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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1567656"><p>In iTunes, right click on one of the duplicated tracks and then Show in Finder. Note the location. Now repeat with the OTHER duplicate and look where THAT copy is located. If they are in two different locations, you'll need to decide which location is the one you want to keep and then delete the other. That gets rid of the duplicates. Now to get rid of them in iTunes, show the music in SONGS view and right click on the top bar. Add something to the view that you don't really use, like Beats per minute. Edit/Select All, then once they are all highlighted, right click in the highlight anywhere and then Get Info. Put some value in the BPM column (I use 999). You'll end up with half changed to 999, half not (the ones you deleted and it couldn't find. Click on the BPM header to sort by BPM, highlight all the ones with no value shown for BPM (they'll all be together so it's easier to select them all, then right click and choose Delete. Now repeat Select All and Get Info, then delete the value in BPM, let that update, get rid of the BPM column from the view and your dupes are all gone. Lots of steps but it's relatively easy to do and pretty quick, considering.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: Just for clarity, once you see the files in Finder, rather than dealing with one track at a time, look at the path to the files and delete the folder as high up as you can without deleting the one you want to keep.</p><p></p><p>Another EDIT: Backup first. You do that, right?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1567656"] In iTunes, right click on one of the duplicated tracks and then Show in Finder. Note the location. Now repeat with the OTHER duplicate and look where THAT copy is located. If they are in two different locations, you'll need to decide which location is the one you want to keep and then delete the other. That gets rid of the duplicates. Now to get rid of them in iTunes, show the music in SONGS view and right click on the top bar. Add something to the view that you don't really use, like Beats per minute. Edit/Select All, then once they are all highlighted, right click in the highlight anywhere and then Get Info. Put some value in the BPM column (I use 999). You'll end up with half changed to 999, half not (the ones you deleted and it couldn't find. Click on the BPM header to sort by BPM, highlight all the ones with no value shown for BPM (they'll all be together so it's easier to select them all, then right click and choose Delete. Now repeat Select All and Get Info, then delete the value in BPM, let that update, get rid of the BPM column from the view and your dupes are all gone. Lots of steps but it's relatively easy to do and pretty quick, considering. EDIT: Just for clarity, once you see the files in Finder, rather than dealing with one track at a time, look at the path to the files and delete the folder as high up as you can without deleting the one you want to keep. Another EDIT: Backup first. You do that, right? [/QUOTE]
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