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MP3 Tagger: How to use an id3 editor to Organise Your iTunes Library
If your itunes library is full of duplicate tracks and missing album art then read on. It is really very simple to use an id3 editor / mp3 tagger to sort out your itunes library. In this short article I will simply show you how to:
- Delete all those annoying duplicates – leaving just the best copy.
- Add in the missing album art – so your collection looks great.
- Fill in all the blanks, gaps and ‘unknown artists’.
After reading this this you will know how to do all this with an automated programme so you don’t even need to lift a finger. Sound good? Then read on.
Deleting duplicate tracks ‘by hand’ is a nightmare and just not practical if you have a large music collection. If you have missing or inaccurate track and artist information how will you know which ones are duplicates anyway? By using mp3 tagger software as an id3 editor it is much simpler. The software knows which tracks are the same and automatically deletes any spare or poor quality copies. This leaves you with just one copy – the best one! Whats more, think of all the space on your hard drive you will gain when you get rid of all those doubles and trebles in your collection. After I cleaned up my itunes library I saved 3GB of space!
Missing album art is not as important to most people. However this drives me crazy. I play music through my computer and I like to see the album cover when I am listening to tracks. It make me feel like I have my own private dukebox! Whats more, sometimes I forget the name of the album I want to listen to. I just know what the album cover looks like. Once you have all the album art in your collection you can use this as a visual search clue.
Probably the worst thing about having a messy itunes library is missing track, artist and album information. When half your tracks are ‘unknown track’ by ‘unknown artist’ it compounds all your problems. How do you know what track is which? How can you see which are duplicates? How can you find your music? The answer to all these is you can’t! You need to get some itunes clean up software in the form of an mp3 tagger / id3 editor.
So now you know the benefits of cleaning your itunes library with an mp3 tagger. You know how to automatically delete all your duplicate tracks. Fill in all the information blanks and unknown artists. Finally you know how to getl that missing album art that will make your itunes into your own private jukebox. So download a free trial and sort your itunes library out today!
A video of this mp3 tagger in action can be found here: Organize iTunes
About the Author
Hi I am Sandra Lewinski. I love scouring the internet looking for interesting and fun products and websites. I hope you enjoy my articles.
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