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<blockquote data-quote="McBayne" data-source="post: 321121" data-attributes="member: 23055">I had a 120GB HD and just upgraded to a 500GB external.&nbsp; I copied all contents from the 1st hard drive to the 2nd.&nbsp; Then deleted everything from iTunes library.&nbsp; I went to upload everything to iTunes from HD #2 and forgot to change my itunes folder, so I changed it to what i should be and copied again.Here's the problem.&nbsp; Everything in iTunes looks/functions fine, however there are duplicates of every song when i goto finder and check each folder in my iTunes folder.&nbsp; For example there will be songA.mp3 and songA2.mp3, both exactly the same, but iTunes only uses one of the two copies (the ones w/ the 2 at the end).&nbsp; I never noticed the difference on iTunes until I did get info-&gt;summary and under &quot;where&quot; it showed the source file w/ 2.mp3 at the endSo basically I have about 110GB of music on iTunes, but double that in my folder and I'd love to free up the space.&nbsp; Since theres so much (9532 songs on iTunes, double that in folder), deleting the unwanted ones manually is outta the question.&nbsp; Is there a simple way I can get rid of the ones that are in the folder but not in my iTunes library?&nbsp; I think I can do a search for everything in the folder thats &quot;...2.mp3&quot;, but those are the copies that iTunes is using.&nbsp; I just don't want to do anything too drastic, is there a simple solution to get around this?&nbsp; thanksps. i've only been a mac user since november so cut me some slack if i'm overlooking a completely blatant solution</blockquote>

[QUOTE="McBayne, post: 321121, member: 23055"] I had a 120GB HD and just upgraded to a 500GB external. I copied all contents from the 1st hard drive to the 2nd. Then deleted everything from iTunes library. I went to upload everything to iTunes from HD #2 and forgot to change my itunes folder, so I changed it to what i should be and copied again. Here's the problem. Everything in iTunes looks/functions fine, however there are duplicates of every song when i goto finder and check each folder in my iTunes folder. For example there will be songA.mp3 and songA2.mp3, both exactly the same, but iTunes only uses one of the two copies (the ones w/ the 2 at the end). I never noticed the difference on iTunes until I did get info->summary and under "where" it showed the source file w/ 2.mp3 at the end So basically I have about 110GB of music on iTunes, but double that in my folder and I'd love to free up the space. Since theres so much (9532 songs on iTunes, double that in folder), deleting the unwanted ones manually is outta the question. Is there a simple way I can get rid of the ones that are in the folder but not in my iTunes library? I think I can do a search for everything in the folder thats "...2.mp3", but those are the copies that iTunes is using. I just don't want to do anything too drastic, is there a simple solution to get around this? thanks ps. i've only been a mac user since november so cut me some slack if i'm overlooking a completely blatant solution [/QUOTE]

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