Two (or more) mp3 files for a song? can I delete one of them?

Hello world

I use iTunes 12.4.3.1 on iMac with OS X El Capitan.

I recently created a "parallel" to the MP3 playlist for a playlist with about 100 titles, because I need to burn it to CD. So far so good.  No doubt, I made some kind of mistake, and now I've discovered that, for each mp3 track have have two or more files.  They do NOT appear as duplicates.  Duplicates show two versions of the song, such as AAC and the other in mp3 format.  As in the following screenshot.

But if I select the song mp3 (the one with 160 Kbps) and click on 'Show in finder' I get the following THREE files:

The "right" one is that with time later and the '1' in the name, I know using the option "information" on the song.

so now the questions are:

(a) how it happened?

(b) is it possible to find ALL these duplicates and delete them?

(c) in the case, can I delete them manually without risk to my music library?

I am relatively new to Apple, I will be grateful for all the advice

Best regards

Claudio

(a) you can know with certainty, but my guess is that you have made a conversion like this before, and then deleted the new songs in the library after use, without deleting the corresponding files in the press kit at the same time. When iTunes tries to make a new copy by using the standard file naming scheme there is already a file it if it adds etc. '1' or '2' that required such file until it can make a new file name. (In some scenarios, it starts with "2" but I can't remember which).

(b) use file > add to library, and select the iTunes Media folder. Anything not currently connected to iTunes is added to the library. Use file > library > show duplicate items > same Album to an exact replica of the list. Sort on Date added. Remove duplicates added only today. Send messages deleted to the trash.

(c) see b). Manual removal is usually difficult and prone to error. You must be sure that the file you are deleting is not that the library is connected to. It may not always be apparent from the date or name.

There are a set of circumstances in which multiple entries of the library can be connected to a single file. If there is a risk that this then some extra to take when removing care needs, but this is not a problem in the scenario described and the given solution addresses only the physical dupes who are in the media folder and are not currently connected to iTunes.

TT2

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