ITunes: Removing Duplicate Media Files and Playing Selective Tracks in Sequence

A music enthusiast will find no reason for not loading music in iTunes library, even if it causes clutter and memory issues on Apple device. At this time when your Apple device is overwhelmed with music files and you are facing space constraint you require a cleanup. The files need to be re-organized and adjusted elsewhere to give way to new files or to make the music library appear more legible. There are some tips that you can apply to your iTunes to remove duplicate files and enable sequence adjustment. Let us learn the two most essential tips that will help you make relevant adjustment in your iTunes library to make it appear less intimidating and cluttered.

How to remove Duplicate media files?

There are two ways that help in recognizing duplicate files in iTunes. One way is files saved by song and artist name another way is music files consisting information about song, artist and album. Now all you need to do is first view the entire library or the list that may have a duplicate. When you are looking for a specific artist or album with duplicates saved on your device, this can be done by:

Got to Library>File>Display Duplicates

Hold down Option key>File>Display Exact Duplicates

This way you will be able to view the exact duplicate music files by the same

Now you need to be sure about deleting the file that has the lowest resolution or size. To check this out you need to make the Bit Rate column visible, for this: View>View Options> Show Columns> Bit Rate> Ok. This is called the semi-automatic method of removing duplicate file entries.

Often the duplicate files stored on your device create clutter and unnecessary confusion. However, you can easily get rid of the duplicates by Date Added column functionality. To make the functionality visible you can View> View Options> Date Added>Ok.

If you have subscribed to iCloud then you can choose to select the iCloud Status column to view all the duplicate files in one go. This makes it easier to sort out the duplicates from the original files.

For removing the duplicate files from your folder you need to hold down Ctrl key with Shift and hit delete button. Then a dialog box will appear informing you that: Files will be deleted on next sync.

You can choose to keep these files on the media library or choose to send them to trash. If you have subscribed to iCloud then you have the option to remove these files from the iCloud library.

It may happen sometimes that even after deleting duplicates you still have a few left on your device. This happens when you have a large media collection stored on your device. Therefore, it is advisable that you again apply the steps of viewing and locating the duplicates as mentioned above to be able to get rid of all the duplicates. However, you can still do with the duplicates lying on the device as while using the duplicate deletion method is helpful in reducing the overall size of the library. This can at least cut a slack by 15% on the memory storage.

How to play your favorite tracks in a specific sequence?

Being a music buff you might be interested in shuffling music more than often. When it comes to some special tracks you might want to stick to listening these in a sequence, think about the symphony that you would love to hear in a sequential order, without which the essence seems to be lost. Let us find out how specified list can be arranged in play sequence.

It is possible to arrange or tie the tracks that are identical in sequence or belong to same album. You can do so by:

• Select the Get Info Option
• Got to Options
• Choose Part of Gapless Album
• Click OK
• You can also select all the tracks in one go by right click and apply the above steps
Connecting tracks in order to play them by sequence you can easily do so by going to Tracks Option and then selecting the Part of gapless album functionality. This enables the functionality of linking the tracks.

There is a functionality that is inbuilt in iPhones and iPods called gapless playback. However, here too you need to enable the feature of Crossfade. Remember if you are playing your songs via shuffle then they will play accordingly sans the functionality of Gapless play.

Applying the above mentioned tips will definitely help you de-clutter your iTunes library and help you play your selected music tracks seamlessly in a sequence.

She is a Technology writer who is keen on any new emerging technology updates. She is working with Qresolve as a Technical Support Engineer. Semeli Karen McPherson has been offering online tech support to global customers for issues related to laptops, desktops, Mac and devices including iPods, tablets, iPhones,computer support and more.She caters to the segment of core technology and provides viable solutions to any issues related to technology and software. Her expertise and skills in handling key technology issues is immaculate and quick result bearing. Through her articles and postings she aims to provide knowledge and solutions to common technology issues that a user faces.

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