There's one thing many of us music loving computer users have in common -- messy music libraries. Over the years of collecting tracks, our libraries get littered with mislabeled or unlabeled tracks, missing album art, and more. Luckily, there's some great software to clean this up and get better organized.
TuneUp is a pay program, but you can test it out for free on up to 50 songs. The program normally costs around $40 for an annual subscription or about $50 as a one-time purchase. TuneUp works on Windows and OS X. It allows you to tag all of your files in a batch if you'd like. The interface is simple - you drag and drop files to TuneUp from either Windows Media Player or iTunes and TuneUp will find the proper artist, album, and other song data including album art.
MediaMonkey is a free piece of software for Windows only. There is a limited batch tagging feature - it only works on a per album basis (you can tag multiple songs as part of the same album). MediaMonkey also is a media manager/player, so if you wanted to rid yourself of iTunes or Media Player, this is a free option. Compared to TuneUp, MediaMonkey does give you the option to choose which album a song came from. So if you really want to use the album art from the original album and not a 'Greatest Hits' collection, you'll have that ability.
This free program is cross-platform and works on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. MusicBrainz Picard does handle batch tagging. Additionally, MusicBrainz Picard has Audio Fingerprinting which allows for very accurate music tagging. That feature is turned off by default. You'll have to go into the Options menu to activate that feature.
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Delete Duplicate Movies in iTunes. Occasionally, people will want to sync movies to iPad for an enjoyment. If the users don’t clean up the movie library regularly, they will get a lot of movies in their library, maybe the duplicate movies will then pile up. 2019-10-11 I'm having trouble importing my iTunes library though. Apparently an upgrade from Mojave will automatically convert the library to an Apple Music suitable format, but what about importing after a clean install? The formats seem different, iTunes uses.itl and Music uses.musicdb. Do I need to re-add all my music and re-build the library from. Clean up and organize your iTunes music library. I present four ways to tidy up the music you have stored in iTunes, none of which requires complicated procedures or added software. Steps of Using iTunes Match to Clean Up iTunes Library Another nifty method for cleaning up your iTunes library is through the use of Apple’s innovative tool, iTunes Match. This tool by Apple checks all the tracks in your music library against all of the songs that Apple sells. Select the Music folder, and click the iTunes folder. You will see two files named “iTunes Library.itl and iTunes Music Library.xml,” delete both files from your Mac. If you’ve completed the above steps, then open your Mac and create your own music library. How to Reset iTunes Library on Windows PC.
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For a video explanation of how to clean up your music library, watch episode 27 of Know How on TWiT.tv.