
Press the Shift key in Windows or the Alt or Option key on a Mac and then click File > Display Exact Duplicates to view files with the same name, artist, and album. To see a list of files with the same name and artist, choose the library in the left pane and click File > Display Duplicates. ITunes provides two options for identifying duplicate files: one based on the song name and artist, and another "exact" method based on the song name, artist, and album. The semi-automatic way to remove duplicate media files Now I'm spending more time listening to the tracks in my iTunes library and less time skipping, scrolling, and searching. While I was at it, I adjusted the volume on some tracks that I had converted from audio cassettes, made sure joined tracks play in sequence, set iTunes to fill my iPod automatically, and learned some handy playback-control keyboard shortcuts.

About the time my iTunes music library reached 5,000 tracks I knew it was time for a cleanup.
