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Eric_L · 03-16-2008, 11:24 AM

I discovered something in itunes which should be useful for you to eliminate those duplicates.

Rightclick on the bar over the top of your song library. A menu should appear. Select 'date added'.

Now, find the 'date added' column, sort by.

You should see a long list of songs added on one day. Double click ONE. See if it plays.

Now - you may want to empty your recycling/trash bin before doing this;

Delete the song. Select not to keep the file. Go to the other listing for that song and try to play it. If it does not play then WHOOPS! Go to your recycling bin and restore it. Best to do with a song you don't care much for.

If the original file played OK - go ahead and start deleting away

If the original song did NOT play OK - after you restore the file, you can still delete away, just chooses to KEEP the file.

I used a program called fixtunes. It is really buggy software but it did do a good job of finding duplicates, particularly ones with the exclamation points. Once I sorted them by date added it was really simple to delete them 30 songs at a time...

03-16-2008, 11:24 AM	#8 of 12
Eric_L Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Local Time: 06:38 AM Local Date: 10-13-2008 Posts: 1,771	Re: Music Management I discovered something in itunes which should be useful for you to eliminate those duplicates. Rightclick on the bar over the top of your song library. A menu should appear. Select 'date added'. Now, find the 'date added' column, sort by. You should see a long list of songs added on one day. Double click ONE. See if it plays. Now - you may want to empty your recycling/trash bin before doing this; Delete the song. Select not to keep the file. Go to the other listing for that song and try to play it. If it does not play then WHOOPS! Go to your recycling bin and restore it. Best to do with a song you don't care much for. If the original file played OK - go ahead and start deleting away If the original song did NOT play OK - after you restore the file, you can still delete away, just chooses to KEEP the file. I used a program called fixtunes. It is really buggy software but it did do a good job of finding duplicates, particularly ones with the exclamation points. Once I sorted them by date added it was really simple to delete them 30 songs at a time... Last edited by Eric_L : 03-16-2008 at 07:26 PM.