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?

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