Remove duplicated photos in Photos for Mac

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Remove duplicated photos in Photos for Mac

Hi everyone,

i am using MacOS Sierra 10.12.5 on my new iMac 27,5" 2017 machine. "Photos" is my only application where i have a library with about 105k pictures. All pictures are also in the iCloud and i am not using the "optimize-local-storage" option, which gives me a 350GB library.

Everything works like a charm with the current version, but during some former import processes i happend to create some duplicates in my library.

Is there any way of removing or merging duplicated photos?

Thanks very much,

svphexi

iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017), macOS Sierra (10.12.5)

Posted on Jun 24, 2017 8:25 AM

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Old Toad

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Jun 25, 2017 6:20 AM in response to svphexi

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 - $29.95
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 like the capability to merge Photos libraries or copy photos along with their metadata between libraries.

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LarryHN

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Jun 25, 2017 6:20 AM in response to svphexi

There are three tested, safe duplicate removal programs - many duplicate removal programs damage the Photos library beyond repair - never use one that directly removes photos or modifies them

The safe ones include:

PowerPhotos which also is an outstanding utility for use with photos for much more than duplicate removal

Duplicate Annihilator for Photos

PhotoSweeper for Photos

LN

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