Aren't there several scripts that could handle this at "dougsapplescripts.com" or whatever the address is? He has a site that has tons of iTunes scripts.. I'm pretty sure they handle & clean up duplicates! On Sunday, June 1, 2003, at 10:09 AM, Kevin O'Hanlon wrote: > Hi list, > > Would anyone be able to enlighten me on how I can preserve playlists > if I > scratch my library and reimport all my media. My rational for doing > this > is because somehow I have managed to import the same songs (file > copies) > twice and now the only way I can see to streamline everything is > delete the > duplicates and then use a sync program to match what I have on my > powerbook > to what I have on my desktop and reimport the resulting updated music > folder.