Q: Mass duplication of playlists in iTunes
After I set up iTunes Match, iTunes spontaneously created hundreds, possibly thousands of duplicate playlists, all empty. The number created is so large that it is seriously affecting iTunes performance. I've no idea how this happened, and am not conscious of having done anything to cause this. The palylists were just there one day when I switched on.
I've tried deleting, but that is only possible one at a time, and I don't seem to have made any impact on the number.
Anyone know what may have caused this, and/or how to handle it?
Posted on Apr 23, 2012 2:18 AM
Doug's DeleteEmptyPlaylists script should clear the playlists. This post describes a technique for resetting iTunes Match to (hopefully) stop it happening again.
Hmm, the direct link to DeleteEmptyPlaylists is being redirected to an ad for TrackSift just now. You may need to go to the Managing Playlists section and scroll down....
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Posted on Apr 23, 2012 6:06 AM
