Well now, let me tell you about this Spotify thingy and them songs that keep playin’ over and over. Drives me nuts, it does! Like that rooster crowin’ at 4 AM, same darn sound, gets old real quick. They call ’em “duplicate songs,” fancy words for the same ol’ tune playin’ twice, or even three times!
So, I heard tell there’s ways to get rid of them extra songs. First thing, you gotta open up that Spotify contraption. You know, the one with all them colors and pictures. Looks like a jumble to me, but the grandkids, they know how to work it.
Then, you gotta find your “library.” Sounds fancy, like a big ol’ room with books, but it ain’t. It’s just where all your music is hidin’. Look for somethin’ that says “duplicate songs” or somethin’ like that. If you can’t find it, ask one of them young’uns. They know all this tech stuff.
Now, here’s the tricky part. You gotta look through all them songs and find the ones that are the same. Same name, same singer, same everything. It’s like lookin’ for two peas in a pod, but sometimes them pods get mixed up real good.
- Some folks say you can match ’em by some “Track ID” thing. Sounds complicated.
- Others say you can match by the name, the singer, and how long the song plays. That makes more sense to me.
Once you find them doubles, you gotta get rid of ’em. Spotify, they say, has a way to “remove” them. Sounds harsh, like yankin’ weeds from the garden. But I guess that’s what you gotta do. Look for a button that says “remove” or maybe “delete.” Just be careful you don’t go deletin’ somethin’ you actually like.
Some folks say there’s a special button that says “Remove duplicates from this playlist”. If you see that, you’re in luck! Just click it and let the machine do its work. It’s like havin’ a helper in the kitchen, saves you a whole lotta trouble.
Now, if you got a whole bunch of songs, like thousands of ’em, it can take a while to sort through all that mess. It’s like cleanin’ out the attic after fifty years – you find all sorts of things you forgot you had, and a whole lotta dust bunnies, too! One fella said he had over three thousand songs he liked and had to sort ’em all out by name to find the duplicates. That’s a lot of work, I tell ya. Sounds like he needed a whole day and a big pot of coffee.
And then there’s this thing called the “On Repeat” playlist. Spotify keeps track of what you listen to a lot. But sometimes, it puts the same song on there multiple times. You can’t just delete ’em from that list, but you can tell it to stop playin’ ’em. You gotta tap on some little dots, three of ’em, and then find somethin’ that says “Hide this song.” It’s like hidin’ the cookies from the grandkids, they’re still there, but you ain’t gotta look at ‘em.
Some folks even talk about pressin’ some buttons on their “keyboard” – that’s that fancy typewriter thing – to delete the songs. Something called “Del” or “Backspace.” Sounds too complicated for me. I prefer buttons I can see and poke with my finger, not all them fancy keys.
So, to sum it all up, gettin’ rid of them duplicate songs is like cleanin’ house. You gotta find ’em, sort ’em, and then get rid of the ones you don’t need. It might take a while, but it’s worth it to have your music playin’ nice and smooth, without hearin’ the same song over and over till your ears bleed. It ain’t rocket science, but it ain’t easy neither.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I gotta go make some biscuits before the grandkids come over and start messin’ with that Spotify thing again.
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