Deleting duplicates

I too have many duplicate photos in my library. I have deleted all duplicates which now remain in my trash folder.
Having read many articles on the issue of duplicate images I am hessitant to empty the trash....
Do I risk to delete the originals as well when I empty my trash now ??
Has anyone had this experience ?
Looking forward to your suggestions.

no, it wouldn't. The instructions are just having a person dragging images to the desktop from within iPhoto. This will copy them to the desktop. then after they are copied to the desktop, the trash can then be emptied from within iPhoto.
None of these steps involve doing anything in the iPhoto Library folder in the Finder.
If you can start from the beginning with your problems and the exact steps you took to try and fix it. Also explain what you mean by "what your options were" and how you keep accidently making more duplicates.
I hope I can help, but need more info.

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Thank you for the question. Since you have already identified the duplicate media you just have a couple more steps to go. This article outlines the remainder of the steps in order to mass delete the duplicates.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2905
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duplicate annihilator - http://www.brattoo.com/propaganda/
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