Simple way to select and remove duplicate images.

As I work diligently to have Aperture manage all of my image files I have come top the realization that I have a number of duplicate image files scattered over a number of resources.
Is there a simple way to have Aperture identify the duplicates and more importantly to keep from importing duplicate images into the management library?
Thanks!

I have not heard of an automated way to accomplish this. I beleive G has given you the standard method above. Aperture does not have a programed way to do this, and there is no way to prevent importing duplicates except by being careful not to do it in the first place.
However, if you know you imported some duplicates and know approximately when you did it, you could use a Smart Album to show you the images. Click on the blue Library icon and choose menu option File>New Smart>Album. In the Smart Album Smart Settings HUD, click on the checkbox that says, "Import Session is one or more of the following," then check on one or more of the import sessions listed. Be sure to also check the checkbox "Ignore stack groupings." Once you find the duplicate import, you can delete the images from your Aperture Library.
BTW, I use a referenced file system, so if I want to place images into an external folder that has already been imported into Aperture, I use Finder to apply a color label. The color label shows up in Aperture's import dialog and I can then select only the images with the color label applied. I then have to remember to remove the color label in Finder.
-Karen

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