HT204264: iCloud Photo Library

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hankandcat

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Q: what is the best way to delete duplicates in icloud photos?

due to several uploads from several devices and lack of time to go through and ID an then delete duplicates, my Icloud photo has a tremendous amount of duplicates. Other than personally going through each aprox 7400 pics, is there a more streamlined way to go about it. I know there are some good programs/apps for this purpose but I am faily confident that they are geared towards pics on you comps hard drive and NOT the cloud.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Posted on Nov 4, 2015 6:14 PM

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by Eric Root,

Eric Root Nov 5, 2015 2:48 PM in response to hankandcat
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Nov 5, 2015 2:48 PM in response to hankandcat

If the photos are duplicated on your computer, which they should be if the download from iCloud was successful, you can use one of the programs.
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by Old Toad,

Old Toad Nov 5, 2015 3:55 PM in response to hankandcat
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Nov 5, 2015 3:55 PM in response to hankandcat
These applications will identify and help remove duplicate photos from a Photos Library:

Duplicate Annihilator for Photos - $7.95
PhotoSweeper - $9.99 - Demo version available.

PowerPhotos - $19.95
Photos Duplicate Cleaner - Free

PowerPhotos is the iPhoto Library Manager version for Photos and is very powerful. Although more expensive I would recommend it as it has more capabilities than the others and has the added capability to merge Photos libraries or copy photos along with their metadata between libraries.
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