GOD!, IT WORKED!!!!

I originally had over 2500 duplicates. Real ones. Many were different versions of the same songs, but some were the diabolical ones thanks to iTunes, I guess. I had been going through my library after hitting "Show Duplicates" and having to listen to a few bars of every song I was uncertain of...which was a lot. After searching through software reviews and reading an insane amount of comment sections in several places I wound up here and had seen this solution given more than once. The real duplicate amount dropped to 648 from over 10,000. I can go through that, for safety's sake, on my head. *whew!*

Thanks to all of you that suggested the solution and thanks especially to you, Just Pugh, for presenting it in verbiage that made sense to my ragged brain.

Thanks and Best Wishes! I hope the weather in South Wales is treating y'all well!
-Cmonster