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How do I delete duplicate photos in iphoto as opposed to having to delete duplicates individually?

How do I delete duplicate photos in iphoto as opposed to having to delete duplicates individually?

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013), iOS 8.2

Posted on Mar 30, 2015 12:53 PM

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Posted on Mar 30, 2015 2:56 PM

Where are you seeing these duplicates? In the iPhoto window or in the Finder? If it's in the iPhoto window then they are truly duplicates. In that case these applications will identify and help remove duplicate photos from an iPhoto Library:


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.


If you're seeing the duplicates in the Finder they are not duplicates but necessary image files required by iPhoto to operate correctly.

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Mar 30, 2015 2:56 PM in response to reddi1

Where are you seeing these duplicates? In the iPhoto window or in the Finder? If it's in the iPhoto window then they are truly duplicates. In that case these applications will identify and help remove duplicate photos from an iPhoto Library:


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.


If you're seeing the duplicates in the Finder they are not duplicates but necessary image files required by iPhoto to operate correctly.

User uploaded file

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