Finding duplicate pics??

hello there clever ones,
does anyone know if i can, like in itunes, find any duplicate pictures in my folder/library?
i have a funny feeling there is no option for this, could be time to visually find the doubles...
thanks for your time,
Anthony

hi anthony,
What do you mean by duplicate pictures? Do you mean you imported the same photo more than once? Do you know how you got the duplicates?
iPhoto does not have the same "finding duplicates" command like iTunes does.
Depending on the way you got the duplicates, iPhoto Diet might be able to help. Please fully read the documentation on what it actually can do for you.
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.

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