Is there an easy way to identify and delete HDR copies uploaded from iPhone? The duplicate apps I've tried don't recognize duplicates due to file size differences. I have over 7000 iPhone pics in iPhoto with TONS of duplicates!
iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012), OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)
These applications will identify and help remove duplicate photos from an iPhoto Library. The last may be what you're looking for.
iPhoto Library Manager - $29.95
PhotoSweeper - $9.95 - This app can search by comparing the image's bitmaps or histograms thus finding duplicates with different file names and dates.
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 the library.
DeCloner - $19.95 - can find duplicates in iPhoto Libraries or in folders on the HD.
DupliFinder - $7 - shows which events the photos are in.
iPhoto AppleScript to Remove Duplicates - Free
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.
I'd create a test library and download about 10 HD and regular photos and test whichever app you may purchase on it. Most will work in demo mode on a limited number of photos.
The issue is these are not really duplicates and sometimes the HDR version is worse due to movement between exposures and sometimes the non HDR version is worse due to poor contrast - only you can determine which is best to keep
On you phone you can set it to only save one or the other - but this may not give you the best version
For past ones software like iPhoto Library Manager or Duplicate Annihilator can help identify the dups
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