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DESCRIPTION
iDupe is a smart duplicates scanner for iTunes. It tries to deal with duplicate songs or albums in iTunes in a smart way.

Features:

  • Can make smart judgement calls about duplicates
  • Lets you make final judgement calls before removing or deleting anything
  • Can remove tracks from playlist and/or library relatively fast
  • Can move files to trash and also trash empty parent folders

Detailed feedback is needed about areas where you wanted iDupe to make a different call than it did.

WHAT'S NEW
Version 2.5.3
  • Work around iTunes 8.2 bug that made it impossible to scan normal user playlists.
  • Rebuild on XCode 3 on Leopard with appropriate adjustments to work around Tiger backwards compatibility issues.
  • Minor interface changes.
Version 2.5.2
  • Rebuilt with XCode 2.5 on Tiger.
  • Work around Leopard XCode 3.0 bug causing issues with Tiger when (optional) FileMaker or Growl not installed (fixed).
  • Restore defaults button restores default settings of several recent features that were overlooked before.
Version 2.5
  • Added faster copy to "iDupe Remove" playlist instead of removing from Music library mode.
  • Fuzzy matching now treats "&" and "and" as equivalent.
  • More track-by-track progress reporting when "more information" option is on.
  • More warnings given when "show warnings" option is on.
  • More functions can be canceled.
  • Broke information screens into several sections.
  • Interface adjustments, especially tool tip edits.
  • Fixed some issues with Step 2 check mark all & reverse check marks actions.
Version 2.4
  • Added major new option to scan faster in sub-groups of selection
  • Though less accurate, this option speeds up iDupe considerably
  • Added option to copy the albums of all duplicate sets with duplicate files to a special iDupe Albums playlist
  • Added option to ignore fuzzy matching settings for Podcasts (default)
  • Fixed problem with duplicates that all had 0 duration, such as PDFs
  • Split settings into two tabs because the Settings tab had grown too crowded
  • Detailed information on what will happen at the "Mark Results" step shown on "Other Settings" and also on button's tool tip (mouse over)
  • Mark Results button is now only enabled after a successful scan
  • Status & error codes moved to Info tab (with button) to avoid clutter on the report
  • Quick Start moved to toggle button with status codes on Info tab
  • Quick Start shown by default on first launch on Info tab
  • Info (documentation) revised considerably
  • Welcome message shown on first launch on Info tab (starting with this version)
  • Cancel button added
  • Internal debug log cleared periodically, improving performance during large scans.
  • Can now toggle debug mode from the help menu.
  • When debug mode is on, more info will be logged and it will also be logged on the console log.
  • Better time out handling while getting selection from iTunes.
Version 2.3:
  • Podcasts playlists scanning now allowed. It is best to turn off "fuzzier" matching when scanning Podcasts
  • Panther compatibility restored
  • Added option to remove media files immediately and bypass trash, resolving some permissions issues
  • Added incompatibility warning with iTunes 7.6 (any other iTunes version 7 works)
  • Added Quick Start section to the documentation on the info tab
Version 2.2.2
  • Date related fixes for Leopard international systems
Version 2.2:
  • Leopard compatibility upgrades
  • New icon with huge size for Leopard
  • Small icons added to Action buttons
  • Interface made a bit more spacious
  • Moved some "Action" menu items to "Help" menu
  • Better Unicode support of unusual file names
  • Better performance with iTunes 7 and higher
  • Fixed restore dead tracks when not using Spotlight
  • File errors no longer force abort of whole scan but are logged individually
  • Removed option to treat all as first match because results not always desirable
  • Added elapsed time to report and reformatted report a bit
Version 2.1
  • No bug reports for 2.1 public beta 1, therefore issue with removing duplicate references from Music playlist assumed fixed.
Version 2.1b1:
  • (Believe) fixed removing duplicate references from Music playlist in iTunes 7.x (See info on this in known issues!)
  • Added support for preserving album ratings
Version 2.0:
  • New option to preserve playlists
  • New option to prefer newest tracks when all else equal (Now default)
  • New option to set a duration fudge range (i.e., track durations within a set number of seconds treated as the same)
  • New option to specify truncation limits for "fuzzier" logic
  • Better unicode support
  • Re-organization of settings interface
  • Better iTunes 7 compatiblity
  • Copy selection info and logs fixed for iTunes 7
  • More conservative about trashing empty finder folders
  • Growl support
  • Other bug fixes
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later, iTunes 4.9 or higher


SCREENSHOT

Developer:Wooden Brain Concepts
Downloads:17,682
  - Version d/l:187
Multimedia & Design:MP3
License:Shareware
Date:17 Jun 2009
Platform:PPC/Intel
Price:$8.00
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iDupe User Reviews (12 posts)Write A Review
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Aug 18 2008

MATBIC  This is not the one for you if you have a lot of duplicates. It will only process about 2000 files at one time. So you have to select them in batches to process them in iDupe. This makes it a very "hands on" affair to de-dupe a lot of files so you have to keep watching it and selecting the next batch of files. It has great functionality when dealing with up to 2000 files at a time. Look at Dupin it handles lots of files in one go, you just point it at your Music folder and leave it to it.

Great software except for this one point.   
(Version 2.5.2)

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Jun 17 2009

WOODEN BRAIN CONCEPTS  This is not true in group scan mode.  
(Version 2.5.3)

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Mar 11 2008

CV  I would not buy anything from this company. I paid my $8.00 by mistake thinking there was a windows version. I was told there was not. I was also told that there was no refund and then berated by these people. There are plenty of other apps that do the same thing and probably better. Don't waste your money dealing with these people.  
(Version 2.3)

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Apr 1 2008

WOODEN BRAIN CONCEPTS  One of the ways WBC keeps prices low is to insist on a try before you buy policy. We value the spirit of shareware, which is that you pay when you are satisfied. We do not monitor registration codes, and we issue refunds only in the rare case the product doesn't work as described and it cannot be fixed. The fact that iDupe and other WBC is Mac only is stated clearly in many places on the WBC web site, including the FAQ and directly below the "Buy Now" button. For some reason, Windows users seem unwilling to read a very sparse product description -- let alone the FAQ or the refund policy -- before clicking buy.  
(Version 2.4)

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Mar 6 2008

DONPERREAULT  I found Dupin to be much more accurate and faster duplicate scanner. Dupin can be found at http://dougscripts.com/itunes/

Along with numerous iTune scripts. Very impressive collection of scripts.  
(Version 2.3)

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Sep 5 2005

ANONYMOUS  This si especially handy if you have an iPod with limited space - but WHY OH WHY isn't this function truly built into iTunes already?

Some say it is, but I don't think they get it. iTunes will find anything you're searching for, but doesn't intelligently or automatically find duplicates.

This is also a dupe: same song, slightly different spelling, different bitrates or even a 1 second diference in length.  
(Version 1.4.1)

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Aug 11 2005
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ANONYMOUS  Good Idea - even though iTune finds duplicates itself, there is no easy way to delete them just from one playlist or the bibl. without affecting the bought music list. Anyway - for me it not usable because of the following: I have a est. 11,000 songs in the bibl. And there are doubles e.g. same Artist, same Song, different Album. For Dupe these are doublettes. So I still have to check manually. While the bibl. keeps growing it is somewhat painful....  
(Version 1.4.1)

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Aug 8 2005

RHETT  This sort of thing should be freeware. It's a great program but so limited in use, scale, and functionality I don't get how it can be shareware. Even at $8.

From my perspective freeware is the kind of app you use once and forget about, or at best occassional use. Shareware, the kind you buy, is an application that does something you're going to need regularly that performs an important maybe even unique function. iTunes already has the basic feature out, iDupe certainly expands upon it and improves it. But how often you use this app significantly undercuts its commercial value.

Unless you operate your computer under dubious patterns checking your iTunes library regularly for duplicates isn't something you're going to do. Maybe once or twice a year, but even that's pushing it.  
(Version 1.4)

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Jul 11 2005
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ANONYMOUS  Actually this takes the iTunes dupes to the next level (albeit not perfect).

I have a huge collection that it cannot parse. So give iDupe only the duplicate songs that iTunes find and it find actual dupes. Then it automatically selects the lowest bitrate song and gives you the option to delete it.  
(Version 1.3.1)

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Jul 10 2005

NEVAEH  $8...are you kidding me?

save your money folks, if you didnt know iTunes already finds duplicate songs for you for $FREE.99

that's right, in iTunes in your menu bar go to Edit and select "show duplicate songs" and then simply select and delete the uneeded tracks. To get out of this mode you can go back up to edit and select "show all songs" or conveniently at the bottom of the list of duplicates iTunes provides a button that says "show all songs"

WOW all that FOR FREE, the developer should be ashamed!  
(Version 1.3.1)

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Jul 11 2005

WOODEN BRAIN CONCEPTS  I wish people would try stuff before they bash it.

Not only do I know iTunes has a show duplicates feature, but I recommend that users use it to scan for duplicates. All iTunes does is show all songs with the same song name as duplicates. It doesn't differentiate among them, or decide which to keep. It doesn't consider which are dead tracks, which are duplicate entries, and it doesn't try to get fuzzy name matches.

Once again, if you have a small library and can do this sort of thing manually, you do not need iDupe. If you have a large library, and even going through iTune's list is a chore, you do.

Nothing to be ashamed of. I needed it so I wrote it.  
(Version 1.3.1)

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Jul 15 2008

RAMDOCTOR  YEA THATS KOOL BUT IF YOU HAVE OVER 20,000 DUPLICATES, YOU'LL BE THERE FOREVER   
(Version 2.5.2)

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Jun 29 2005

ANONYMOUS  but I see you have the dead tracks thingie.

Good on you.  
(Version 1.3)

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Jun 29 2005

ANONYMOUS  Anybody who's not babbling and drooling on his shoes is capable of keeping duplicates out of a library merely by intelligent organization of artist and title data.

If you had an app that scanned the library for missing .mp3 files, then you'd have something. Then again, I guess only the droolers will need that feature, too.

But my hat's off to you for creating an app that helps out all the droolers out there.  
(Version 1.3)

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Jun 29 2005

WOODEN BRAIN CONCEPTS  iDupe can in fact try to intelligently replace dead tracks, which is what I take it you mean by scanning for missing .mp3s.

Also, I should say that I developed this application first for myself. My tags are in great order--it's just that my library is huge. Sometimes I acquire new albums, but already had some of those tracks as singles in my library, or had bad rips of the album, or whatever.

Also, I frequently move mp3s around among hard drives, re-adding them to my library, and sometimes forget or couldn't be bothered to remove the old associations from iTunes.

If you're the type that adds one new album a week, you don't need a tool like this. If you get music from multiple sources and are adding music frequently, you probably would have a use for it.  
(Version 1.3)

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Jul 4 2005

ANONYMOUS  I'm guessing you don't have 20 gigs of music.  
(Version 1.3)

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Jul 10 2005

ANONYMOUS  I have about 76 Gigs of MP3s :)

This app can be very helpful, thank you!  
(Version 1.3.1)

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