Catalina Music App duplicates

[cambridgehank]

My music library is in a lot of chaos.  But, I am trying to sort it out.  In the old iTunes, I could go to File> Library >show duplicates and in that screen there was a "same album" button.  Not so in Catalina.  I did show duplicates and 8,000 items showed up.  Half of what I could see had a cloud next to them.  I searched and found a command for view>only downloaded files. Now there are 5200 files but they do not appear to be duplicates.  I selected by title and by album, but I do not see where there are duplicates.  I tried calling Apple support but the wait was killing me.  I would appreciate any assistance.  Thanks

[cambridgehank]

https://support.apple.com/guide/music/change-where-music-files-are-stored-mus69248042d/mac

 

KirkMc, I have had enough time during this quarantine to work on the duplicates issue.

I tried Dupin and was not fully satisfied.  I then tried Tune Sweeper 4 and did not get any better solution.  I then went to Duplicate File Fixer.  During this time, Apple support sent me to the above link. In reading it over several times, it seems that Catalina Music App creates duplicate files.  

"You can consolidate all the files in your library in the Music folder—for example, to make it easier to move your library to a new computer.

1. In the Music app  on your Mac, choose File > Library > Organize Library.

2. Select “Consolidate files.

   Files remain in their original locations, and copies are placed in the default folder."

I ran Duplicate File Fixer on the two different folders and found several duplicates in each.  But, I am not happy with two Music folders.  Have you had any issues with this?  I downloaded your latest book and will read for any solutions.

Thanks

[cambridgehank]

From reading that apple article, I believe Music App created a second folder.  Some songs in iTunes are in either one or the other.  Long story short, I do not know why?

[cambridgehank]

I will try to consolidate the two files.  My concern is the disconnection of playlist from a song.  Luckily, I have exported almost all my playlist to my MacMini for the Sonos speakers.  I have nothing better to do, now that we are in quarantine .

[cambridgehank]

I do not remember.  I will review my files