- 1. In iTunes library view with Browser enabled; SHOW DUPLICATE SONGS and then sort by Artist. Cross fingers.
- 2. Select the range (a few hundred at most, like A's thru C's for instance)
- 3. Run iDupes scan which will evaluate the selecteed songs and show a report of what it found.
- 4. Click iDupes "Mark Results in iTunes" button
- 5. Click the final "Ditto" button which removes unchecked in current selection from playlist, removes them from the library playlist, and then moves them to the trash.
iDupe
Smart duplicates scanner for iTunes.
Version: 2.8
Saved my bacon
Feedback Type: Review
Contributed by: RMFarr Saturday, February 04 2006 @ 09:13 AM PST
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Less than a month
Recommend Product: YES
iDupe works better than all the others. (I found two others)
A few weeks ago I accidentally trashed and deleted my beloved 50-gig music library (don't laugh) and in the course of recovering songs with a rescue utilty and from every possible disk I could find, I ended up multiple copies of the same songs, many of which were trunciated or corrupted.
Show Duplicate Songs in iTunes revealed over 6000 duplicate titles. Arrrgh!
iDupes works in concert with iTunes to scan selected songs in iTunes and further evaluate them.
Here's what I did:
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