#Photo duplicate cleaner mac software
#Photo duplicate cleaner mac windows

#Photo duplicate cleaner mac windows

WeвЂ™ve already reviewed Duplicate Photo Finder, but that program is Windows only.

#Photo duplicate cleaner mac software

Anyway, software that can do this is hard to find. Took about 6 photos and liked only 2 of them. After all, who needs several shots of the same subject (like I have from this Christmas when I tried to take a picture of a snowman in the evening. Even if you have a duplicate file finder, it will only detect the exact duplicates and wonвЂ™t вЂњseeвЂќ any similar photos that you may want to get rid of. PhotoSweeper and PowerPhotos are the only two apps I recommend for removing duplicated image files from a Photos library.Finding and deleting duplicate photos can be tricky. NOTE 3: deleting a photo from a Moment or Collection (the Photos window) or the All Photos window deletes ALL occurences of that photo in the library.

There is no key combination that will delete a photo from a project and move it directly to the Recently Deleted smart album. NOTE 2: deleting a photo from an album, slideshow, book, etc., with the Delete key only deletes the photo from that item. NOTE 1: If you're using Photos 1.2 or earlier use the File вћ™ Show Recently Deleted menu option.ДЈ - in the Recently Deleted album you can opt to let the photo automatically delete after the 30 day waiting period is up, delete them immediately or restore them to the library. Photos, Memories, Favorites, People, Recents, Imports, albums, smart albums or projects, select the photo(s) you want to delete and use the key combination of Command+Delete to move the photos to the Recently Deleted smart album.Дў - click on the Recently Deleted smart albums in the sidebar. Pay particular attention to Note 2 and 3.ДЎ - regardless of where you are in the library, i.e.

The following is how photos are deleted in a library. PhotoSweeper finds duplicate files in a library, not duplicate or separate occurrences of an image like in multiple albums. BUT if you let it delete the original photo, then all other occurrences of the photo that might be in albums will also be gone.В (The album will have a pointer left that points to a deleted original and therefore canвЂ™t be displayed) Therefore IвЂ™m dismissing PhotoSweeper as a workable solution. Its вЂњAutoMarkвЂќ feature marks photos in albums or the actual original photo for deletion. PhotoSweeperВ - finds all duplicate photos regardless whether they are stored as the original photo or displayed in вЂњAlbumsвЂќ. Now that I hopefully explained the problem, can you recommend a better duplicate remover that solves the issues outlined above.Д«TW - Neither of the two apps explain to a user that most likely they will loose tons of their photos (either originals or inside albums) by using their apps.В In my case it identified ~5,000 duplicates for removal and I fret over deleting them with the apps mentioned. What should actually be happening is that if a duplicate is marked for deletion and includes pointers to the photo in one or more albums, a вЂњsymbolic linkвЂќ or pointer from the marked photo to be deleted to the remaining original photo should be created before deleting the duplicate in order to preserve the вЂњcopies of the photoвЂќ that occur in вЂњAlbumsвЂќ or all its pointers within albums should be remapped to the remaining original photo. Sofar so good, BUT lets say it marks photo #2 (the duplicate) for removal and a photo inside an вЂњAlbumвЂќ points to photo #2 (the duplicate) then the photo in the вЂњAlbumвЂќ will also be gone. Photos Duplicate CleanerВ - seems to work smarter, it only looks for true duplicates inside the вЂњoriginalsвЂќ folder of the library, ignoring duplicates (pointers in the albums)В It also AutoMarks duplicates from its discovery. Therefore IвЂ™m dismissing PhotoSweeper as a workable solution. BUT if you let it delete the original photo, then all other occurrences of the photo that might be in albums will also be gone.В (The album will have a pointer left that points to a deleted original and therefore canвЂ™t be displayed) IвЂ™ve tried using the вЂњPhotoSweeperвЂќ and вЂњPhotos Duplicate CleanerвЂќ apps, but neither one removes duplicates correctly. Copies of these photos that are put in вЂњAlbumsвЂќ are actually not photos but instead pointers back to the source photos.В The вЂњPhotosвЂќ app stores the original photos in the вЂњoriginalsвЂќ folder and utilizes a sqlite DB to manage pointers to photos inside вЂњAlbumsвЂќ Photos allows for creating вЂњAlbumsвЂќ that are made up of photos stored in the top level вЂњPhotos FolderвЂќ. IвЂ™ve been struggling with finding the best method to delete duplicate photos within my вЂњPhotos LibraryвЂќ