iTunes number of files is incorrect?

Bomiboll,

It is possible to have song files in your iTunes Media folder that have not been added to your library. They will sit there indefinitely, until you add them using Add File (or Folder) to Library, or delete them.

Bomiboll wrote:

Then I have a hard manual work to do, so I can be certain that all my sound files appear in iTunes
Is there no command that collects all soundfiles from my Finder into iTunes ??
I think iPhoto has such a command 😕

Just use the command Add Folder to Library. It will add the ones it doesn't already have, and will skip the ones that it already has.

Bomiboll wrote:

The number of files displayed in my iTunes window is 451 and no duplicates.

The number of files in iTunes Media is 679, many are duplicates

Why this discrepency ?

Perhaps you removed some duplicates from the iTunes interface in the past without deleting the underlying source files at the same time?

Your iTunes Media folder may contain files that are not music, but some other media kind. Even if added to the library these may show up in different places within the library, or you may have added music items that are located outside of the media folder, so it may often be the case that the two values don't agree.

In addition to the method ed has suggested see http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=musicfolderfilesnotadded2 in case you want to review what would be added first.

tt2

Bomiboll wrote:

How do I remove the duplicates ??

1. In iTunes use the Song list view
2. Hold down option and use the menu item View > Show Exact Duplicate Items
3. Sort the resulting list on Date Added
4. Select all of the files you just added
5. Delete them, send to the trash when prompted

tt2

The link works correctly for me, using Safari.

There should be 228 files that you added within the last hour or so. (Perhaps earlier if you'd already followed ed's suggestion when he made it, but you should know the time frame.) If you sort the duplicates list on date added (which includes time) you should be able to find the first of these that also show as an exact duplicate in your library. Having selected the first you can then scroll to reveal the last. Shift-clicking this file should select the range which you can then delete.

You can click show all to reveal all files again. You may want to review the other recently added files in case there is anything here you had intentionally discarded in the past and you now want to delete again. Similarly you may want to give the trash one last visual check in case there Is anything that was duplicated in the folder but neither copy was connected to the library before the recent import, and that you deem worthy of rescue.

tt2

679 - 451

That's what you said earlier.

Thank you for delineating your problems.

Good luck.

Bomiboll wrote:

And the solution ? mr Csound missed my solution ? maybe he should take his spectacles on.

You need a new operator.

Good luck.

No Mr. required for a label, but thanks for thinking of it.