Just recently iTunes added on an additional feature for removing duplicates, but personally I have had horrible experience with it. If you are dealing with the problem of iTunes duplicates than there is only one way to take care of it; Automatically.

So just like the many other people out there I download songs from multiple sources besides just the over priced iTunes store. I’ll admit it, I’m not afraid. I don’t download every single one of my mp3 files from the iTunes store so therefore I have trouble with the organization of my library and the dreaded duplicate song problem.

Most people think that removing iTunes Duplicates is a simple process and does not require buying a program to get the job done, but you can take my word for it your are going to have more of a headache deleting the duplicate songs yourself. At first I used the iTunes delete duplicates feature and I wound up still having tons of duplicate iTunes songs. Maybe part of the problem was because I have several mislabeled songs as well but still I had to deal with duplicate songs.

To top things of I can be a little O.C.D. so if things aren’t in complete order in my life I get a little freaked out. iTunes has no problem locating some of your dupe songs but than you have to manually go trough and delete duplicates in iTunes which can be extremely time consuming. I mean for me I don’t have the time to sit around and delete iTunes duplicate songs when I have a million other tasks pulling me elsewhere.

So if you want to take the traditional route than start by doing a quick Google search for “remove iTunes duplicates” and get an explanation on how to delete duplicates on iTunes directly through the program itself. But if your still having problems after giving this a try than it would highly recommend giving Rinse My Music a try. Here is an explanation from Apple’s support site…

Apple’s Explanation on Finding and Removing Duplicate Items

1. Select Music under Library on the left side of the iTunes window.

2. From the File menu in iTunes, choose Show Duplicates. iTunes will then list all of the duplicate titles in your library.

3. Select any duplicate item you would like to delete.

4. Press the Delete key on your keyboard.

5. A message will appear asking you if you are sure you want to remove the item. Click the Remove button if you are sure.

6. If the item’s file was in your iTunes folder, you will be prompted by another dialog to either keep the file in your iTunes folder or move it to your computer’s Recycle Bin or Trash, which you can empty whenever you wish. If you want to remove the files from your iTunes folder and you’re using Windows, click Move to Recycle Bin. If you’re using a Mac, click Move to Trash.

Repeat the steps if you want to check for duplicate Movies, TV Shows, or Audiobooks by selecting the appropriate item in step 1.

Tip: You an speed the process up selecting multiple duplicates and deleting them all at once. To do this, press and hold down the Control key (Windows) or Command key (Mac), then click each individual duplicate item you want to delete. To delete all of the items you highlighted, press the Delete key on your keyboard and follow steps 3 through 5 from the above list of steps again.

The problem you might encoutner is your songs don’t even have names in the first place or you don’t have enough time to use the manual method. If you have a small number of sons in your music library than this method might work for you, but for my massive music library it was out of the question.

Now I have my music library in complete organization and a I never miss a beat in the Gym because of having to change a duplicate song. Don’t let simple distractions mess you up when your trying to focus on a good work out, it can lead to injury and you won’t be able to get the most out of your efforts.

So take it from if you are looking for a quick and easy way to remove iTunes duplicates, just download a copy of Rinse and you will be squared away in no time. If you would like to learn more about the program and it’s other features just click the home button and read the in depth review of the software. If you are still skeptical about as to the effectiveness of the software at removing iTunes duplicates than download the free trial first and give it a try before you actually buy the program. That’s what I did before I bought it.

Now I never have to worry about iTunes duplicates or waste my time organizing my music library. I don’t care who you are, people have better things to do than fix up their iTunes music libraries. I can’t remind people enough how relieved they would be if they just used a cleanup program like Rinse to remove iTunes duplicates or find missing album art.

So don’t waste another minute manually removing duplicate songs and fixing up your iTunes library. Check out the easy and low cost solution that everyone else is using to clean up their libraries and save yourself some free time. I know my sister-in-law spent about 8 hours organizing her iTunes library and deleting duplicates until I recommended Rinse to her. The funny thing is, she would probably still be working on fixing up her songs if she didn’t download the program.

Instead of giving herself even more of an incredible headache she let Rinse for iTunes clean up her library like magic. I actually bought the program for her so she would stop tweaking out on her library and move on with her life. My recommendation for anyone stuck with a music library full of iTunes duplicates is to just download Rinse and watch the program work its magic. Trust me you will find that the small investment will make your life a whole lot easier after you download Rinse and have a duplicate free iTunes library.