Upgraded iTunes and all songs in music folder are duplicated
Recently upgraded to iTunes 10.1.1.4 and all songs are now duplicated. Any idea why this happened and is there an easy way to get rid of the duplicates? When I opened iTunes after the upgrade, it acted as though it was a new installation-asking questions about finding song files.
Something went wrong with the upgrade. itunes should not have asked about finding files on an upgrade.
For duplicates in the itunes program, sort by Date Added. Figure out which group is valid - either the oldest or newest, and delete whichever group that isn't needed. You can highlight the first and then hold the shift key to highlight the last, so you can delete the group all at once.
For duplicate on your hard drive, use Windows Explorer and Date Created/Modified the same way.
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Full Details Here > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1751
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1751
There is also this...
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Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
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Log in to the Store. Click on "Account" in your Quick Links. When you're in your Account information screen, go down to Purchase History and click "See all".
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See these 2 Links...
Syncing to a New Computer...
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3141
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https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991
If you do have access... See Here...
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Or...
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Copy your ENTIRE iTunes FOLDER to an External Drive... and then from the External Drive to your New Computer..
Full Details Here > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1751
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