Removing duplicates in mass from Music

Apple Music has been wreaking havoc with my music library. I now have almost 11,000 exact duplicate songs.


In the Music folder on an external hard drive, it only shows one song - there is no visible evidence of a songs being doubled. But in Music, they are clearly visible as being duplicates. Exact duplicates.


I know how to find duplicates, but making thousands of manual deletions is nonsense.


Any way to get rid of duplicates in mass? Or "empty" Music and re-import?


This duplication nightmare has rendered Music almost unlistenable.


Thank you.


MacBook Air 13″, macOS 14.7

Posted on Mar 16, 2025 9:15 AM

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Removing duplicates in mass from Music

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