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M$3 March 31, 2009 05:08 AM

What is the easiest and fastest way to remove duplicates from my iTunes library?

Running iTunes 8 on Mac OS X 10.5.6
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March 31, 2009 11:22 AM
There are couple of options:
- Corral iTunes Dupes v1.0 (free)
http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=corralitunesdupes
This script will check your iTunes library for all instances of tracks which have the same user-selected criteria (name, album, artist, size, and so on) then assemble those tracks into a discrete "Dupes" playlist. Once corralled, you can decide which can stay or go.

- Dupin ($15)
http://dougscripts.com/itunes/itinfo/dupin.php
It is paid better features of Corral iTunes Dupes
Some of the features:
# Quickly find all sets of duplicate iTunes tracks based on your choice of criteria
# Select the "Keeper" tracks from among a number of duplicates automatically using a variety of versatile filtering options
# NEW! - consolidate the play, skip, and ratings information from all tracks in a Dupe Group to the single "Keeper" track
# NEW! - re-populate iTunes playlists replacing "non-Keeper" tracks with "Keeper" tracks
# Purge duplicate tracks from iTunes and send files to the Trash
# Manage intentionally duplicated tracks

- Better iTunes song deduping (free)
http://www.opensourceconnections.com/2006/11/11/better-itunes-song-deduping/
This is essentially 'hacked' version of Corral iTunes Dupes.
According to the author:
His version uses some wicked fast PERL to find all the duplicate songs based on info in the Library, and then puts them all in a Dupes playlist. However, I wanted to filter by Name, Artist, and Album, and have a single playlist where I could delete in one fell swoop all the duplicates. So I tweaked his AppleScript to have another prompt that asks if you want all dupes to go in the playlist, or just copies 2…X to go in.

- Phelix 1.1.7 (free) - also available for XP, Vista and Universal Web Launcher
http://www.pekarna.si/
http://www.pekarna.si/deploy/apps/Phelix_MacOSX.dmg
Phelix is a duplicates removal tool with acoustical audio matcher. Goal of the application is to find duplicated audio files insidie selected folders. Duplicates with bad or missing music-tags but same or similar sound will be detected by audio matcher.
Audio matcher will detect duplicates even if audio signals are shifted; started at different moments; if audio signals are ripped with different bit rates; if audio signals are ripped with different volumes.

- iDupe ($8)
http://www.woodenbrain.com/products/idupe/idupe.html
iDupe deals "Show Duplicates" in a smart way. Playlist entries which refer to exactly the same file and “dead tracks” are treated as unambiguously undesirable.
Other potential duplicates are ranked according to a number of criteria, which include whether a song is likely to be a loose single, what the best bit rate is, etc.

Asker's Rating:
• I bought Dupin and it worked like a charm! It took me all of 5 minutes to fix my duplicates. Thank you.


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March 31, 2009 12:20 PM
Awesome. Thanks! I'll try it out as soon as I get home :-)

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March 31, 2009 09:10 PM
Good to hear that it helps with your duplicates well.

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March 31, 2009 05:29 AM
Super easy. Just go to the upper left and hit File -> Show Duplicates. You will see any song with multiple copies and you can delete until there's only one of each song.
Source(s):
http://www.methodshop.com/gadgets/ipodsupport/duplicates/index.shtml
and iTunes usage


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March 31, 2009 09:49 AM
Thanks. Is that the only way? Or are there any shortcuts, scripts? When I click show duplicates it shows about 1500 songs.

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