Duplications in iPhoto

Going through my iPhoto collection I notice that many, but not all, of the pictures have been duplicated. I have no idea how this came about. All I know is that I didn't duplicate them myself. Any ideas how many of my photos got duplicated? It's a tremendous bother to delete the duplications. Is there any way to find and delete duplicates as a batch?

iPhoto handles duplicates well and if you do not incorrectly use iPhoto you will never have duplicates to handle
and Duplicate Annihilator is $4.95 not $79 as you incorrectly state - http://duplicate-annihilator.en.softonic.com/mac
iPhoto diet does not work with the current iPhoto library
LN

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How to delete duplicate iphotos in the iphoto library

iphoto version 9.6.1(910.42)
macbook pro
I needed help on the duplications of iphotos
I'm experiencing multiple duplications

Where are you seeing these duplicates? In the iPhoto window or via the Finder? If it's in the iPhoto window these applications will identify and help remove duplicate photos from an iPhoto Library:
iPhoto Library Manager - $29.95
PhotoSweeper - $9.95 - This app can search by comparing the image's bitmaps or histograms thus finding duplicates with different file names and dates.
Duplicate Annihilator - $7.95 - only app able to detect duplicate thumbnail files or faces files when an iPhoto 8 or earlier library has been imported the library.
DeCloner - $19.95 - can find duplicates in iPhoto Libraries or in folders on the HD.
DupliFinder - $7 - shows which events the photos are in.
iPhoto AppleScript to Remove Duplicates - Free
PhotoDedupo - $4.99 (App Store) - this app has a "similar" search feature which is like PhotoSweeper's bitmap comparison. It found all duplicates
Duplicate Cleaner for iPhoto - free - was able to recognize the duplicated HDR and normal files from an iPhone shooting in HDR
Some users have reported that PhotoSweeper did the best in finding all of the dups in their library: iphoto has duplicated many photos, how...: Apple Support Communities.
If you have an iPhone and have it set to keep the normal photo when shooting HDR photos the two image files that are created will be duplicates in a manner of speaking (same image) but there are only twp apps that detected the iPhone HDR and normal photos as being duplicates: PhotoSweeper and Duplicate Cleaner for iPhoto. None of the other apps detected those two files as being duplicates as they look for file name as well as other attributes and the two files from the iPhone have different file names.
iPLM, however, is the best all around iPhoto utility as it can do so much more than just find duplicates. IMO it's a must have tool if using iPhoto.

I've downloaded Mavericks and now I cannot duplicate photos in iPhoto. I highlight the photo and Photo Duplicate and nothing happens. How can I duplicate?

Has anyone had the same problem of photo duplication in iPhoto with the new Mavericks OS? All my stuff is updated and now, with Mavericks, I cannot duplicate my photos in iPhoto.

Works here.
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Repair Database. If that doesn't help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.

IPhoto - sharing pics with other - nonApple software programs, and....

I’m a new Mac user. I spent hours importing 20,000 + photo into iPhoto. These were imported by opening iPhoto, and doing a drag/drop from external hard drive. These files appear to be saved to 2 locations - File>Reveal in Finder> modified or Reveal in Finder>Original. Looking at the file details these files appear to be located in the following directory structure - /Users/MyName/Pictures/iPhoto Library/Masters/2010/11/15/20101115-183833. This appears to be some type of hidden directory structure, as is it not directly viewable in “Finder”. You have to click on a photo and chase the path backwards to find out where the photo’s are stored.
Two questions:
First: since these files are in a hidden directory structure, how can I see them with third party products like photoshop? I can you the File>Import command, as I can’t navigate to the directory structure where the photos are located. How can I change this.
Second: Since each picture appears to be stored on two separate locations -
File>Reveal>modified
File>Reveal>Original
Isn’t this a huge waist of space. Using twice as much space for each file on. I have a terabyte drive, but this could almost reduce my potential use by 50%.

Two questions:
First: since these files are in a hidden directory structure, how can I see them with third party products like photoshop? I can you the File>Import command, as I can’t navigate to the directory structure where the photos are located. How can I change this.
you do not ever go into the iphoto library so there is no need to know or understand the iPhoto relational database structure
For editing you can set any editor as the external editor in the iPhoto preferences and use it to edit
For other access you use the media browser in the lower left hand corner of the open/attach/upload window - click here for a discussion on the many correct and safe ways to access your iPhoto library photos.
Second: Since each picture appears to be stored on two separate locations -
File>Reveal>modified
File>Reveal>Original
Isn’t this a huge waist of space. Using twice as much space for each file on. I have a terabyte drive, but this could almost reduce my potential use by 50%.
No - there are no duplications in iPhoto - there are different versions - iPhoto is a DAM (Digital Asset Manager) and one of the tenants of DAMs is to always keep the original - the digital negative. By keeping the original iPhoto can at anytime revert to it and it is the basis of iPhoto's lossless editing.
The original folder holds -- The Original
If any change is made to the photo then the modified version is in -- The modified folder
Get it
LN
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Sharing photos into one archive

We have three Macs with three different iPhoto libraries. They are all set to share photos. Is there a way to archive ALL the photos on these computers? When I select my laptop library and drag it to my iMac library, it pulls up the warning about duplicates. I check the "Apply to all" box, but I still get thousands of duplicates! I have enough drive space on two of these machines to archive all my photos, but I don't know how to do it without the duplication problem.

iPhoto Library Manager can be used to merge libraries into a new, separate library. It will maintain events, albums, keywords, titles, faces and places. The original libraries are left untouched in case the merged library is not satisfactory.
OT

Duplication Issues with Photo Sync via iTunes/iPhoto and Photo Stream/iCloud (Detailed Scenario Given)

Hi Everyone,
I'd like to share an issue I am having with photo syncing between my iDevices.
Here is how I USED to sync my Photos between my iDevices (no issues with photo duplication)
Note: In this scenario, I use iTunes and iPhoto on my Mac. iCloud and Photo stream have NOT been activated in this case.
1. Take photos via iPhone that saves in Camera Roll
2. After a month or so, I will connect my iPhone to my Mac.
3. Import my Photos in iPhoto and arrange Events and Photos in monthly sections and add some of them in a separate Albums (ex. Written Notes Photos) for easy access.
4. Once the import is done, iPhoto prompts an option to delete photos in my Camera Roll which I do as I like to start a fresh month with empty Camera Roll in my iPhone.
5. In order to access the Photos I have imported in iPhoto in my iPhone, I go to iTunes and sync all my photos to my iPhone. This syncs my events, photos, faces, albums as they have been arranged in iPhoto in my Mac. (I cant delete them in my iPhone once they are synced. I have to delete in my iPhoto and sync again to have similar setup in my iPhone which isn't a problem).
NOW I decided I don't want to manually go through all this process and went on to enable the Photo Stream ON in my iPhone and iPhoto with iCloud.
THIS IS WHERE THE PROBLEM ENSUES.
1. I Take photos with my iPhone that saves in Camera Roll
2. This automatically syncs with my Mac due to Photo Stream which a really convenient.
3. It syncs automatically to Photo Stream, Events, Photos, Faces section in the iPhoto and I put put some of them (notes) in a separate album.
THE PROBLEM:
The Photos does not show up in the Album, Events and Photos Folder in my iPhone. They are only shown in Camera Roll. So I thought to sync using iTunes so the new Photos will be arranged in their appropriate folder like it used to with my prior process of syncing. This worked, HOWEVER the photos in my iPhone started showing DUPLICATES! Apparently, one comes from Photo Stream (which, if I delete on my phone also deletes in all my iDevices) and the other duplicate is from the iTunes sync (this sets up my photos as arranged in iPhoto which is what i WANT to happen as Photo Stream does not sync them accordingly).
SOLUTION I AM IN SEARCH FOR:
I want to be able to take photos with my iPhone that automatically syncs in iCloud AND iPHOTO AS ARRANGED IN MY MAC (Albums, Events etc) WITHOUT PROBLEM OF PHOTO DUPLICATES.

Other folks have resolved similar issues by trashing the iPod Photo Cache.
Regards
TD

I have already assigned photos from iPhoto to folders in Pictures on the Mac using the instructions from Adobe. How do i now move more recent photos from iPhoto without duplication and import into Lightroom?

I have already assigned photos from iPhoto to folders in Pictures on the Mac using the instructions from Adobe. How do i now move more recent photos from iPhoto without duplication and import into Lightroom?

If the images are in the location you want them be sure to select "Add" at the top of the import dialog box.

Duplication of Photos between iPhoto & Aperture / Memory Issues

Is there a way for iPhoto & Aperture to share the same photos, so that there is not a duplication of photos and too greatly reduce memory space for those of us with large libraries????

iPhoto only imports the files from your card, in exactly the same condition as they exist on the card. It does not duplicate. It does not reduce quality or lose pixels. Check your camera's manual. The most likely cause of the duplication is that your camera gives you a simultaneous RAW and jpeg (or tiff) file for each photo you shoot. Your camera probably has a control where you can turn this feature off.
You can check your camera card. Click on the Finder's icon in the dock. Your card should be listed as an external drive in the left column of the Finder window, somewhere below your Macintosh HD. Set the Finder window to column view and click on your card to display its contents. My bet is that you will see the duplication there, before you ever import to your library. Click on a file to see its information in the next column; you can check the pixel dimensions if they are reported there with the Preview.
I import from a card reader as well. You can ignore the initial iPhoto "Importing" screen and click back on Library in the Source Pane. Choose File > Import to Library, then navigate to the camera card. You can preview the files on the card, select only the ones you wish to import, and import directly into the iPhoto library. This gives you complete control over your imports and prevents you from importing duplicates.

Duplication of items in iphoto

After I created an album(s) the photo's are still in the photo section. Is there a way that I can remove the photo's from the photo section and they remain in the album(s), it would appear that this is a duplication>

if like me you transferred photos from a memory card more than once, you might find that your iphoto library contains more than one copy of a particular picture. i copied over 500 photos from a trip to Florida into iphoto twice. i bought an app from the app store called Duplifinder. it quickly found all multiple copies of my photos and allowed me to move them to iphoto trash. there i could review them and decide if i wanted to remove them permanently.
Regards
Ian

IPhoto duplication: Resolution

Just want to share this beacuse I had been struggling with trying to resolve the issue of duplication of images in my photo library. It started when I upgraded my computer and tried to import an old photo library. Anyway, this seems to work:
1) Created two folders: PhotoExport 1 and 2 on the desktop
2) Took an old photo library and exported it using "original image" and subfolder of "event name" to PhotoExport 1
3) Once exported, deleted any bogus event names.(The duplicated images would come across in numerical event names
4) Quit iPhoto and then opened a different photolibrary (using the opt key) and did steps 2 and 3 only I exported that library to PhotoExport2
5) Selected all files in PhotoExport2 and tried to move them into PhotoExport 1 -- So, if there were any duplicaton of "events" they didn't copy into the folder.
I did this with a couple of older libraries, and then I created a brand new library in the Pictures folder and imported the entire content of PhotoExport1. And, Ta-Da! I have a non-duplicated photo library....this will only work if you have been pretty good about naming your events.

Best advice: don't have the problem in the first place:
It started when I upgraded my computer and tried to import an old photo library.
Never import one Library to another. Every version and thumbnail is imported like a distinct photo, you lose all your Albums, Keywords etc., the link between Original and Previews is destroyed, the non-destructive editing feature is ruined and so on. In summary: it's mess.
To move an iPhoto Library to a new Machine:
Link the two Macs together: there are several ways to do this: Wireless Network,Firewire Target Disk Mode, Ethernet, or even just copy the Library to an external HD and then on to the new machine...
But however you do choose to link the two machines...
Simply copy the iPhoto Library from the Pictures Folder on the old Machine to the Pictures Folder on the new Machine.
Then launch iPhoto. That's it.
This moves photos, events, albums, books, keywords, slideshows and everything else. And no duplicates.
Also, be very aware with the scheme you have evolved there: File size. There can be three files in an iPhoto Library with the same name: the Original, the thumbnail and the Preview. Did you chck the file size before deleting anything?

Relation Between Disk Files & iPhoto Files: Unnecessary Duplication?

I have files on HD that I've imported into iP. I believe iP duplicates that original file for ITS purposes. This seems to create unnecessary duplication, as some of my files are in the 100+ MB range. Am I correct on this? If I am, I'm considering using the organizer in my Photoshop CS app, instead of iP, as I believe PS does NOT create a duplicate, except when a photo is edited, only.
IOW, I believe PS leaves the original on the HD alone, and duplicates it only temporarily for editing purposes. Any changes to that original occur only in PS. PS does not do what iP does: unnecessarily duplicates that file for its own purposes.
I could be mistaken & why I ask this question.
I understand iP is for the casual photographer: jpg's instead of tiff's, etc. Small file sizes. I do hope some of you have experience with both PS & iP to help me.

iPhoto copies the files into it's library package as a default mode. After the import, the source files outside of iPhoto can be deleted to free up disk space.
During import iPhoto creates a thumbnail file for display. If the photo is in the portrait orientation and comes from a camera that has the auto-rotate feature a rotated modified version is created. As you identify faces small face image files are created.
When you edit a photos a modified version is created (except for those auto rotated portrait files which already have a modified version). Subsequent edits to the same photo are kept in the library's database file and applied when the photo is viewed in a larger mode, used in books, etc. or printed.
iPhoto can handle tiff files as well as png and Photoshop files.

Duplication upon importation from Iphone to Iphoto

Dear All,
I have recently updated my iphone 5s ios 8.1.2 and my macbook pro to yosemite.
Each time I import photos from my iphone to iPhotos. I have duplicate photos. How can I solve this ?
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User Oknem posted the following fix for his duplication issue.
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Re: iPhoto 9.6 shows duplicate photos present on iPhone
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Just off the phone with someone from apple. For some people (incl me) it seems that the problem is that the iphone (6) (on 8.1.1) imports the actually photo but also the photo stream photo (marked as IMG_xxxx_2)
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Drag and drop imported photos in iPhoto '09 causes duplication of old existing photos and loss if new photos

Good Afternoon All,
I'd be grateful for any help with the following problem.
     After importing about 30 photos from my camera into iPhoto '09 (version 8.1.2), I selected the first group of 10 and dragged and dropped them into an existing album in my iPhoto library.        I repeated this process with another group of photos , dropping them into a different existing album. Again, I repeated this process with the last remaining photos from the original imported group of 30.
      This is exactly the same process I have used successfully on many previous occasions when adding to my iPhoto library of 6000+ photos.
       However when I later opened each of the 3 existing albums to check on the 30 new photos none of these new photos were visible.     Instead each of the three albums now contained between 5 and 15 duplicates of old photos from different and unrelated albums in addition to their normal content.       These duplicates were not present before I imported the 30 new photos.    I then opened every Album in my entire library of 6000+ photos without finding any sign of the 30 new photos.   These 30 photos have also disappeared from "Last Import" which now shows a blank page with 0 imports.
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Morning Terence
                         Thank you for your suggestion. When I held the Option Key and opened iPhoto the resulting menu showed 2 libraries , "iPhoto Library" and "iPhoto Library (default )".
     I then recalled that 12 months ago I had created this duplicate library when attempting to recover some lost photos.    On opening each of these two libraries in turn, I notice that they are not identical. Rather than create another new library, I imported some new photos into "iPhoto Library " and was then able to drag and drop successfully into this library.    When I tried to do the same with "iPhoto Library (default )" all the problems originally described re-occured.
     Having found the problem is in the Default library I would now like to move some photos from it into "iPhoto Library" and then remove the Default Library.
     Could you recommend how best to do this or is it not a good idea?
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IPhoto problem: pixillation and photo duplication

iPhoto problem: intermittently getting banded pixilation when viewing photos; iPhoto randomly duplicats entire libraries so that they fill up my memory. Suspect I will have to reinstall iPhoto. Using iPhoto '09 ver 8.1.2 under OS 10.6.8.

intermittently getting banded pixilation when viewing photos;
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IMovie and iPhoto file duplication or alias/shortcut?

If I make a video on my iPhone, import it into iPhoto, and then open it in iMovie by clicking on the iPhoto video folder, does iMovie copy the video from iPhoto or does it make a shortcut/alias for that video file? In other words, do I end up having two full-size files of that video or does iMovie simply make a shortcut to the original iPhoto file?

Hi
Both !
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While doing so (as iMovie usually does) it doesn't take up any more space and this is VERY IMPORTANT regarding iMovie projects - as Here NOTHING is stored or copied - so if original material in iPhoto, iTunes or wherever is deleted - project too are gone - most often forever.
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