ITunes :: Eliminating Duplicates In ITunes?
Apr 26, 2010
I could use some advice/help, because I am at my wit's end and pulling my hair out over duplicates in iTunes.
Situation: may partner and I used/use separate PCs and have separate iTunes accounts. When his laptop died and we bought a new one (having backed up his data), I took the opportunity to consolidate all our music into one folder on an external drive. But iTunes is giving me fits. I am ending up with thousands of duplicates.
I tried going through the Show Duplicates function and slowly eliminating all of them, and somehow managed to eliminate all the files.
So - what's the best way to fix this? Can I start from scratch with iTunes? Previous uninstalls haven't fixed this issue on my old computer. Should I go into the music folder on the external drive and manage the songs that way before importing into iTunes? Can I erase my whole library and just re-import (having not erased the files, just from the library in iTunes)?
I'm a big fan of the Apple products I've bought (3 iPods now) but this is frustrating me to no end. Any advice would be welcome!
I'm running iTunes 9.0.3.15.
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Jun 16, 2012
I have just discovered much to my delight - that I can burn my music files as MP3 format. Obviously I have had to chanage the preferences and some items I have had to re import - but with existing files I have had to create an MP3 file from the existing file - which creates a duplicate.I can see which are which by listing KIND is there an easier way to delete the original AAC file? I really don't want to have too many (as I have too many already) music files.I have tried searching for the duplicates under finder but only the new file is showing? So far I am using a playlist to create MP3 and I imagine that then clearing the playlist and recreating playlist - list by kind and slect all AAC to either deselct or delete.
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imac OS x, Mac OS X (10.7.2), 'Stressed Mum' not Mac technician!
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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