Too many duplicates

is there a program (preferably free) where you can erase any extras??

How about iPhoto Diet? License: Freeware.
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/16463

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    1 - iPhoto does not "randomly" make duplicates
    2 - where are you seeing these - are they n the iPhoto window?
    3 - if you are using the finder (or the all images smart folder) to see them then you (and this in not advised) may be seeing modified versions that are created because you have auto rotate photos selected on your camera - to stop this change the option on the camera
    4 - if you are seeing them using the finder do not delete them or modify them in any way - you will corrupt your iPhoto library - and they are not duplicates - they are different in some way
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  • Merging 2 libraries, too many duplicates...

    Hey all, I'm trying to add my boyfriends iTunes to my computer so we don't have to keep going back and forth... he has a lot of songs I already have... I want to delete the duplicates from itunes... but I want to be able to keep track of them so I can put them back in his playlists later... He's got... quite a few songs... I'm not sure how this can easily be done...
    I'm extremely obsessive about keeping things organized... if I had the time I'd go through, use shazam, and correctly name all 33,000 songs... but it's just not reasonable... I need something that I can eradicate duplicates quickly and still maintain his playlists...
    If anyone can help me out and maybe give me an idea... that would be incredibly awesome!

    Thats a really good question I would also like to know the answer to that. Not to hijack the thread, but is there a way to have 2 libraries share 1 song (or many songs) but not all of the songs? SOunds like that may be what the issue is any way.

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      Given time to reflect, I am thinking buying either Music Match and/or iCloud (if one or both of these is the cause of the trouble) was a mistake in that it really f-ed up both our playlists (over half the playlists on MY new laptop are from her computer-Can't.Stand.More.80s.Playlists.) and song lists. We have two very divergent music libraries and had NO need to start mixing them up. Yet cross-polinate they did to both the wife's and my near-daily annoyance. All we really needed was the 2T Airport and time machine. Which we have.
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    Hello All,
        We bought new computers in April and the Wife is still trying to work out the kinks. Not sure if it's Music Match or iCloud or something else but at least half of the songs listed in iTunes are duplicates. It would take her forever to delete these. First, is there a untility or App that could take care of this task for her? Second, why did this happen and how do I prevent it from happening again?
      Given time to reflect, I am thinking buying either Music Match and/or iCloud (if one or both of these is the cause of the trouble) was a mistake in that it really f-ed up both our playlists (over half the playlists on MY new laptop are from her computer-Can't.Stand.More.80s.Playlists.) and song lists. We have two very divergent music libraries and had NO need to start mixing them up. Yet cross-polinate they did to both the wife's and my near-daily annoyance. All we really needed was the 2T Airport and time machine. Which we have.
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  • Master data failed with  error `too many duplicate records'

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    The update delivered the error code                                                   4.
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  • Too many duplicates in library

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    The duplicate list says there are over 200 duplicates in my library.  I have already deleted some of them through windows explorer.  Is there a way to refresh the itunes library so the deleted items don't show up in the duplicate list any ore.  Any other option besides clicking 2000 times to remove them 1 by 1, or deleting the entire library and starting over?  Thanks you any help you can give!  Kathleen

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    Use Shift > View > Show Exact Duplicate Items to display duplicates as this is normally a more useful selection. You need to manually select all but one of each group to remove. Sorting the list by Date Added may make it easier to select the appropriate tracks, however this works best when performed immediately after the dupes have been created.  If you have multiple entries in iTunes connected to the same file on the hard drive then don't send to the recycle bin.
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  • Have too many duplicates?

    I've crashed my computer a couple times in the past, and luckily I've always been able to get on one last time to back everything up.  I often wind up with a back up of a back up of a back up... and have mutiple copies of the same song.  I know iTunes has a way to see duplicated, but I have enough music like the beatles where there are multiple, unique versions of the same song, it get to be a hassle.
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  • Too many duplicate files in time machine

    How do I remove duplicate movie files from time machine

    How do I remove duplicate movie files from time machine
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    Time Machine will keep 1 copy of a unique file and then us hardlinks in all the incremental backups to the single original.  A new file will not be put into Time Machine unless it is moved to a new location or the file in a given location has changed.
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    Thanks for your comment. Since I posted my problem, I have spent considerable time learning how Adobe's Catalog function works. I found good advice and information at the forum elementsvillage.com.
    The principal insight I have gained is that each Catalog is a separate entity. For whatever reason, I was concerned that deleting one Catalog would impact another catalog. With this matter cleared up, I worked out a strategy to cleanup and reorganize my catalogs. Hopefully others will benefit from my hardwon knowledge and will not be so intimidated, as I was. I feared that I would destroy all my efforts to tag photos, etc. because of doing something wrong working with catalogs.
    What follows is the method I used:
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    06. Using a third party software burning program, create backup files to disks, for ALL catalogs found (as a temporary precaution).
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    08. Create a Restore Point using MS operating system (another temporary precaution).
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