What is the best way to delete many duplicate songs

[decocritter]

in itunes?

Is there a way to not copy duplicates when loading from a backup copy?

[Mike Johnson]

Wouldn't it be faster just to copy them, and then use Edit menu > Show Duplicate Songs to weed them out?

[pRON aHOLIC]

By turning off the Grammy's ;-P

[decocritter]

I did it before the Grammy's

[michaelb]

Isn't this a feature of iTunes 6? It will create a playlist of duplicates and you could just delete them. I haven't done that, but that is my memory.

[pRON aHOLIC]

That was a joke about the junky duplication of the music industry they keep marching out. Not a good time for it I guess.

[decocritter]

I thought you were talking about my being clueless.

I hope Michaelb is correct - just drag em over to the new playlist eh?

[blusubaru]

No, if you copy them to a new playlist you can't delete them from the library. You can only remove a duplicate from the library folder when selecting it withing the library in the application and deleting. I'm going through this right now. The best way I've found is using the new "Show Duplicates" feature in the edit menu. I then go through and select every other one (hold down apple key and select). Then hold down the apple and delete keys to remove them. You're prompted with the window asking if you want to keep original files. BUT you have to be careful because one file could be linked twice, meaning, if you delete one you delete both from the library and trash the original file. I'm slowing making my way through my 1600+ duplicates.

You could also check out these duplicate scripts from Doug.
http://www.dougscripts.com/itunes/ just type "duplicate" in the search box.

[Harbourmaster]

You need this! http://www.dougscripts.com/itunes/script...tunesdupes

wish it worked in OS 9...I have one old beige that has a ton of dupes, guess I need to write my own AppleScript to do this in iTunes 2

[StingMe]

blusubaru Wrote:
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> No, if you copy them to a new playlist you can't
> delete them from the library.

Actually, the option-delete key combo deletes the selected song from your library and all playlists & it doesn't matter if you are viewing the library or a playlist...

http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/shortcuts/