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How do I remove duplicate entries in ITunes?

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rlntemp-gng@yahoo.com - 01 Feb 2008 20:51 GMT
I have a large collection of classical music by a certain performer
I'll call "ArtistX".  Abot 30 CD's in all here.

The folder structure is:
E:\MyMusic\ArtistX\CD1\
E:\MyMusic\ArtistX\CD2\
E:\MyMusic\ArtistX\CD3\.... etc.

I wanted to add 4 CD's of his work but instead I made the error when
"Adding Folder To Library", of choosing "E:\MyMusic\ArtistX\".

SO ITunes added the 4 CD's, plus all of the others that were already
loaded in ITunes.

Now I have a *boatload* of duplicate track entries in ITunes.

How can I tell ITunes to remove the duplicates without having to
uninstall and re-install ITunes again?

Thanks.
nospam - 01 Feb 2008 20:57 GMT
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<4229b61f-593c-4077-9807-64675e0dba66@s12g2000prg.googlegroups.com>,

> How can I tell ITunes to remove the duplicates without having to
> uninstall and re-install ITunes again?

first of all, there's no need to uninstall and reinstall.  the simplest
thing is just delete everything from your itunes library (not the hard
drive) and reimport it all.  you'll lose ratings and playlists, but
that may not be a big deal to you.

another possibility is show view options and pick the date that a song
is added to the library.  then you can sort by that field and delete
the ones you just added, and then start over, adding only what you
planned to add.

als, this is a mac group, and on a mac there are applescripts that can
easily find duplicate songs and delete them.  :)
Kurt Ullman - 01 Feb 2008 21:30 GMT
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> <4229b61f-593c-4077-9807-64675e0dba66@s12g2000prg.googlegroups.com>,
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> that may not be a big deal to you.
>  
   Why not use view->show duplicates and then delete any you want to?
rlntemp-gng@yahoo.com - 04 Feb 2008 18:59 GMT
>>Why not use view->show duplicates and then delete any you want to?<<

This worked...It was greyed out before.

Thank you.  I appreciate your help.
rezwits - 05 Feb 2008 19:43 GMT
>>> Why not use view->show duplicates and then delete any you want to?<<
>
> This worked...It was greyed out before.
>
> Thank you.  I appreciate your help.

If that doesn't get rid of all of them you could do a search for "
1.mp3", " 2.mp3", and etc.  This is what iTunes does if you have a song
with the same name from the same album but maybe different content ,
that you don't really care to have around.  It just tacks on those
suffixes.  I use a better finder rename also, but you can just drag
those files to the trash.  But you could lose stuff that you might
want, who knows...

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Lewis - 01 Feb 2008 21:26 GMT
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>  E:\MyMusic\ArtistX\CD1\

This is a MACINTOSH grou, not a place to talk about iTunes for Windows.

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rlntemp-gng@yahoo.com - 04 Feb 2008 19:01 GMT
>> This is a MACINTOSH grou, not a place to talk about iTunes for Windows.<<

That's fine, I can respect that, but then if you have energy to gripe
about the **problem** of a windows guy being in a Mac area, can you
expound just as much energy to offer a **solution** as to what forum
is out here that would cater to the ITunes community in Windows?
Howard Brazee - 04 Feb 2008 19:14 GMT
>>> This is a MACINTOSH grou, not a place to talk about iTunes for Windows.<<
>
>That's fine, I can respect that, but then if you have energy to gripe
>about the **problem** of a windows guy being in a Mac area, can you
>expound just as much energy to offer a **solution** as to what forum
>is out here that would cater to the ITunes community in Windows?

I haven't seen newsgroups for this, but there are quite a few
web-based forums.

Web based forums are a pain, but appear to be winning this battle.
Lewis - 04 Feb 2008 19:25 GMT
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> >> This is a MACINTOSH grou, not a place to talk about iTunes for Windows.<<
>
> That's fine, I can respect that, but then if you have energy to gripe
> about the **problem** of a windows guy being in a Mac area, can you
> expound just as much energy to offer a **solution** as to what forum
> is out here that would cater to the ITunes community in Windows?

If I knew about a windows itunes forum, I would have said.  Most windows
users I know insist on using Winamp.

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Mike Rosenberg - 04 Feb 2008 22:37 GMT
> That's fine, I can respect that, but then if you have energy to gripe
> about the **problem** of a windows guy being in a Mac area, can you
> expound just as much energy to offer a **solution** as to what forum
> is out here that would cater to the ITunes community in Windows

Apple itself has one.

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M-M - 04 Feb 2008 19:58 GMT
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> How can I tell ITunes to remove the duplicates without having to
> uninstall and re-install ITunes again?

When viewing your library in iTunes list view, choose View-> Show
Duplicates.

That's the way the Mac version works anyhow.

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Howard Brazee - 04 Feb 2008 20:11 GMT
>> How can I tell ITunes to remove the duplicates without having to
>> uninstall and re-install ITunes again?
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>
>That's the way the Mac version works anyhow.

Both versions do that.    I created a bunch of duplicates.   My
duplicates were of a different type, so I was able to create a smart
playlist with them - but then I wanted to delete that playlist.  

What I didn't figure out was to select them all with my right button.
When I did that, "Delete" was an option.

Both iTunes for Mac and for Windows give options with the right button
that aren't otherwise available.   Of course, the default
configuration for OS-X is to treat both left and right buttons of the
Mighty Mouse the same (as primary).
Lewis - 04 Feb 2008 21:51 GMT
> What I didn't figure out was to select them all with my right button.
> When I did that, "Delete" was an option.

This command-option delete on the Mac.  Probably control-alt-backsapce
on the PeeC.

> Both iTunes for Mac and for Windows give options with the right button
> that aren't otherwise available

See above.

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Jolly Roger - 05 Feb 2008 00:09 GMT
> >> How can I tell ITunes to remove the duplicates without having to
> >> uninstall and re-install ITunes again?
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> Both iTunes for Mac and for Windows give options with the right button
> that aren't otherwise available.

No, that command is in the iTunes menu bar under Edit > Delete.

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Lewis - 05 Feb 2008 14:38 GMT
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> > >> How can I tell ITunes to remove the duplicates without having to
> > >> uninstall and re-install ITunes again?
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>
> No, that command is in the iTunes menu bar under Edit > Delete.

You cannot normally delete files out of a playlist without the option
key.

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erilar - 05 Feb 2008 17:16 GMT
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> You cannot normally delete files out of a playlist without the option
> key.

Option?  On mine I need apple+delete.  What's so hard about that?

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Lewis - 05 Feb 2008 18:56 GMT
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> > <jollyroger-09224A.18095404022008@70-3-168-216.area5.spcsdns.net>,
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>
> Option?  On mine I need apple+delete.  What's so hard about that?

I think you need option in a smart playlist to DELETE the file and not
just remove the refrence from the playlist.

Or maybe it's Delete ot remove and command-delete to delete?

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