Id like to eliminate duplicate files from my audio file collection. Is there an AppleScript solution?
Maybe. The difficulty with AppleScripting a procedure like this is that there is no way to determine if two files sound the same. While an AppleScript can easily identify duplicate tracks (two or more tracks spawned from the single file) by their database id (an AppleScript property of each track), AppleScript cannot ascertain that two files have the same “sound”, even if they have the same names, sizes, bit rates, etcetera. You have to listen to them. That being said… The script Trash Duplicates assists in removing duplicate tracks and their files by allowing you to listen to the suspect files. Wrangle Same-Named Tracks will look for other tracks that contain the same name as the selected track and copy them to a new playlist. On a grander scale, Corral All Dupes traverses your entire main library or iPod library looking for dupes with the same song name and size and then copies them to a “Dupes” playlist. Once you have them corralled, you can decide which ones are actually duplicat
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