How to Delete Duplicates and Fix Track Info in the Apple Music App on Mac

How to clean up your Music app library

With the introduction of macOS Catalina came the breaking down of iTunes into 3 new apps: Music, Podcasts and TV.

When browsing the Apple Music app on your Mac, you may notice issues such as duplicate songs, songs with missing or incorrect metadata, or tracks where the original file is missing.

Fear not, help is at hand! To clear your Music app of duplicates, mislabelled songs and broken tracks quickly and efficiently, we recommend using Tune Sweeper. It gives you full control of which tracks are deleted, leaving you with your desired version (and loads more space on your Mac)!

How to remove duplicates from the macOS Music app:

1. Download and install Tune Sweeper on your Mac.
2. Launch Tune Sweeper.
3. Click "Search for Duplicates".
4. Set your Duplicate Search Criteria.
5. Click "Search for Duplicates" to begin the search.
6. Automatically select tracks to remove by setting a "Keep Selection Preference", or manually check tracks to remove.
7. Once your selection has been made, click "Remove Duplicates".
   
8. Click to confirm!
   

Your selected duplicate files will be moved to the Trash on your Mac. This gives you chance to perform a final check to ensure you are happy to delete them from your computer. If you are sure, you can empty the Trash on your Mac to permanently delete the files and clear all that storage space on your Mac.

How to fix track information in the macOS Music app:

1. Launch Tune Sweeper on your Mac.
2. Click "Fix Track Info" to show tracks which have missing information or are likely to have incorrect information.
3. Click "Download Information for all tracks" to search the database.
4. Tune Sweeper will show suggested changes highlighted in red.
5. If highlighted changes contain a dropdown box, multiple potential tags were found. Click the arrow next to the box to choose your desired information.
6. Click "Save Changes to Music" to apply the changes to your music files.

Takeaways

So now you know how to clean up your Music App library on macOS Catalina, Big Sur, Monterey, Ventura, Sonoma or Sequoia.

Using the "Keep Selection Preference" feature makes it easy to automatically select all duplicate tracks to remove based on your chosen criteria.

Without access to this powerful tool, you could spend hours manually going through your library trying to pick out the tracks you want to delete out of a similar bunch.

Tune Sweeper is key to efficiently completing this process; however, it also has many more useful functions! Why not explore the app further to discover features like adding tracks from your computer to your library, downloading artwork, and removing missing tracks?