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how to remove duplicate photo in iphoto

Hi,


I have a big iphoto library, 13868 items.

Scrolling that library i can see some duplicate photo, how can i find all duplicate photo and remove it?


thanks

iPhone 4, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Apr 11, 2013 8:01 AM

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Posted on Apr 11, 2013 8:03 AM

iPhoto Library Manager - http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/ - has a good duplicate elimination module


LN

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Apr 11, 2013 9:14 AM in response to fabbro.fabbro

i try that software but it doesn't work for me.It find 0 duplicate.

i allready use dupezapp also....no duplicate, but i can see them in library

Where do you see these 'duplicates"? in looking through events in iPhoto? In photos view in iPhoto? Where?


Since two different duplicate programs do not see duplicates I'm guessing that these are not duplicates - but need more informaiton to help more


What version of iPhoto?



LN

Apr 11, 2013 12:23 PM in response to LarryHN

LarryHN wrote:


i try that software but it doesn't work for me.It find 0 duplicate.

i allready use dupezapp also....no duplicate, but i can see them in library

Where do you see these 'duplicates"? in looking through events in iPhoto? In photos view in iPhoto? Where?


Since two different duplicate programs do not see duplicates I'm guessing that these are not duplicates - but need more informaiton to help more


What version of iPhoto?



LN

I see the duplicate in iphoto in photos

May 14, 2013 7:24 AM in response to Jennifer Lew

1 - I do not use Tidy up but be careful and have a good backup - it has been reported to damage iPhoto libraries


2 - the advice in the linked blog to use terminal to delete the originals and replace them with modified is spectuarlly stupid - it will cause a loss of photos and for the photos that remain it totally eliminates one of iPhoto's strongest features of lossless editing - you must NEVER make any change to the structure of content of the iPhoto library - doing so will cause dataloss - if you do not want your originals always kept then do not use iPhoto - use a program that works the way you want - iPhoto always keeps the original and must always have it


Please rrefrain form posting destructive advice for unsuspecting users


LN

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