Renaming a duplicate iTunes library?, Renaming a duplicate iTunes library?

I've now got myself out of a mess up with iTunes, long story short- I have created a new library on my external LaCie drive and consolidated.
So I should be able to delete the old library?
The new library is titled itunes1 (because there was a iTunes library that already exisisted).
Once I've deleted the old iTunes library can I rename my new library (itunes1) back to ITunes library?

Organize the iTunes library from within iTunes and then create a duplicate of the entire iTunes folder on the second drive. The library can be moved between computers, but iTunes Store authorization won't be moved automatically and rented movies can't be played on other computers.
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After adding folders to iTunes library, now have duplicates of each song

I store all my music on a separate drive, M:\
I have a specific file structure setup that has worked for me for years, M:\Artist\Album
I recently received an iPod for my birthday, and started using iTunes. After adding my music drive (M:\) for inclusion into the library (without "keep..." and "copy..." selected, as to keep my current file structure intact), when selecting "File->Display Duplicates" just about every song in the library has a duplicate, one in the original folder "M:\Artist\Album", and another in "M:\Playlists\..\Artist\Album". I understand that basically somehow iTunes glitched and started in the "M:\Playlist" directory when adding to the library at some point, however I am at a loss as to how. In my actual folders I only have 1 copy of each song, so basically iTunes is making a symbolic link to each song and adding it into the library as a separate song.
I have over 9000 (must...resist...meme...) songs in my library, and removing and restoring takes quite a while. I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to do this at least once now, but any ideas as to why or advice on how to avoid this particular problem in the future?
I am pretty set in my ways of my current file structure, since I don't use iTunes as my primary media software, so I would prefer to not have to resort to succumbing to just letting iTunes handle everything the way it wants (I pretty much hate that).
Thank you for any suggestions you may have.
EDIT: Is there a way to have iTunes rename/move files when adding to its library to specific folders via custom rules based on ID3 information (i.e. WMP rip settings)?
Message was edited by: kaziekama

If you have "Keep..." and "Copy..." unchecked, iTunes will simply reference the existing file, and will not change your file structure, as you correctly note.
I'm fairly sure that some other program is operating on your files. The "Playlists" folder that you mention has nothing to do with iTunes. On my PC, only Windows Media and Roxio use it.
To your question +"Is there a way to have iTunes rename/move files when adding to its library to specific folders via custom rules based on ID3 information (i.e. WMP rip settings)?"+ the answer is no. When iTunes rips a CD, it names the files as track number and title, with no option to do differently. And as far as placing the ripped files, they go in Artist/Album, with no option to do differently. As full-featured ripping programs go, iTunes is not even in the race.

What is causing this? The file "iTunes Library.itl" does not appear to be a valid iTunes library file. iTunes has created a new iTunes library and renamed this file to "iTunes Library (Damaged) 4". This happens everytime I start iTunes lateley. Help!!!

Everytime I open iTunes lately...I get all my music thrown out of the library and this annoying message come up...The file “iTunes Library.itl” does not appear to be a valid iTunes library file. iTunes has created a new iTunes library and renamed this file to “iTunes Library (Damaged) 4”. Is this how an apple works? It doesn't? Why all of a sudden is it doing this? Please help. Thank you.
David

Did you happen to bring this iTunes library over from a windows machine? You might read this kb article to see if it helps http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1451

ITunes duplicates all of the songs in my library when I try to import it

I haven't used iTunes for years. I've just installed the latest iTunes on my computer and am trying to add songs from a previous library by dragging into iTunes. Problem is, it carries out some sort of conversion on the files and, in the process, duplicates every song into the iTunes library. Anybody know why, please?

Dragging over the old files if they are outside the designated iTunes Media folder is usually seen as a request to make local copies inside the iTunes Media folder.
Make sure you have updated to iTunes 11.0.1 (or later).
Enable the menu bar with ctrl-b if needed
Use Edit > Preferences > General > Show list views for all media
In Music use the Songs view, or select the List view for other media/playlists
Use View > Display Duplicates or, more usefully, hold Shift and use View > Display Exact Duplicates.
Keep one of each repeated group of files and don't send to the recycle bin unless you are sure that there are multiple files on the disc as opposed to multiple entries to the same file.
There is also my DeDuper script if you don't want to do it by hand. This can preserve ratings, play counts, playlist membership, etc. which are lost in a manual clean up. Please take note of the warning to backup your library before deduping. See this thread for background on deduping and the script.
tt2

In iTunes, podcasts are sorted in the library alphabetically. In Version 1.2.1, there is no order and there are duplicates. Can you sort the library? and how do you remove duplicates of the same podcast (not episode)?

In iTunes podcasts were sorted in the library alphabetically. In Version 1.2.1, there is no ability to sort and podcasts (not episodes) are duplicated. Can you sort the Podcasts in the library section? How do you remove or consolidate duplicates?

In iTunes podcasts were sorted in the library alphabetically. In Version 1.2.1, there is no ability to sort and podcasts (not episodes) are duplicated. Can you sort the Podcasts in the library section? How do you remove or consolidate duplicates?

My ITunes Library has a Duplicate of every song

Trying to load music on a new IPod. Have discovered that My ITunes Library has a duplicate of every song. Makes it very difficult to transfer albums.

If the duplicate copies all have the same date then you could do show duplicates, then sort by date added, and delete those with the new date.

ITunes 9 showing duplicates on quite a bit of my library?

I recently added a bunch of new music and since most of the music was scattered about in different folders and what not. I decided to click on my music library while in iTunes, then I selected all songs and deleted them but kept the actual files. So at this moment my library shows nothing at all, I then refreshed the library by going "add to library" and let iTunes add all of the songs again.
After it was completed I have quite few of the exact same songs duplicated. If I double click either of the duplicated songs they will both play but if I right click and select "show in Explorer" there's only one song like there should be.
Does anyone know what's going on? I've done this before by deleting the songs but keep the files and never had any problems.

This has happened to me before as well, and I'm sorry to say that there is no way (that I found anyway) to take care of this accept just go into iTunes and select the ones that are duplicates and choose to delete them. I would be very careful though. Another way you could go about it is to just make sure you have all of your information/music...etc., backed up and then just delete all of it and then add it back in being careful before hand to make sure that there is only 1 copy of each music file in the iTunes directory before you add it all back in. Of course it's entirely up to you how you go about it, but that latter way is the way that it would be the easiest for me.

Why has this occurred The file "iTunes Library.itl" does not appear to be a valid iTunes library file. iTunes has created a new iTunes library and renamed this file to "iTunes Library (Damaged)".

My itunes library suddenly that the file “iTunes Library.itl” does not appear to be a valid iTunes library file. iTunes has created a new iTunes library and renamed this file to “iTunes Library (Damaged)”. I use an external hard drive for my Itunes.

The library file appears to have been corrupted. You say you use your external drive but is the whole library on it or only your media? No matter, you will have to rebuild the library file:
iTunes: How to re-create your iTunes library and playlists - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1451

MAJOR BUG - CS5 Library Renaming Issues

I posted about this before but it hasen't been resolved and I'm running into it again.
I also found another side affect of this bug.
In a large library where none of the items are on the stage, if you rename a movie
clip or folder the items rename, but a duplicate is created with the old name.
Below, I renamed the Movie Clip by adding _test to the end.
The duplicate or the new name may be an empty MovieClip that you can not access
This also corrupts the timeline of the Movie Clip by creating duplicates of the existing layers.
Q suggested dragging the items to the stage before renaming as a workaround.
This seems to keep them from duplicating but I found that the Timeline still becomes corrupted.

Hi Gabriel,
I've seen this before. It happens when the symbol name has non-supported character or an ETX character. We have fixed this issue in CS5.5. I can take a look at your file. Please zip it, change .zip to .zzz, and email it to my attention at [email protected]
Also let me know which symbol is causing you issue so I can target those first. In the meantime, try saving your file as Flash CS4, does it still duplicate after you rename the symbol?
Thanks,
Q

Organizing a chaotic library with some duplicates

Over the past few years, due to glitches and clumsiness on my part, I have multiple folders that have my music, and some of these folders have overlapping music (i.e: Folder A has songs 1-500, Folder B has songs 300-700, Folder C may have some new songs but also songs from some of A/B). Note most of this is in the computer, is my own CD's burned in album format.
When I add these folders to the Library, I get some duplicate songs (some of which are "not locateable") and also I now see a pretty nicely organized "itunes" folder in my computer.
Is there a way to simplify/consolidate/organize once and for all so that I can get everything into one master folder?
Looking at past posts, it would appear that Robert Johnson's programs can be of some assistance, but maybe I also need to do more.
For example, could I add all the large folders to my library (which would then have many duplicates), then remove duplicates? or is there a better way that people know about? Has been a huge problem and nightmare for me, would love to fix it once and for all? Thanks so much in advance..

Here's one way to do it:
Make sure the drive is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
1. Quit iPhoto
2. Copy the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
Now you have two full versions of the Library.
3. On the Internal library, trash the Events you don't want there
Now you have a full copy of the Library on the External and a smaller subset on the Internal
Some Notes:
As a general rule: when deleting photos do them in batches of about 100 at a time. iPhoto can baulk at trashing large numbers at one go.
You can choose which Library to open: Hold down the option (or alt) key key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library'
You can keep the Library on the external updated with new imports using iPhoto Library Manager

Itunes has renamed and reordered all of my music files. Why? can I undo it?

Sorry, I posted this in 'windows' by mistake...
I moved my music library from an ext drive to an int drive. Then I clicked "add to library" in iTunes [7.2(34)]. My target is the int drive, no files to be copied in my iTunes music folder. It uses too much memory (double!). When it was all done, most of the folders had been renamed and moved around. It will play through iTunes, but when I want to find an artist or album on the hard drive, it is like looking for a needle in a haystack. What happened and how can I either undo it, or prevent it from happening again if I go to my backup drive and start over again.

iTunes should only do this if the options are set in the itunes preferences.
The check box is Keep iTunes Music Folder Organized.
iTunes will organize files by artist>album
The next check box is Copy files to iTunes music folder when adding to library.
Does just what it says.
The first checkbox is the one that does what you described.

How can I identify and delete duplicates on the latest version of itunes?

How can I identify and delete duplicates on the lastest version of iTunes?

The show duplicates/show exact duplicates features have been left out of iTunes 11. Rumor suggests they will be restored in the next build. In the meantime I have written two Windows scripts to make playlists of Duplicates and Exact Duplicates, either from a selection of tracks or the entire library. Note that, as with the iTunes feature, this list makes no distinction between "originals" and "dupes", you have to decide which is which.
There is also my DeDuper script for automatically removing duplicate copies but keeping one remaining copy of each set. This can preserve ratings, play counts, playlist membership, etc. which are lost in a manual clean up. Please take note of the warning to backup your library before deduping. See this thread for background on deduping and the script.
If you want to manually remove duplicate tracks use shift-delete to remove selected tracks from the library as well as the playlist. Keep one of each repeated group of files and don't send the others to the recycle bin unless you are sure that there are multiple files on the disc as opposed to multiple entries to the same file. Same advice to backup applies.
tt2

TS1717 iTunes crashed while removing duplicates

I sorted my library by song title, and manually selected about 100 duplicate songs. I then right clicked and clicked "Delete." Then I chose to remove the songs from the library and disk. iTunes crashed. When restarted the library indicates missing files for those songs I wanted totally deleted. I checked some and the files are indeed deleted.
Any advice on how to successfully remove these duplicates and how to fix my library would be appreciated.

Lost & Found
Create a playlist called Found, select everything in Music and drag it into the Found playlist (it may take some time to count the tracks that are to be dropped). Create a smart playlist called Lost matching All the rules Playlist is Music and Playlist is not Found. Your lost tracks will be in this playlist. You should be able to select all the tracks in this playlist with CTRL-A and then remove them from iTunes with CTRL-SHIFT-DELETE.
Or use iTunes Folder Watch with its option to check for dead tracks on start up.
As for tidying up duplicates, I've written a script called DeDuper which can help remove unwanted duplicates. See this thread for background.
tt2

Multiple song titles in library despite no duplicate files

Hi y'all. I am really a Google guy, but I am kinda ocd about my files, and when I open Itunes, I should see a regular and a lossless file in my library. Instead I see three, four, five of the same song. I went through and deleted the duplicates, they were from using my droid x2 as a backup device for a while, and then I accidentally re-imported the files twice. (But not five times like the library might suggest)
Basically, I wanna get rid of the clutter, and then figure out how I can take the lossy files off my computer, or consolidate the song names, and just have the lossless versions play, and eventually get lossless onto my google play account, which will not support the Apple M4a format. So I am thinking FLAC is what I hould be converting to. Ideas? I know this is probably NOT the community to come to with Android problems, but please if you have some beef on the Apple/Android crap, save it, I couldn't care less why Apple is the best. I just wanna get my files and all in order, and since this is an Apple problem for the most part, I am asking the Apple community.

Move all your music files outside the iTunes folder to another location (make a new folder for the occasion).
Delete the iTunes library file in the iTunes folder (make a backup copy for safety)
Start iTunes. Your library should be empty.
Select "add to library" and select the folder with your music files.
This should give you a brand new library with no duplicates unless the music files themselves have duplicates.
Check if all your music had been moved back to the ITunes Music folder.
Check if the music you bought from the Music Store can be played (you may have to authorize your computer again, but this seems unlikely).
Delete the folder where you copied your music to, once you're certain everything is back in place.
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Fixing duplicate/triplicate folders and songs in itunes music folder

The file structure of my music has gotten out of control.
I keep all of my music on a lacie external drive.
I think i used to import music into itunes incorrectly and
there ended up being duplicates of files and folders.
for some artists, i have seven folders that have between
them (typically in an illogical order) all of the music i
have for that artist.
is there a simple fix for reorganizing everything without
painstakingly going through every artist and every folder?
please help!

My music files were created long befor I had itunes, but I have been usinfitunes for about 10 months. I recently noticed that my music file has gone from about 3,500 tracks to almost 9,000 tracks the change being duplicates. itunes will identify the duplicates but does not have the capability to clean up the database.
getting rid of about 5,000 duplicates is going to be a giant task and before I do it I would like to know how it happened and be comfortable it won't happen again. I just checked my preferences and I have selected "keep ... music folder organized".
My music data base is on an external hard drive and part of a home network. Sometimes I have added music from various computers on the network. when I want to update the library on one of the other computers I have erased all music in the library and then added the music data base to the itunes on the computer attached to the external hard drive. Is that where the duplication takes place?
Help ...
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HT2905 How do I display duplicates on the newest version of itunes?.help says its under file, but it is no longer there!

How do I display duplicates on the newest version of itunes?.help says its under file, but it is no longer there!

The show duplicates/show exact duplicates features have been left out of iTunes 11.0. Rumor suggests they will be restored in the next build. In the meantime I have written two Windows scripts to make playlists of Duplicates and Exact Duplicates, either from a selection of tracks or the entire library. Note that, as with the iTunes feature, this list makes no distinction between "originals" and "dupes", you have to decide which is which.
There is also my DeDuper script for automatically removing duplicate copies but keeping one remaining copy of each set. This can preserve ratings, play counts, playlist membership, etc. which are lost in a manual clean up. Please take note of the warning to backup your library before deduping. See this thread for background on deduping and the script.
If you want to manually remove duplicate tracks use shift-delete to remove selected tracks from the library as well as the playlist. Keep one of each repeated group of files and don't send the others to the recycle bin unless you are sure that there are multiple files on the disc as opposed to multiple entries to the same file. Same advice to backup applies.
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Renaming a duplicate iTunes library?, Renaming a duplicate iTunes library?

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