May282010

How can I delete duplicate photos from iPhoto?

anil asks:

How can one delete duplicate photos from iPhoto library on iMAC?



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Steve Campbell

May 28, 2010

I’m not too familiar with iPhoto, but I’m assuming it has some kind of search filter for your photos. I know there are programs that can analyze all the files in a particular folder and return the results of files that appear to be identical in size/name.

Maybe you can run a search like this to find identical files that you can then sort/delete.

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Ian

May 29, 2010

To delete Picture from I Photo.
Select picture, right click and on drop down menu select Remove to Trash, near bottom of menu.

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Anonymous

May 29, 2010

You can use Duplicate Annihilator (a US$ 7.95 Shareware). Not a free alternative, but if you have a lot of duplicates to eliminate, this one is worth considering.

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Aibek

May 29, 2010

try iPhotoDiet, It’s free.

Make sure to backup the photos beforehand, regardless of what program you’re going to use.

Aibek

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Frank79

June 23, 2010

What i wish it could do was replace duplicate pictures in albums with links to the original.

Pre iPhoto, I used Picassa on the PC and it used folders instead of albums to organize photos. That meant to make more than one album, I ended up duplicating the picture. That’s how I ended up with duplicates.

Tina

Frank,

I recommend you to ask this as a new question. Your chances of receiving answers will be much higher.

July 2, 2010
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Paul north

January 10, 2011

I suggest you go to http://www.easyduplicatefinder.com and download Tidy Up for MAC. This will help you manage all your duplicate files.

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Stefan Reitshamer

June 22, 2011

I wrote a $7 app called Duplifinder that finds and shows duplicates in your iPhoto Library:

http://www.haystacksoftware.com/duplifinder/

You can view the sets of duplicates, double-click to locate a photo in iPhoto, press Delete to delete a photo from iPhoto. Or just push “Move all duplicates to iPhoto Trash” to clean up.

If you have any questions about it please email me at support@haystacksoftware.com.

- Stefan