Mac: Find and delete duplicate MP3s
Duplicate MP3 files disturb the overview in iTunes or in Finder. Here we show you how to find and delete your duplicate music files on your Mac.
Gemini: Comfortably search the entire hard drive
The Mac app "Gemini: the duplicate scanner" makes it particularly easy to track down duplicate MP3s. And not only that: Different file types can be searched. So you can search not only for duplicate MP3s but also documents, photos and videos.
- The program scores particularly in terms of user-friendliness and the user interface. Its chic and intuitive interface makes it particularly easy to use.
- With Drag'and'Drop you can drag your selected folder or the entire hard disk into the window and then select which duplicate files you would like to have displayed.
- In the AppStore you can get "Gemini: the duplicate scanner" for around 9 euros.
dupeGuru: free open source
The free open source tool dupeGuru not only finds duplicate MP3s, but generally searches for duplicates.
- After the search, you will see the duplicate files with file path in a list view and can directly select which files should be deleted.
- With dupeGuru you can choose whether the duplicate MP3s should be moved, copied or deleted.
We'll show you how to automatically manage your MP3 files with iTunes so that you can get more order into your music collection.