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Over the years I've accumulated a fairly large iTunes library, with a number of duplicates (for instance, I have compilation CDs which have some songs I already had from the original CD, etc.).
Is there a good script that would let me automatically delete all the duplicates?
And no, I don't want the dysfunctional iTunes duplicate finder of which I am aware. To illustrate why not, check out this screenshot of two songs it thinks are duplicates (note the differences in length).
Try Dupin or Dupin Lite. Dupin is $15 from the developer's site, and Dupin Lite is $8 from the Mac App Store. I recently purchased the full version and used it to delete duplicates from a 57,000 song library. It did a very good job. It's filtering mechanism is highly customizable. It is not super fast, but it ran through my library in less than a day.
To specifically deal with your issue, you can set the rules to keep the file with the shorter filename. This will get rid of the commonly found "whatever the song name 1.mp3" file, while keeping the "whatever the song name.mp3" version.
Also, dougscripts.com should be your first stop for any iTunes maintenance scripts. I have found the following scripts especially useful in cleaning up large iTunes Libraries:
Artist - Name Corrector
Super Remove Dead Tracks
Search-Replace Tag Text v2.0
Track Parser
Remove n Characters From Front or Back
Forgive me if I'm mistaken but can't you just right/second click and hit delete?
and then set to sync with your iPod under the music tap of the connected iPod
Best Answer
If you hold down the option key, you get “Check Exact Duplicate Items.”
The songs above would not have matched had you used that option. You’ll still need to do some manual parsing, but you probably want to do that anyway.