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Maintaining my iTunes library has always been a task that was just too daunting to undertake. Consequently, I've built up a ton of duplicate tracks in the iTunes library. Well, I recently decided to clean house and came across a helpful tool.
This guy, Eric Pugh, has released a hacked (ie., improved) version of Doug Adams' Corral iTunes Dupes script. Adams' version pops up all over the web when your search for a tool that will find and delete duplicate songs (dupes), but as far as I can tell, it's not that different from iTunes' native Show Duplicates View.
Pugh's version isn't that much different than Adams'. You can still select the criteria that the script will use to find duplicates (ie., Name, Artist, Album, Size, Kind, Bit Rate). And like Adams' version, Pugh's will automatically place the duplicate tracks in a playlist in iTunes labeled "Dupes". Pugh's version, however, gives you the option to only place the extra copies a song in the Dupe playlist. Adams' version places both the original and the duplicate in the playlist, which is why I don't understand how it is any different than iTunes' Show Duplicate View.
Anyway, when you run Pugh's version, you'll have only the actual duplicates in the Dupes playlist. Then you just select all and hold down Option and Delete. This will send the duplicates to the trash rather than just deleting them from the playlist.
I just completed the process and freed up 6 GB of space that was being taken up by duplicates songs. Nice!
This guy, Eric Pugh, has released a hacked (ie., improved) version of Doug Adams' Corral iTunes Dupes script. Adams' version pops up all over the web when your search for a tool that will find and delete duplicate songs (dupes), but as far as I can tell, it's not that different from iTunes' native Show Duplicates View.
Pugh's version isn't that much different than Adams'. You can still select the criteria that the script will use to find duplicates (ie., Name, Artist, Album, Size, Kind, Bit Rate). And like Adams' version, Pugh's will automatically place the duplicate tracks in a playlist in iTunes labeled "Dupes". Pugh's version, however, gives you the option to only place the extra copies a song in the Dupe playlist. Adams' version places both the original and the duplicate in the playlist, which is why I don't understand how it is any different than iTunes' Show Duplicate View.
Anyway, when you run Pugh's version, you'll have only the actual duplicates in the Dupes playlist. Then you just select all and hold down Option and Delete. This will send the duplicates to the trash rather than just deleting them from the playlist.
I just completed the process and freed up 6 GB of space that was being taken up by duplicates songs. Nice!