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0022102MMW 5DB / Backuppublic2026-05-20 17:52
Reporterrusty Assigned To 
PriorityurgentSeveritymajorReproducibilityalways
Status assignedResolutionopen 
PlatformmacOSOS--OS Version--
Product Version2027 
Target Version2027 
Summary0022102: Library scans equivalent paths as duplicates
DescriptionDepending on what paths the user chooses to add files to the Library, MMM will add duplicates.
For example, by default the scan list contains /Users/<Username>/Music
But if the user manually scans Home > Music
--> /Volumes/Mac SSD/Users/<Username>/Music is added to the scan list and the entire library is duplicated!

MMM should prevent this from occurring. Possible approaches;
1) Always add the shorter version of the path (preferred)
2) Change the default scan paths to the longer forms and always use the long form of the paths (less preferred since the path isn't fully visible and is more complicated for most users)
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related to 0022101 assignedpetr Add/Rescan: It should be more obvious how to scan Music/Video 
related to 0021985 resolvedpetr Running Apple Music causes duplicates 

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rusty

2026-05-20 17:52

administrator   ~0081198

3) A variant of this issue is that when the user selects a file and uses Send to > Folder (Move/Copy/Convert), it sends the track to a path that results in a different library location than the paths that are scanned by default.