Quicker Way To Remove iTunes Duplicates And Dead Tracks
October 4th, 2006 • Related • Filed Under
If you have a big iTunes library it’s very easy to have duplicate files and dead tracks which are taking up space on your PC. This can also happen when you move files between folders or between PCs as iTunes can get confused. Removing these can be a pain but there is a better way.
Dupe Eliminator from Markelsoft automatically finds and removes dupes from iTunes. It isn’t free, but it does have a 30 day free trial which should be long enough to clean your iTunes library.
It has some cool features including:
- List all files in iTunes Music Library
- Choose to show only duplicate podcasts (based on your criteria selection)
- Option to show only dupes (based on your criteria selection)
- Option to show only dead links (library links to files that no longer exist)
- Remove actual file option (remove actual file in addition to music library entry)
- Sync iPod with iTunes Music Library. Useful after removing duplicates
More: iTunes Dupe Eliminator
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Comment by Eric on 10 March 2007:
This product is horrible — see recent user reviews on download.com. Basically, I downloaded the trial version, and like a lot of other people, all I did was waste my time. I would never purchase this product just on principle.
Comment by Elliot on 18 February 2008:
Agreed. After going through the trouble of downloading and analyzing your library this program will allow you to delete 3 songs unless you pay the 35$ license. Very obnoxious.
Comment by john2002 on 24 February 2008:
Try Duplicate Finder to find and delete duplicate files including mp3s/wma, Advance marking system lets you select files by date, size, and several other criteria. Duplicate files can be deleted, moved, or copied.
Duplicate Finder search duplicates using byte by byte or crc32 to give you most accurate and faster results.
Try it free: http://www.ashisoft.com
Comment by kol on 16 March 2008:
Or even Better, get a Free tool that does the same:
http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?27000000038018
Unfortunately, the publisher’s site is gone - a crappy robot generated keyword rich page is there instead. Shame really, it’s a great little program.
Certainly the best one i’ve used for duplicates.
Comment by anon on 30 March 2008:
Oh It makes VERY much sense having to pay for a program to do something that iTunes intentionally should be able to do *sigh*. F.Y. Apple and F.Y. whoever made this program just to charge people for it!!!
Go for donations instead, there are people who actually DO donate if the work is worth it, trust me! Mandatory charging for programs doing stuff that other programs should is not the way to go!
Comment by Matt on 6 June 2008:
MediaMonkey has neat script which finds duplicates both by hash value or metadata. It does everything you want plus more. It even lets you transfer the playcount from the dups you delete to the ones you keep. Oh and it’s free too:
http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13000