Q: How do I de-duplicate Photo's in iPhoto?
I know I have around 3,000 digital photo's on my MacBook Pro. For some reason, the computer has generated multiple copies (sometimes as many as 8!) of exactly the same photo and now tells me I have somewhere in the order of 19,000! The computer has also generated photo's of each of the faces in each of my photo's, this is on top of the exact duplicates.
Have asked Apple 'Genius' at an Apple Store and he was both confused and confusing in his answer so basically I would like to know how to de-duplicate (and Trash the 'faces' photo's. Any ideas would be gratefully received. PS I am not that computer literate so please keep your answer simple and precise. Thank you in advance - Freddie2014
MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1), How do I de-duplicate photo's in iPhoto
Posted on Jan 21, 2015 7:34 PM
This really really is not a problem.
All my Files i just that - a list of all your files. In iPhoto you have the master photo you imported from your camera, you also have various tiny thumbnails versions used for display and a preview used for sharing. These are not duplicates. They re not copies. For a start they're all different sizes. They are not untidy and they are all required for iPhoto to work.
The very best advice I can give you is to absolutely ignore 'All My Files'. It's too crude a tool to be useful. It's like lifting the bonnet on a car. If you're not a mechanic then it's all just a bundle of wires and bits and stuff. You wouldn't tidy that up, would you?
Seriously, you don't have a problem.
Posted on Jan 22, 2015 1:31 AM
