Duplicate photos

[eric j]

Hi.

Mac OS 10.4.11, iPhoto 6.0.6.

An earlier version of iPhoto flagged up duplicates when uploading from my camera and allowed to block them. Today I discovered that this functionality seems to be absent from iPhoto 6.0.6.

Now I seek two solutions:-

1. A work-around in iPhoto

2. A way to delete uploaded duplicates.

Also a question:-

Is Duplicate Annihilator reliable and effective?

Thanks in advance for help-

eric j

[krissel]

That was a known issue with iPhoto 6 and was fixed in later editions. If it used to do so and now doesn't, perhaps remove the preference file from user/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iPhoto.plist, while iPhotos is closed, then log out/in or restart and see if it changes things. If not, put it back.

You could try importing the photos with Image Capture to a folder on the desktop and then to iPhoto from there but you'd have to do some manual detection of duplicates.


Duplicate Annihilator has received good comments from many people.  Here's one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rrEiSKwJ5Q


There are add ons for iPhoto discussed in this article, including Annihilator:

http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=727923

http://www.bullstorm.se/KeywordManager.php
http://www.brattoo.com/propaganda/index.php?action=software
http://www.rhythmiccanvas.com/software/iphotodiet/
http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/

[Highmac]

One of the comments on that video mention Duplicate Image Detector, which "runs free for an unlimited time" but "when running in demo mode the only limitation is you cannot perform any actions on duplicates that have been found"

I haven't tried it so link is FYI only.

[eric j]

Thanks Friends,

I will go with Duplicates Annihilator.

Highmac,
I served my Graduate Apprenticeship not far from where you live now - in Coventry with Armstrong Soiddeley. I lived there from 1949 to 1955 and experienced the rebuilding of Coventry following its devastation in WW2.

Regards

eric j