Micro54961
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Q: I can't find my duplicates in Itunes 12.4

I looked in Music,View like in itunes 12.3 but in 12.4 there's no duplicate listing. How do I view duplicates in 12.4?

HP PC, Windows 10, 64 bit,intel celeron cPU 877 4GBRam

Posted on May 27, 2016 7:50 AM

by turingtest2,Solvedanswer
turingtest2 turingtest2
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A:

As noted, it has moved into the File > Library menu.

 

 

iTunes may create duplicates if the same content is repeatedly added from outside the media folder when it is set to make copies of anything that is added to the library, or is added from an external drive that hosts the media folder that was offline when iTunes was launched.

 

 

Apple's official advice on duplicates is here: Find and remove duplicate items in your iTunes library. It is a manual process and the article fails to explain some of the potential pitfalls such as lost ratings and playlist membership, or that sometimes the same file can be represented by multiple entries in the library and that deleting one and recycling the file will break any others.

 

Use View > Show Duplicate Items (pre iTunes 12.4) or File > Library > Show Duplicate Items (post 12.4) and then click Same Album to display exact duplicates as this is normally a more useful selection. You need to manually select all but one of each group to remove. Sorting the list by Date Added may make it easier to select the appropriate tracks, however this works best when performed immediately after the dupes have been created.  If you have multiple entries in iTunes connected to the same file on the hard drive then don't send to the recycle bin.

 

Use my DeDuper script (Windows only) if you're not sure, don't want to do it by hand, or want to preserve ratings, play counts and playlist membership. See this thread for background on the script, this post for detailed instructions, and please take note of the warning to backup your library before deduping.


(If you don't see the menu bar press ALT to show it temporarily or CTRL+B to keep it displayed.)


 

The most recent version of the script can tidy dead links as long as there is at least one live duplicate to merge stats and playlist membership to, and should cope sensibly when the same file has been added via multiple paths.



tt2

Posted on May 27, 2016 11:38 AM

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Q: I can't find my duplicates in Itunes 12.4

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  • by RJTUK,

    RJTUK RJTUK May 27, 2016 7:53 AM in response to Micro54961
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    May 27, 2016 7:53 AM in response to Micro54961

    Under the File menu in Library there should be the option to Show Duplicate Items I believe they've moved a couple menu options around with this update.

  • by turingtest2,Solvedanswer

    turingtest2 turingtest2 May 27, 2016 11:38 AM in response to Micro54961
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    May 27, 2016 11:38 AM in response to Micro54961

    As noted, it has moved into the File > Library menu.

     

     

    iTunes may create duplicates if the same content is repeatedly added from outside the media folder when it is set to make copies of anything that is added to the library, or is added from an external drive that hosts the media folder that was offline when iTunes was launched.

     

     

    Apple's official advice on duplicates is here: Find and remove duplicate items in your iTunes library. It is a manual process and the article fails to explain some of the potential pitfalls such as lost ratings and playlist membership, or that sometimes the same file can be represented by multiple entries in the library and that deleting one and recycling the file will break any others.

     

    Use View > Show Duplicate Items (pre iTunes 12.4) or File > Library > Show Duplicate Items (post 12.4) and then click Same Album to display exact duplicates as this is normally a more useful selection. You need to manually select all but one of each group to remove. Sorting the list by Date Added may make it easier to select the appropriate tracks, however this works best when performed immediately after the dupes have been created.  If you have multiple entries in iTunes connected to the same file on the hard drive then don't send to the recycle bin.

     

    Use my DeDuper script (Windows only) if you're not sure, don't want to do it by hand, or want to preserve ratings, play counts and playlist membership. See this thread for background on the script, this post for detailed instructions, and please take note of the warning to backup your library before deduping.


    (If you don't see the menu bar press ALT to show it temporarily or CTRL+B to keep it displayed.)


     

    The most recent version of the script can tidy dead links as long as there is at least one live duplicate to merge stats and playlist membership to, and should cope sensibly when the same file has been added via multiple paths.



    tt2

  • by Micro54961,

    Micro54961 Micro54961 May 28, 2016 7:33 AM in response to turingtest2
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    May 28, 2016 7:33 AM in response to turingtest2

    Thank You very much. I found the duplicates with your post. Not only that, the tips you added will be very helpful in dealing with duplicates. I have a ton of them.

  • by Micro54961,

    Micro54961 Micro54961 May 28, 2016 7:40 AM in response to RJTUK
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    May 28, 2016 7:40 AM in response to RJTUK

    Thanks for you post. I couldn't find my duplicates after updating. Now with your info and that from turingtest2, I'm a happy camper again.

  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 May 28, 2016 9:32 AM in response to Micro54961
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    May 28, 2016 9:32 AM in response to Micro54961

    You're welcome.

     

    tt2