Delete duplicate songs in iTunes?

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delete duplicate aliases created by itunes when adding songs stored in my external hard drive

I have all my songs in my external hard drive, which is encoded in ntfs. When I add them to itunes, using File -> Add To Library ... it create an alias of each file in my /Users/<user_name>/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Music folder. So far so good, but sometimes it gets confused and create 2 aliases for one same file (meaning the same file on my external drive). It also happens when I want to rescan a folder I have already added to iTunes, it will create a duplicate alias for all the files...

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Try Dupin or Dupin Lite. Dupin is $15 from the developer's site, and Dupin Lite is $8 from the Mac App...

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I have duplicate songs in iTunes. Is there an easy way to delete them all at once?

In moving my music to my new computer, 3 of each song somehow got into iTunes. 1 doesn't work, and 2 do work. I'd just like one of each song. Is there a way to do this without going through and hand-deleting each duplicate? I have a huge library.

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Under 'View' on the top taskbar, you can select 'View Duplicates' and it will show you all the songs...

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How can u delete duplicate songs from itunes library, with out having to check and delete them one by one?

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Try iDeduper http://www.ideduper.com

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How do i delete duplicate itunes songs?

Ok now this isn't as easy as one would think, because one duplicate is the actual song and the other isn't. So deleting one makes me lose the file completely, also i don't ...show more

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Try iDeduper: http://www.ideduper.com it's able to ignore dead tracks

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How can I delete duplicate songs from my iTunes library all at once instead of one by one?

I've just changed religions and switched to Mac. As I result I had to convert my music library from WMAs to the apple format but now, I've got like 6000 songs x 2. How do I get rid ...show more

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Hold Ctrl and click the songs.

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What is the easyest way to delete duplicate songs from your itunes library?

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Go to "File," "Show Duplicates," and then delete one of each song. Be careful, you...

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Is there a way for my iTunes library to identify and delete duplicate songs or do i have to do it the manual way?

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Yes, indeed. Go to FILE, Show duplicates. But you have to erase one by one. A tip: check the time of...

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How can i delete duplicate songs from itunes?

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Is there a way to delete ALL duplicate songs at once in iTunes?

i have a lot and it´ll take a lot of time to do it one by one... thanx a lot!

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There is an option in click in library and then in the window there is a button show duplicates, click...

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Duplicate songs in iTunes?

I have lots of duplicate songs in my iTunes ,what is the easiest way to delete them?

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fortunately, there is a VERY simple method to your problem. at the top bar of the program: file >...

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