Finding Duplicate Photos Automatically in the Libary

Hi, just converted from Windows to mac this Xmas and treated myself to a G5 iMac. I have transferred my pics from my windows laptop into iphoto libary but find i have quite a few duplicates one way or another. I want to search through automaticaly and get rid of the copies without having to manualy search through the libary. is this possible?

Hi Nobbydog,
the best way would be to keyword all your images. Then use the keyword pane to show all photos with the same keyword. It will be easy to spot duplicates this way.
there is a program called iPhoto diet, but I am not sure if it would work in your situation. You could try and see if it would.
To get back some of the space your iPhoto Library is taking up on your hard drive you can use http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~fuhrer/personal/freestuff/iphotodiet/iPhoto Diet
Quoted from the web site:
iPhoto Diet is a utility that helps to slim down your iPhoto library by manipulating your photos in the following ways:
*eliminate duplicate photos created internally by iPhoto or imported by yourself
*remove iPhoto's backups of rotated or modified photos
*strip the thumbnail icons of your photos
*remove thumbnail photos that have become mixed up with your high resolution photos
*identify photos which have not been added to albums
weed out unnecessary folders and files from the library
and more!
I suggest you read through the entire page because it expalins what iPhoto does and how it does it.
If you say to yourself "I can go through the originals folders right in the Finder and get rid of the images I no longer want" then you need to read On iPhoto 5, Originals, and GUI Scripting which will explain what happens if you do it yourself.
Lori

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