Posted on 9/29/11

MacMost Forum / How to find duplicate files in iphoto

i have more than one copy of same photo or video in iphoto.. that fills up space. how can i easily find them and delete all duplicates leaving only one copie.
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prabu

6 Responses to “How to find duplicate files in iphoto”

  1. Gary Rosenzweig says:
    9/29/11 at 8:34 pm

    I would just view them in Photos view (as opposed to Events or albums). Then scroll through them looking for duplicates. Any duplicate should have the exact same time stamp, so they should appear next to each other and be easy to spot.

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  2. Prabu says:
    9/30/11 at 3:19 am

    Gary thanks for reply…
    If i have hundreds and thousands sets of duplicate photos and videos…. Is there any easy way to automate the task…
    If Automator app is the solution How to do that in Automator?

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  3. Prabu says:
    10/6/11 at 2:14 pm

    Thankyou very much Gary

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  4. Michael Wheless says:
    10/8/11 at 7:29 pm

    I found a way to search for duplicates which saved a lot of time. I use the Faces feature. I simply open the Faces folder and begin to look for duplicates. Much easier to spot a face which is duplicated. I discovered many of the duplicates came from when I copied an older CD/DVD with my saved images. iPhoto copied everything, even my duplicates. Some I remembered I had duplicated for a folder I used to send to friends and family. Other duplicates were just that. iPhoto didn’t seem to care, or noted some slight difference in the dates or such. In any case, I was easily able to detect the duplicates and eliminate a large number this way.

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  5. FreezeM says:
    10/29/11 at 6:14 am

    Create a new iPhoto library, import all your photo’s and select ‘Do not import’ when promted how to deal with duplicates.

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