![]() ![]() No hacking nor tampering with iPhoto system files.Īvailable in English, German, French, Italian and Swedish. Only uses standard Apple features and API's. Delete duplicates upon detection or mark them with a keyword to make them easily found using iPhoto features like search or smart folders.Detect duplicates by using file specific meta data such as filename, dimensions, filesize, Exif creation date or date of creation.Detect duplicates using effective algorithms using electronic checksums like MD5.Compare images using different algorithms to detect and understand differences.Easily find and annihilate duplicates created internally by iPhoto or during import. ![]() Run through a few times first checking my filename, then maybe dimensions, creation date, etc. The similar part is a bit harder as the criteria for similar could be many things. I am not exactly sure it will find your #2 and #3 right out of the gate, but since photos are marked with unique timestamps and other meta data, it should find them even if rotated. For what you need you might need a few passes to get the obvious dups, then find the harder to get ones. You can download and do a run and hopefully get rid and clean your folders the first time through. Even if you aren’t scanning in photos, using the side by side comparison tool makes it easy to see if you want to remove similar photos.The best that I could find and have used is Duplicate Annihilator, which works with iPhoto, and is upgraded for 10.8. I have no hesitation in recommending this application to anyone that has a photo album. The $9.99 price tag is a small price to pay for an application that does exactly what it says it will do and does it well. I know this is more the norm in applications today, but I just don’t like it.Īfter I tried PhotoSweeper (you can get a trial version from the developer’s website) in a basic test to see if it would work, I immediately went to purchase it on the Mac App Store (I like the ease of use of the App Store and while I know that developers take a hit, the seamless process especially using Touch ID on my MacBook Pro takes the thinking out of the purchase.) Much to my surprise, I had already purchased the application! I’m not quite sure when or why I had purchased it. Works on JPEGs and HEIC (new image format used on iPhones).Creates new album for photos marked as deleted.Integrates with Photos app to read photos.(If you can’t tell, the photo on the right shows a little bit of the electrical panel in the left side of the photo.) In my match example above, the photos are quite close and I’d be fine with keeping just one of them. The side by side comparison of matches is also quite useful to see if you want to remove photos that are not exact duplicates, but are close enough. While the program may seem like a use once application, I’ve run it a few times just to see if I missed anything. The process is quite simple and straightforward. Once you hit Trash Marked, PhotoSweeper opens Photos and moves the photos you marked to its own album and gives instructions on how to permanently remove the photos. The process takes awhile depending on the number of photos you are comparing, but most of the matches really are duplicates or close to being duplicates. You then walk through the groups of photos and select the ones to mark for deletion. I was amazed at the results as it found matches where the photos were scanned at different times, the color was different in them and sometimes the photos were cropped differently. The first time I ran it, I did a small sample just to see the results. The number of photos and your matching criteria determines how long the process will take. After you start, you see the blurred thumbnails of the photos as it goes through and does the comparisons. I selected a pretty loose matching criteria knowing that I would get a lot of matches. You then click Compare and select your options for comparison. In my case, I went ahead and selected all the photos. The first step in using PhotoSweeper is to select a bunch of photos. After a little while I stumbled upon PhotoSweeper and gave it a test drive. I knew that there were programs out there to find duplicates, so I started searching. The photos weren’t always of the same quality and I had to manually go through to pick the best one. Back in December when I was scanning in old photos, I found that I had some of the photos already in digital form leaving me with duplicates. ![]()
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