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Duplicate photos from Photos?

What is the best App to identify and allow me to remove duplicate photos in Photos?

iMac 27″ 5K, macOS 11.1

Posted on Jan 28, 2021 5:58 PM

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Posted on Jan 29, 2021 4:57 AM

I can also recommend Photos Duplicate Cleaner. It is free, but will prompt you to upgrade to the paid version.


https://www.duplicatephotosfixer.com/photocleaner


When I tested it, it grouped the duplicates like Photo Sweeper I an overview for comparison and inspection, and could automatically mark candidates for deletion. The marked photos will be added to an album, so we can safely delete them from this album using the Photos.app. It is safe to use and free, but both PowerPhotos and Photo Sweeper are more convenient . And one problem I noticed is, that the thumbnails of the photos are not showing the edited version, but the original. So we cannot be sure, if we are deleting the edited version or the original.


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Jan 29, 2021 4:57 AM in response to TonyCollinet

I can also recommend Photos Duplicate Cleaner. It is free, but will prompt you to upgrade to the paid version.


https://www.duplicatephotosfixer.com/photocleaner


When I tested it, it grouped the duplicates like Photo Sweeper I an overview for comparison and inspection, and could automatically mark candidates for deletion. The marked photos will be added to an album, so we can safely delete them from this album using the Photos.app. It is safe to use and free, but both PowerPhotos and Photo Sweeper are more convenient . And one problem I noticed is, that the thumbnails of the photos are not showing the edited version, but the original. So we cannot be sure, if we are deleting the edited version or the original.


Jan 29, 2021 12:29 AM in response to Uncle Bo

Hi


An app designed to work with the photos library (Ie one that marks the photos or puts them in an album, and lets you review and then delete them, rather than doing the delete itself.


Do NOT use a general file duplicate finder not designed to work with the photos library. They will damage your photos library and likely cause loss of your photos.


I personally use PowerPhotos (I also use this for copying images and data between libraries)
https://www.fatcatsoftware.com/powerphotos/



Another suitable app recommended by experts here is PhotoSweeper (I have no personal experience of this one)

https://overmacs.com/


Both are paid apps. PhotoSweeper is the lowest cost, but PowerPhotos provides a lot of functionality in addition to the duplicate detection.

Jan 30, 2021 9:58 AM in response to Uncle Bo

Thanks for all the help! After looking at reviews I bought Photos Sweeper. I was impressed with their responses to mentioned issues. After installing I had some questions and developer was extremely helpful. It found over 9,000 duplicates in total of 22,000 photos. Also found that old iPhotos library was adding an additional 7,000 duplicates taking up memory space.

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