Duplicate tracks on ipod

why is the show duplicate tracks unusable (in gray) when i am clicked on my ipod library in itunes?
i want to be able to see my duplicate tracks in my ipod library only - not my whole itunes library. is this possible?
ipod Mac OS X (10.4.2)

I don't believe it is possible (okay, now someone prove me wrong) to load the same song file with no differences, into the iPod twice.
I specifically wrote "song file" because you could have the same song as two different files such as if you imported the same CD twice. You could also have the same song by the same group from two differnt albums.
I just tried to drag a song to the iPod which is already loaded. Nothing happened.

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Is there someway to automatically find duplicate tracks on my iPod?
I know I can do this in iTunes for tracks on my hard drive, but I need to find them on my iPod.
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Hello bj4mac,
And welcome to Apple Discussions!
Unless you manually manage your iPod's content, the duplicates in your iTunes library should and will be the same duplicates you will find on your iPod.
You might be able to use a program such as [YamiPod|http://www.yamipod.com/main/modules/home> to help you find and remove duplicate tracks. Check it out.
Otherwise, the only other method available for locating these duplicates is to go through each of your songs manually, probably through the Songs section of your iPod.
B-rock

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This may be caused by inconsistent tags. See http://samsoft.org.uk/iTunes/grouping.asp for details.
tt2

Someone please settle this problem once and for all! (Duplicate Tracks)

I had an iPod about two years ago and ended up getting a different mp3 player. I now have a new 5G iPod and am having the same issue I had 2 years ago for the short time I had my old iPod. Duplicate tracks showing up in my iPod's library. I searched through these forums and found a lot of people having these problems, but none of the suggestions I read in the other threads seemed to do anything.
This seems to be an underlying problem for a lot of people and I don't understand why Apple would make their players this ********. I've had several other mp3 players in the last 2 years and you put in an artists' name and all the songs appear together under one name and are simply organized by Album, genre, year, etc... but, I loaded all my songs onto the iPod and even though tracks all contain the same artist name I get multiple listings for the same artist.
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Alright I just checked my tracks and settings and what not and added some more music now I get a bunch of extra multiple listings. This is so ********. lol! Here is a screenshot of my iPod that I just took. Now this is just dumb because there aren't many ways that you can mess up the spelling in the name 2Pac. It's a 2, a capital P, a lowercase a, and c.
http://home.comcast.net/~johnnybukkake/iPod_Screenshot.jpg
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I keep getting duplicate track listings and even though I delete them they seem to be continuing to appear. It's not consistent though - some tracks have MANY dupes (7 or more sometimes!), some none, and others just a few.
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I had a problem with the file structure on my Power Mac becoming unstable and took the machine in for repair. Coincidentally I asked for a WD bigger drive I fitted sometime ago to be the boot drive. As the reason for the disintegrating file structure couldn't be found the old drive is physically disconnected but the data files etc are on the new drive. I was told to open iTunes and drag Users/Me/Library/iTunes/ etc into the open app to rebuild etc. The 'fresh' version of iTunes opened empty and I followed instructions. And ended up with approx 4000 duplicate tracks. I've dragged the whole new library to trash and emptied trash and redone but same again. I can't see any duplicate tracks in finder looking in users/me/music/itunes All the band names and individual tracks are in there and if I look at an individual track the original rip date or purchase date is shown. No double listing of names though.
I've started to go through Duplicate View in iTunes but haven't even made it out of the A's yet and it takes ages. Any ideas where I'm going wrong?
I've copied all to an external drive so am prepared to delete all info and start again if there is a surefire way to do that. If that is the best way.
Many thanks
PS - I don't even want to think what heartache I'm going to get when I try iPhoto.
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OK never mind, thanks anyway.

Smart playlist for duplicate track numbers?

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With Regard to smart playlists is there any way to identify duplicate track numbers on the same disc?
During the import process the disc numbers (where it was a dual cd) we simply listed as disc 1 on the import process.
As a result, some albums have 2 x track 1 and 2 x track 2 etc.
So save me searching through the whole library manually, is there a way to create a smart playlist and search doe duplicate track numbers on the same disc.
In the same light is it possible to search for duplicate artists on the same disc?
Appreciate your help
Hope this makes sense.
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Simon.
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Hi Simon,
Missed this thread the first time around.. As Chris says this isn't something that you can pick up with a smart playlist. In principle I could write a script that runs through every track in a selection and notices when the same combination of track number, disc number, album title and album artist comes up. A second pass would then add every track from each affected album to a regular playlist for you to go through and fix up.
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tt2

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You are doing something wrong, iTunes doesn't add tracks to the library unless you ask it to, so there is a problem somewhere in your workflow which is creating the duplicates. For example, having iTunes set up to "Copy files to the iTunes Media folder when adding to library" and then repeatedly adding in a folder from an external drive would do it.
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tt2

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Dan,
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All of a sudden I have over 6,500 duplicate tracks in my iTunes. Not entire albums but many tracks from an album are duplicated. Is there an easy way to get rid of these tracks or do I have to do this one by one? Also why would this be happening? I have "Keep iTunes Media Organized" checked as well as "Copy files to iTunes when adding to library".

It is hard to say why. iTunes is unlikely to do this all its own and there is probably something you did like add a folder that is not part of the current media collection thinking it needed adding, but it had already been added in the past.
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How to find and remove duplicate items in your iTunes library - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2905
http://dougscripts.com/itunes/itinfo/dupin.php (commercial)
Posts by turingtest2 about different types of duplicates and techniques- https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3555601 and https://discussions.apple.com/message/16042406 (Note: The DeDuper script is for Windows)
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How do I quickly delete duplicate tracks in itune library?
I have many duplicate tracks because I uploaded 5 cds twice.
I upload cds to my itune library.
I then made changes to the song names and added coverflow.
So how do I back up these albums to my hard drive or external drive so if I loose it or want to upload these albums to another computer?
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Just go to view > show duplicates and delete accordingly. As for backing stuff up, read this:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302392

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