Why does iTunes duplicate, triplicate, or even quadruple songs I import into it?

Thread title says it all. I'm at my wits end with this piece of garbage software. I import about 1300 songs, and 880 of them are always duuplicated, or even quadrupled. Then, about 120 songs from one particular artist are lumped into an 'Unknown Album' category even though WMP lists them appropriately. Is iTunes really this problematic and non-functional?

I want to like it and iPods, but the quality of iTunes is just awful.

Posted on Jan 30, 2012 1:04 PM

49 replies

May 14, 2012 1:33 PM in response to turingtest2

Thank you for such a thorough and helpful reply - greatly appreciated.

rgstacy

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Aug 11, 2012 11:39 PM in response to turingtest2

Thanks so much for this wonderful little utility! You've saved me hours of work manually deleting duplicates. Much appreciated!

turingtest2

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Aug 12, 2012 3:01 AM in response to rgstacy

You're welcome. 🙂

tt2

Dec 22, 2015 9:28 PM in response to Yellowstoner

Sorry to duplicate: the post from 9:21 has more thoughts; couldn't delete first post. Apologies for my lack of computer savvy.

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Why does iTunes duplicate, triplicate, or even quadruple songs I import into it?