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30 Most Recent RSS FeedDave Taylor is one of my favorite coding guys; he’s got the know-how on everything from HTML to UNIX. So I was pretty bowled over to see Dave’s take on Dupin v2.1 in a post on de-dupin’ iTunes. Many thanks!
Dupin v2.1 is now available.
Dupin is your iTunes duplicates manager.
With Dupin you can:
New in Dupin v2.1:
More information and download links are here.
Just posted Dupin v2.0.4. This update fixes a problem with “Selection to iTunes Playlist” and a couple of other minor issues.
On another Dupin note: most likely this will be the last incarnation for Tiger/10.4 systems. The next revision, v2.1, and its descendants will be for Leopard and Snow Leopard only. However, v2.0.x will remain available and I will continue to upgrade v2.0.x for Tiger if future circumstances justify it.
Dupin v2.0.3 is now out and is essentially a maintenance release. I wanted to tie up some loose ends before continuing work on a version for Snow Leopard (due in September), so v2.0.3 is probably the last version before then. The issues fixed are rare, and most users never experienced them, but they’ve been nagging at me: fixed “disappearing” column bug; fixed problem with filenames of files imported from a non-Mac OS; fixed a harmless syntax problem with XML creation during Re-Playlist.
Dupin is your iTunes duplicates manager.
Dupin allows you to quickly find all sets of duplicate tracks in iTunes based on the criteria you choose. It can then automatically select the “Keeper” tracks from among a number of duplicates using your choice of a variety of versatile filter options. Tracks you decide not to keep can be purged from iTunes and their files optionally moved to the Trash. Dupin is flexible, fast, and easy to use.
With Dupin you can:
In addition, Dupin features:
Updated in version 2.0
Dupin is $15.00. Registered users of v1.x.x can upgrade to v2.x for $7.00. For more details, visit the Dupin product page.
A small number of Dupin users reported getting a crash at startup with v1.4.1, so this has been fixed in the latest release. The issue was caused by either 1) a playlist selected in Dupin’s Playlist Popup no longer existed or 2) an iTunes update would re-create a default Smart Playlist (such as “90’s Music”) which had been selected in the Playlist Popup. Neither condition should be an issue now.
iTunes’ “Show Duplicates” feature is helpful but you still have to examine every track to determine whether you want to keep or delete the tracks it finds. Smart Playlists are of dubious help and trying to locate all duplicates with them can be tedious as they can quickly crowd your Source list and slow iTunes down.
Now there’s Dupin.
Dupin is your iTunes duplicates manager.
Dupin allows you to quickly find all sets of duplicate tracks in iTunes based on the criteria you choose. It can then automatically select the “Keeper” tracks from among a number of duplicates using your choice of a variety of versatile filter options. Tracks you decide not to keep can be purged from iTunes and their files optionally moved to the Trash. Dupin is flexible, fast, and easy to use.
With Dupin you can:
In addition, Dupin features:
Updated in version 1.4:
This update is free for registered users.
Dupin Users: The current version of Dupin does not accommodate iTunes 8 Genius playlists properly when they are selected for “Get Duplicates”. Although I am concerned, it’s probably not a big deal.
Here’s the Thing: I am considering holding off the next update to Dupin (which will include the fix for Genius playlists) until some features I had been planning on adding are also implemented. While I could put up a quick fix quite soon (which would be version 1.3.5), I would only be releasing another update in a week or two with additional features (version 1.4). In either case, until the next update, you can avoid any issues with Genius playlists by not selecting them from Dupin’s Playlist popup. Your “Get Duplicates” results under such circumstances will be inaccurate.
Dupin v1.3.4 provides compatibility with iTunes 7.7.1. All users are encouraged to update.
Dupin allows you to quickly find all sets of duplicate tracks in iTunes based on the criteria you choose. It can then automatically select the “Keeper” tracks from among a number of duplicates using your choice of a variety of versatile filter options. Tracks you decide not to keep can be purged from iTunes and their files optionally moved to the Trash. Dupin is flexible, fast, and easy to use.
Thanks to Dan Pourhadi at MacUser for the thumbs-up on Dupin.
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