HT2905 How to delete duplicates in iTunes 11?

Is there a way to delete duplicate titles in iTunes 11? Either by a script, another app, or within iTunes itself? Thanks!

StalkingCrow wrote:
Show duplicates is now under VIEW in iTunes 11.  Just use the drop down menu to select between music, movies, etc.  Then go to view>show duplicates.  Then you can just select all and delete.
But that is precisely what you should not do. iTunes doesn't distinguish between "originals" and "duplicates", you have to decide which is which. If you delete them all you have nothing left.
If you want to manually remove duplicate tracks keep one of each repeated group of files and don't send the others to the trash unless you are sure that there are multiple files on the drive as opposed to multiple entries to the same file.
tt2

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