remove duplicate songs in itunes
I haven't managed the files in my iTunes for a long long time, and there are so many duplicates, any easy and fast ways to remove them?
iMac, macOS High Sierra (10.13.3)
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I haven't managed the files in my iTunes for a long long time, and there are so many duplicates, any easy and fast ways to remove them?
iMac, macOS High Sierra (10.13.3)
iTunes has the built-in feature to find and delete duplicate items.
3. Select the duplicate item you want to delete. From the menu bar, go to Song > Delete.
But in iTunes, the duplicates can be only deleted one by one, if you need delete duplicates smartly, find a 3rd party duplicate remover, and hope this list help: https://www.cisdem.com/resource/5-best-itunes-duplicate-remover-for-mac.html
iTunes has the built-in feature to find and delete duplicate items.
3. Select the duplicate item you want to delete. From the menu bar, go to Song > Delete.
But in iTunes, the duplicates can be only deleted one by one, if you need delete duplicates smartly, find a 3rd party duplicate remover, and hope this list help: https://www.cisdem.com/resource/5-best-itunes-duplicate-remover-for-mac.html
I looked in the Mac App Store and found a utility called TunesMechanic for iTunes, it claims to remove duplicates. I have never used it so I cannot vouch for it though
See Dupin or Dupin Lite 2 at Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes for possible tools to deduplicate your library.
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remove duplicate songs in itunes