Hi Peter, If you don¹t find a method/script to do what you want, there are certainly scripts that will remove the duplicate tracks. See <https://www.google.com.au/search?q=itunes+scripts+duplicate+tracks>
Whilst I haven¹t had to do this myself, I have used several of Doug¹s AppleScripts for iTunes with good results he has been doing this for years: <http://dougscripts.com/itunes/index.php> If you look through his 457 and counting AppleScripts you might even find a script that checks for lost links. HTH Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 17/12/15 20:06, Peter Crisp at petercr...@westnet.com.au wrote: > Hi Ronni, thanks for the response. I have my Music library on a 2TB external > drive and the iTunes library has been mapped to that path since configuration > days. ³Keep iTunes Media folder organised² is selected too as is ³Copy files > to iTunes Media folder when adding². > > The problem is that I don¹t know which files in my Music folder are not mapped > in iTunes. > > I find by accident when playing something that it ³can¹t be found² message. > > Is there a way of doing a verification pass by iTunes through the entire Music > folder of ALL applicable files (video/music/podcast/etc) in the ³Music" folder > are mapped? I could do an ³Add to library² of the Music folder again, but that > would do a huge amount of duplication for those already mapped, but it would > pick up those files not mapped in the process. Is there a script somewhere > that can do a check for this broken link¹ for all files in the Music folder > that you know of? > > Regards > > Pete. > > >> On 17 Dec 2015, at 5:13 PM, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> On 16 Dec 2015, at 7:28 PM, Peter Crisp <petercr...@westnet.com.au> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, I have a 200+GB music library and this afternoon I was playing some of >>> it using the great ³Up Next² feature and when I added one song as the next >>> song, iTunes playback stopped when it got to that song and couldn¹t find the >>> track to play back. On further inspection, there were quite a few songs with >>> the ³!² alongside indicating iTunes couldn¹t locate the file. When I traced >>> a particular example of this, I found the folder in Finder. It was in a >>> folder called "Fleetwood Mac-1². It was obviously a folder which iTunes had >>> relabelled during a previous operation perhaps years ago so I am probably >>> the cause of this all. Sitting beneath ³Fleetwood Mac-1² were 6 albums >>> which upon further checking a number of songs in there were also not mapped >>> in iTunes properly. I did a ³Add to Library² at the ³Fleetwood Mac-1² level >>> hence capturing everything subordinate to that folder address. In the >>> process I probably caused some duplicates of some songs - but I am ok with >>> that. >>> >>> In any case, is there a way to do a full reverse looking of everything in my >>> ³Music² root folder to see that every file has a linkage to a file that >>> iTunes thinks exists? A forward looking check may not necessarily ensure >>> every iTunes record has a file it is mapped to. >>> >>> Not sure if I made that clear but I hope someone can assimilate with the >>> issue I¹ve got here. >> >> I¹m not sure I can assimilate with you issue Peter :( >> >> When you add media to your iTunes library, iTunes files it in the proper >> subfolder within the iTunes Media folder. >> And, as long as you¹ve checked the ³Keep iTunes Media folder organized² box >> in the iTunes Advanced preferences, ³Copy files to iTunes Media folder when >> adding to library² the content remains properly filed, even if you change its >> tags in iTunes. >> >> You may notice exclamation point to the left of items in your iTunes library, >> or they may not appear at all. Exclamation points appear when iTunes is >> unable to locate the media file or when a purchased item hasn't downloaded. >> It seems like you are concerned with locating the media file - not a file >> that hasn¹t downloaded. >> >> 1. Open Finder. >> 2. Go to Music > iTunes > iTunes Media > Music >> 3. The contents of the Music folder will be listed in alphabetical order. >> And the files will be sorted by artist. >> If you find any of your missing items, you can add them to your iTunes >> library. >> 4. If you couldn't find your lost media in the iTunes Media folder, check >> your preferences in iTunes to see if your media is in another location. >> <https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT204668> >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> >>> Pete >>> >>> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > > > Peter Crisp > petercr...@westnet.com.au
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