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TimPoet · 10-21-2007, 01:06 AM

Anyone know if there is a way to delete all duplicate songs in my library with one click? If not, how is it done any way?

**pam123** · 10-21-2007, 09:24 AM

By hand go to View>Show Duplicates and delete accordingly.

If you want something more read through this thread : http://discussions.apple.com/thread....77440&#5177440

edit : double check to make sure you're deleting the ones you can't play (generally one file will play and the other won't).

TimPoet · 10-25-2007, 04:25 AM

Thanks for the tip, Pam... BUT-

Quote:

MacMuse's User Tip should provide the solution to your problem.

Below, I've taken the liberty of making a couple of minor changes in the wording that hopefully make it just a bit easier to follow:

1- Select the Music entry in your iTunes Source List (the left-hand column).

2- Select/highlight all the entries. Edit menu > Select All will do the trick.

3- Now go to the File menu > Get Info.

4- Confirm that you want to edit information for multiple items.

5- Assuming that you're not using it for actual song information, enter 99 in the BPM field. Press OK.

6- Wait for iTunes to retag the song files. Depending on the size of your Music Library, this may take a while.

7- Once that's finished, click on the BPM column heading in the main iTunes Library display to sort your songs based on the BPM entry. If the BPM column isn't showing, go to the View menu > View Options, check BPM and press OK.

8- Since iTunes wasn't able to find the files for the "dead" (!) tracks, it couldn't retag them and they will be listed separately from the "live" (99 BPM) tracks.

9- You can now click on the first of the dead tracks and Shift-click on the last of them, then right-click > Delete.

That should be it.

As MacMuse suggests, you might now want to go back and take the 99 out of the BPM field in case you ever have to do this again.

I got to #6 but can't do #7 cuz there is no BPM column....

Help

perkster · 10-25-2007, 06:34 AM

what i do is i remove all files from my library and readd them all

TimPoet · 10-25-2007, 06:35 AM

Ooooh, how easy!

EDIT:
Wow, that took all of 2 minutes to do. Thanks, Perk!

perkster · 10-25-2007, 10:42 AM

no prob i have to do it every now and again to clean mine up.

**pam123** · 10-25-2007, 10:50 AM

Thanks for the tip.

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10-21-2007, 09:24 AM	#2
pam123 Computing Professor Staff Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 11,718	By hand go to View>Show Duplicates and delete accordingly. If you want something more read through this thread : http://discussions.apple.com/thread....77440&#5177440 edit : double check to make sure you're deleting the ones you can't play (generally one file will play and the other won't). Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ Asus M4A77D, 64 X2 6000+, 4 GB Corsair DDR2 800 ram, Radeon 5770.

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perkster Member (10 bit) Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 546	what i do is i remove all files from my library and readd them all Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ Perkster IT work as side project My Current Rig: MSI MS-6712 1.0 (socket A 462) with 2.15 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP 3000+, 2x Barracuda 160GB IDE HD's, 2x Kingston 512mb DDR PC2700 (166mhz) Memory. 2 IDE DVD drives, 1 External HD and one external DVD burner. My first build (july 2007 for my fiance): Asus P5B (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard, Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail, Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-5400C4 TwinX (2x1GB), Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU, Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM, Sony Floppy Drive, EVGA e-GeForce 8600 GTS 256MB DDR3 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail, Lite-On Serial ATA 20x DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM. Memory card reader, Windows XP SP2. Samsung SM226BW 22" LCD.

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10-25-2007, 06:35 AM	#5
TimPoet digitally confused Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 2,301	Ooooh, how easy! EDIT: Wow, that took all of 2 minutes to do. Thanks, Perk! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

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perkster Member (10 bit) Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 546	no prob i have to do it every now and again to clean mine up. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

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pam123 Computing Professor Staff Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 11,718	Thanks for the tip. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

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