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Are you wondering how to remove duplicate music files? Well there is software that can scan and automatically delete duplicate songs, or mark them as duplicates so you can investigate them later.
Why So Many Dupes?
Now that the majority of our music comes from online downloads, the problem of duplicate mp3 files has greatly risen. The culprit behind this dilemma is the unorganized music libraries we deal with daily. We download a song with an incorrect song title, or the artist name is misspelled. Later down the road, we can't find that song anymore, mainly because we are searching for the correct song name. So what happens, we download the song again. This has happened to me countless times.
Not only is having copies of songs annoying. It also can slow down your computers performance. The hard drive is the bottleneck of speed when it comes to PC's. It is always the first thing to start diminishing performance. This mean if you have tons of unnecessary files, like copies of songs you'll start to see a difference in speed.
Now iTunes has a feature to find duplicate tracks, but it only works if the song titles and artist are spelled the exact same way. And we all know that this is rarely the case. With artist names like Jay-Z and Ke$ha which can be spelled several different ways, finding duplicate mp3s can be tricky.
How to Remove Duplicate Song Files Automatically
Luckily I came across software specially designed to remove duplicate music files, even if the songs are spelled differently! This iTunes duplicate remover actually "listens" to your songs and runs the data through an online database to come up with the correct song. The next step is to automatically download the ID3 tag information to your song files. That will help with the organization. That is how it determines what is a dupe and what isn't. Audio of a live concert wont be confused with the CD version and deleted. And if you weary of giving complete control to a program you can opt to have the software mark the song as a duplicate so you can have the final ruling.
More features of this iTunes organizer include:
Fixing Misspelled Songs
Getting Album Artwork
Organizing Genres
And of course Deleting Duplicate Songs
Now that you know how to remove duplicate music files all that is left is to download an mp3 managing program and get to it!
If your music collection is a mess and full of "Track 01" and "Unknown Artist" you can organize iTunes automatically in minutes!
Fix mislabeled music, download album art, delete iTunes duplicates, and complete missing ID3 tags with the best iTunes organizer on the market. Click the links above or copy and past this url in to your address bar for a full review of the program and its features, complete with a video tutorial on how to use the software.
