Programs for de-duping in iTunes

November 14, 2010 9:52 AM

Anything new in de-duping and organizing music in iTunes?

I recently bought a new external HD to put all of my music on, and copied all the files over from the 3 computers that had music on them. Needless to say there are a LOT of duplicates, and doing them by hand (using show duplicates in iTunes) is time consuming.

What's the latest and greatest (hopefully free) program for de-duping?

I'm running Snow Leopard.

posted by sauril to Computers & Internet (4 answers total)

Best answer: For de-duping, I use Dupin.
For general organization, I use Jaikox.

I've tried automatic programs like TuneUp and didn't have very good luck with them.

I should also mention that I have an enormous library full of obscure stuff that chokes most programs, so you may have better luck.
posted by bink at 9:58 AM on November 14, 2010 [3 favorites]

Jaikoz, above. Sorry.
posted by bink at 9:58 AM on November 14, 2010

Response by poster: That was quick - thanks bink - I'll let you know how it goes once I pry the toddler off the computer.
posted by sauril at 10:17 AM on November 14, 2010

I had an OK time with TuneUp's free trial, but I haven't been able to justify spending $20 on a program to organize my music.
posted by Sara C. at 10:28 AM on November 14, 2010