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May 9, 2014 10:23 AM in response to ALYVEGA84by Old Toad,You can restore a backup copy of the library made just prior to the title misstep.
In the future if a big error has been made like that immediately use the undo command: ⌘-Z. It must be done immediately for it to work.
OT
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May 9, 2014 10:27 AM in response to Old Toadby ALYVEGA84,I did command z but I couldn't figure out what was going on and panicked. I'm in the process of restoring but why does iPhoto treat it like I am importing photos?
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May 9, 2014 10:28 AM in response to Old Toadby ALYVEGA84,The back up was useless. Now all the imported photo titles are back to the original file names.
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May 9, 2014 10:35 AM in response to ALYVEGA84by Old Toad,Looks like you'll have to redo them all over again.
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May 9, 2014 10:37 AM in response to ALYVEGA84by ALYVEGA84,I now also have an inordinate number of identical photos. I know from experience I can't start deleting them willy-nilly or I might ruin the original. It took me months and months to organize and name the photos.
To add insult to injury, all the photos did not even end up in the correct PLACES sort.
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May 9, 2014 10:40 AM in response to ALYVEGA84by Old Toad,★HelpfulIf you're seeing those duplicate photos in the iPhoto window you can use one of these applications to identify and help remove duplicate photos from an iPhoto Library:
- iPhoto Library Manager - $29.95
- Duplicate Annihilator - $7.95 - only app able to detect duplicate thumbnail files or faces files when an iPhoto 8 or earlier library has been imported into another.
- PhotoSweeper - $9.95 - This app can search by comparing the image's bitmaps or histograms thus finding duplicates with different file names and dates.
- DeCloner - $19.95 - can find duplicates in iPhoto Libraries or in folders on the HD.
- DupliFinder - $7 - shows which events the photos are in.
- PhotoDedupo - $4.99 (App Store) - this app has a "similar" search feature which is like PhotoSweeper's bitmap comparison. It found all duplicates
- Duplicate Cleaner for iPhoto - free - was able to recognize the duplicated HDR and normal files from an iPhone shooting in HDR
Some users have reported that PhotoSweeper did the best in finding all of the dups in their library: iphoto has duplicated many photos, how...: Apple Support Communities.
If you have an iPhone and have it set to keep the normal photo when shooting HDR photos the two image files that are created will be duplicates in a manner of speaking (same image) but there are only twp apps that detected the iPhone HDR and normal photos as being duplicates: PhotoSweeper and Duplicate Cleaner for iPhoto. None of the other apps detected those two files as being duplicates as they look for file name as well as other attributes and the two files from the iPhone have different file names.
iPLM, however, is the best all around iPhoto utility as it can do so much more than just find duplicates. IMO it's a must have tool if using iPhoto.
HOWEVER, if you're seeing the "duplicate" photos via the Finder then they probably are not duplicates but necessary files required by iPhoto.
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May 9, 2014 10:41 AM in response to Old Toadby ALYVEGA84,Is it possible to merge all the duplicate files?
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May 9, 2014 11:12 AM in response to ALYVEGA84by mtngoatjoe@mac.com,Old Toad said to "Restore" your library, not import your backup. What are the steps you did when you were trying to fix your problem? I suspect you imported a library, but you'll have to confirm what you did. If you did import a library, there is hope for your situation.
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May 9, 2014 11:51 AM in response to mtngoatjoe@mac.comby ALYVEGA84,I went under browse back-ups (which appears to open Time Machine from my back up disk), selected the File that was affected and clicked "restore." I think it was "restore."
I can't really go rooting around now because I followed OT's advice and bought iPhoto Library Manager. I am now merging my last two libraries, doubles and all so I can get the titles back.
After that I plan to sweep out all the doubles and then possibly slit my wrists.
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May 9, 2014 1:22 PM in response to ALYVEGA84by mtngoatjoe@mac.com,★HelpfulI would not give up yet. Did you go far enough back in Time Machine? Time Machine makes a backup every hour, so you have to go "back in time" to where the problem didn't exist.
You have Time Machine, so this shouldn't be an issue. I'm not convinced that you need to manually fix this problem or buy any software.
Try this...
- Quit iPhoto.
- Go to your Pictures directory.
- Change the name of your iPhoto library.
- Click on the Time Machine icon in your Dock.
- Use arrow buttons on the screen to go back in time. Go back to when you know the problem didn't exist.
- Select the iPhoto library, and click Restore.
If this process doesn't work, then you can still use your library (the one your renamed).
Like I said, you have Time Machine, so this should be easy. Give it a try before you continue. It might just work.
This video might be helpful: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3osFFNulAQ
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May 10, 2014 5:51 AM in response to mtngoatjoe@mac.comby ALYVEGA84,That was so much more helpful and it wouldn't have cost me a dime...if I had seen this first. Unfortunately, I already plunked downed $29.95 for software that won't even let me manually decide which duplicate to keep. In addition, the file size of each photo was greatly reduced.
Any clue as to why this happens. When I originally load a photo, it might say 1.2 mb and then later I might notice it is 120 and I can't use it to order prints.
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May 14, 2014 1:05 PM in response to ALYVEGA84by mtngoatjoe@mac.com,Did you get it resolved?
As for the small versions of your photots, I still think it's because you imported your backup. I'm not sure how that would happen with Time Machine, but maybe???
Anyway, I hope you got things straightened out.
