How to Easily Delete Duplicates In Mac Photos (By Image Contents Too!)

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Lucas Roberts, Macinhome CEO

Lucas Roberts, Macinhome CEO

Күн бұрын

Got hundreds, maybe thousands of duplicate photos? Maybe they're in the Photos app, or in Finder folders on your Mac? This video has all the info you need to delete duplicate photos on your Mac FAST!
***UPDATE!!! I made a new video on this topic for deleting photo duplicates using macOS Ventura Photos app. Link is here: • Find Duplicate Photos ...
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@MarkMonetti
@MarkMonetti 2 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU!!!! SOOOOOO MUCH!!! Unbelievable!!! I deleted over 11.000 duplicate picture from my Lib. THANK YOU for SHARING your knowledge!
@erickirwan6432
@erickirwan6432 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. I got the app and it worked just like you described in your video.
@mark9493
@mark9493 2 жыл бұрын
This was great, thank you! Worked perfectly!
@YummyDogsNarwee
@YummyDogsNarwee 2 жыл бұрын
Thank You - Great Video. Very Helpful. Great app recommendation
@Football__Junkie
@Football__Junkie 2 жыл бұрын
I really don't understand why Apple doesn't already have this as a feature in the Photos app.
@lucasmacinhome
@lucasmacinhome Жыл бұрын
They do now! And I finally made a video about it. :) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gt5-ZcuAsay-pas.html - Lucas
@rodrigojimenez9034
@rodrigojimenez9034 11 ай бұрын
but not supported for MacOS Monterey (2015 computer)@@lucasmacinhome
@justyclaire
@justyclaire 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so helpful, have been manually deleting duplicates for years this was so easy!!!!
@chuckclelland6088
@chuckclelland6088 Жыл бұрын
You totally saved my bacon! I kept deleting the Photosweeper (Trash) album and a day later all my duplicates were suddenly back...derp! Your explanation of selecting all the album items, moving them to the trash, and then select all, and CMD Delete was genius!! Appreciate the help, and my dups are now actually gone. ;-)
@lucasmacinhome
@lucasmacinhome Жыл бұрын
Yesssssss 🤜🤛
@leicaman
@leicaman 2 жыл бұрын
I’ve been looking for this app for years. Thanks!
@lucasmacinhome
@lucasmacinhome 2 жыл бұрын
You are welcome!
@FLORAMORAITINI
@FLORAMORAITINI 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much. I just got my new MacBook Pro and I am an absolute beginner so this is enormous help. And have thousands of photos
@lucasmacinhome
@lucasmacinhome 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Glad it was helpful! Reach out anytime. - Lucas
@jadsan
@jadsan Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video,The best APP👌
@carolyncarter6172
@carolyncarter6172 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I have been manually deleting photos but every time I do I'm totally overwhelmed by the number of duplicate photos.
@ulizinnkann4077
@ulizinnkann4077 2 жыл бұрын
9000 duplicates later, this was so helpful. Thank you !
@mariobahar9138
@mariobahar9138 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot. This was a really helpful video. Hello from Sri Lanka
@lucasmacinhome
@lucasmacinhome 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome Mario great to hear from you in Sri Lanka!! - Lucas
@thislandsharedlivingprojec1333
@thislandsharedlivingprojec1333 Жыл бұрын
this is FANTASTIC thank you !!!
@lucasmacinhome
@lucasmacinhome Жыл бұрын
Awesome, thank YOU!
@erblaney
@erblaney 2 жыл бұрын
It's only $10 now, even better :) thank you so much for this helpful video.
@lucasmacinhome
@lucasmacinhome 2 жыл бұрын
You are very welcome! :) -Lucas
@peppyluscious
@peppyluscious 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!!!
@lucasmacinhome
@lucasmacinhome 2 жыл бұрын
You are very welcome! :)
@bobcoorsen956
@bobcoorsen956 2 жыл бұрын
thanks for explaining a great and simple app to delete all my duplicates. well
@lucasmacinhome
@lucasmacinhome 2 жыл бұрын
You are welcome! Let me know if you ever need a hand.
@razasmd
@razasmd 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video, very very helpful. I got a photo library of 73,000 images and video. Took out almost 2400 duplicates.
@manavjain5820
@manavjain5820 3 жыл бұрын
can you share your license for a day please??
@razasmd
@razasmd 3 жыл бұрын
@@manavjain5820 I would love to but it has to go through my Apple ID and password. Because it was downloaded directly from App Store. So there’s no license, sorry.
@lucasmacinhome
@lucasmacinhome 3 жыл бұрын
@@manavjain5820 Overmacs (the company that makes PhotoSweeper) is an excellent company; I recommend supporting them! It's only $10 usd.
@sam___miles
@sam___miles 2 жыл бұрын
Cool! Does this also sync with iphone? and delete all the duplicates on there?
@peterhuber6598
@peterhuber6598 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent ... Well done ...
@lucasmacinhome
@lucasmacinhome 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! You're welcome!
@LM-xz1rc
@LM-xz1rc 2 жыл бұрын
What about if I have photos on a hard drive that I don't want to put into Photos? They've made a duplicate but added '1' in the file name? TIA
@skylertrudeau
@skylertrudeau 4 ай бұрын
I no longer have an excuse to avoid sorting through 20 years of photos. This app is great!
@lucasmacinhome
@lucasmacinhome 3 ай бұрын
You will like my more recent video about duplicate deleting in Ventura and beyond!
@user-rw2yy1bo2s
@user-rw2yy1bo2s 11 ай бұрын
How do I remove duplicates on the icloud? If this isn't possible, how do I move them to the photos app so I can use Photosweeper on them?
@mariamendonca5798
@mariamendonca5798 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this information. I purchased the PhotoSweeper app, but I don't see anything about a Loose Photos folder. Is this something I need to set up apart from having the app? Thanks again!
@lucasmacinhome
@lucasmacinhome 2 жыл бұрын
I think I just called it a loose photos folder because I was talking about photos that live outside the Photos app, in folders on your Mac. So when you open the photo sweeper app you can drag a regular folder of photos into the app for duplicate processing. What are you trying to do? Compare what photos with what? - Lucas
@mariamendonca5798
@mariamendonca5798 2 жыл бұрын
I was just trying to delete duplicate photos from the photo app. I didn’t understand the part about the Loose Photos folder. I do now. Thank you so much for replying. The video was tremendously helpful.
@lucasmacinhome
@lucasmacinhome 2 жыл бұрын
@@mariamendonca5798 Great to hear - thank you! :) - Lucas
@dpicardip8956
@dpicardip8956 2 жыл бұрын
any free Apps?
@sdeweerdt
@sdeweerdt 2 жыл бұрын
Have they changed the ribbon that displays on the photo when you are viewing an image in the Apple Photos Library? Mine is not a photos logo, but it looks like a camera lens.
@lucasmacinhome
@lucasmacinhome 2 жыл бұрын
Not sure what you mean... text me a screenshot or photo to my iPhone 604-786-9779 - Lucas
@constancelyda2937
@constancelyda2937 2 жыл бұрын
Question. I'm in the process of scanning all of our printed photos to make sure we have all of them digitized. (Thousands, both printed and already in Apple Photos.... this is a huge project.) I'm assuming that this app, particularly with method #3, will match up scanned photos with those we downloaded digitally, and we can continue with the trash process from there.... yes? Or?
@davidgfeller2688
@davidgfeller2688 2 жыл бұрын
Hi, did you find the answer ? I wonder how it recognizes it. If it's an algorithm or if it only takes names of files in count...
@pipoldrieve4405
@pipoldrieve4405 2 жыл бұрын
I paid for the app following your video and although it did delete many duplicates, there are still hundreds left. I tried the process a few times again, and each time it only picked up one or two duplicates - still leaving masses in my iphoto library. Any suggestions/advice?
@lucasmacinhome
@lucasmacinhome 2 жыл бұрын
I would need to see your photo library and the exact nature of the duplicates... if the basic scans aren't catching all the duplicates there's always a logical reason, and there will be a way to configure PhotoSweeper to find them. I'm happy to do that with you anytime. I charge for my time as a consultant so if you wanted help you can book and pay online from my calendar here at macinhome.com/booking/ (look for the green "new client" option). - Lucas
@DBlakeMontara
@DBlakeMontara 2 жыл бұрын
Once marked photos were moved to Trash (PhotoSweeper), can you put them back in the photo library? I changed my mind abut the preferences (didn't realize the first time I used this that you could do this) and want to start all over again.
@lucasmacinhome
@lucasmacinhome 2 жыл бұрын
They are still in your main library… So if you just go into that album, press command a to select all, and press the delete key, it will just remove them from that album and they will all still be in the library.
@lucasmacinhome
@lucasmacinhome 2 жыл бұрын
@@DBlakeMontara that’s just saying it’ll mark for deletion anything that isn’t RAW or HEIC because those two are full quality images. So if it’s raw, or heic, it won’t be marked for deletion.
@lucasmacinhome
@lucasmacinhome 2 жыл бұрын
I can help more anytime one on one if you want to book a time as a new client from my calendar: macinhome.com/booking/ (just look for my name and face Lucas Roberts)
@DBlakeMontara
@DBlakeMontara 2 жыл бұрын
@@lucasmacinhome Thanks so much!
@DirectorWD40
@DirectorWD40 Жыл бұрын
Hi, is there a way to do a sequential batch rename in "Photos App"?
@lucasmacinhome
@lucasmacinhome Жыл бұрын
Nope... you would need to do that with an app outside of Photos. I would export unmodified originals out of the Photos app, rename them, then bring back into Photos.
@peterchennell4047
@peterchennell4047 2 жыл бұрын
A question, if I may. I have several libraries, let's call them USA, France, UK, Italy and so on. When in France I may have taken hundreds of photos, but only the best will be put in the France album. That means there may be scores of similar photos of, say, the Eiffel Tower; but only one of them will have made it to the album. If I then attempt to de-duplicate the Library, how can I establish which of the duplicates I am offered is the one I want to keep (because it is in the album)?
@jim9685769
@jim9685769 2 жыл бұрын
I can only assume the PhotoSweeper software will allow you to look at the Caption or Keywords that you can add in the info tab for all photos. So if you add a description to the photos you definitely want to keep (in each subfolder), when you see the group of "duplicate" photos in PhotoSweeper, or duplicates in the main Library when casually scrolling, make sure to examine the descriptions of the duplicates to always keep "the best" one intact. The downside is that you'll have to take the time to add descriptions to a lot of photos first to protect your best shots.
@peterchennell4047
@peterchennell4047 2 жыл бұрын
@@jim9685769 Brilliant. Never thought of that approach. I'm so grateful. I'll work out a way of adding the words that might serve more than one purpose.
@lucasmacinhome
@lucasmacinhome 2 жыл бұрын
Peter, there's an even better way to do this... I emailed the photosweeper folks about this exact question and they told me a great approach. Shoot me an email to solutions@macinhome.com and I will reply with the info no charge. - Lucas
@greystreet08
@greystreet08 Жыл бұрын
it won't let me add the photos app
@sonbeamco
@sonbeamco Жыл бұрын
Will the app also scan my external drive? Ive placed most pics there.
@lucasmacinhome
@lucasmacinhome Жыл бұрын
Yes you can tell photo sweeper to remove duplicates from the external too! I’m happy to do that with you or for you if you want to book an hour with me. I would also want to make sure the photos you have on the external are backing up somewhere like another external or a cloud. If they’re only on that hard drive and it dies then you would lose those photos. 😬 If you want a hand just grab a time from my calendar. I’m Lucas. Link is here: macinhome.com/booking/
@rinkuchoudhary9822
@rinkuchoudhary9822 2 жыл бұрын
hello. once we trash photos to trash marked ...it doesn't ask to launch photos, nor is there any album formed on the photos which is named as photosweeper trash album.......
@lucasmacinhome
@lucasmacinhome 2 жыл бұрын
That would be a problem or disconnect on your particular Mac... I can fix that remotely for you or you can email the overmacs.com support team (they made the software). Happy to help if you need! It's $99 CAD per half hour. macinhome.com/booking/ - Lucas
@milodimilodi8884
@milodimilodi8884 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for everything sir ! I have one question My question is how to hacking webcam Laptop by links ? Thank you
@lucasmacinhome
@lucasmacinhome 3 жыл бұрын
Sorry - this is not something I can help with.
@jkcr9398
@jkcr9398 2 жыл бұрын
I have Photosweeper. I do not have the PHOTOS (MAC) after going into my name. I've tried multiple times and I can only get into pictures which does not have my photos. Thoughts?
@lucasmacinhome
@lucasmacinhome 2 жыл бұрын
I would need to see how your Mac is set up... If you go into the Photos app then to the Photos menu in the top left, and Preferences, under General, what does it say at the top for Library Location?
@jkcr9398
@jkcr9398 2 жыл бұрын
@@lucasmacinhome Just saw this... sorry! It says SHOW IN FINDER. The other is grayed out.
@lucasmacinhome
@lucasmacinhome 2 жыл бұрын
@@jkcr9398 Above that, you’ll see the file path of the Photos Library. Regardless I would want to chat with you and screen share to help with that. I charge for my time as a Mac consultant… you can book into my calendar as a new client and pay online from this link: macinhome.com/booking/ (just grab a half hour “new client” time slot) - Lucas
@rickychana2359
@rickychana2359 2 жыл бұрын
Does this work for videos?
@filippotommasin161
@filippotommasin161 2 жыл бұрын
I'm looking for the same
@user-ml3kn4yk9w
@user-ml3kn4yk9w 7 ай бұрын
You are very helpful, but I'm so frustrated because when I put a photo - which I know is already in Mac Photos - into Mac Photos, it does NOT give any indication it is a duplicate. I am so frustrated after trying for a few years to get rid of duplicates. I have tried creating a new Folder (on the desktop, not in Mac Photos) so I can put all my photos in it, but the system won't let me transfer the photos!! What in gosh name am I doing wrong? My system is macOS Catalina - version 10.15.7 and it's an old iMac late 2012. (I have bought a new laptop, but am not using it yet). I just want to get rid of duplicates!!! Seriously, how hard is it because I have failed to find any information anywhere. AND....please if anyone can help, do it with a video step by step because it is way too hard to follow what someone writes. Thanks in anticipation. 🦈
@lucasmacinhome
@lucasmacinhome 6 ай бұрын
I would be able to help you with this one on one via phone and screen sharing... I can see in your message that you have some incorrect assumptions about how it works or how it should work, and if we can talk then I can help to clarify that. Book anytime: macinhome.com/booking/ - Lucas
@danoo1983
@danoo1983 2 жыл бұрын
Can this be done on cloud?
@lucasmacinhome
@lucasmacinhome 2 жыл бұрын
Nope you need a Mac with the photos synced to it, and set to "download originals".
@aar1967
@aar1967 3 жыл бұрын
When I drag a duplicate photo in, Photos does not identify it as a duplicate photo nor ask me if I want to import it. I simply imports it. Help??
@lucasmacinhome
@lucasmacinhome 3 жыл бұрын
I would want to see and test that... I've found that too with some specific photos. Did you try it again with other photos?
@andreamastrorilli2927
@andreamastrorilli2927 Жыл бұрын
nice video, it is simply ridiculous that Photos app can't handle duplicates and people have to spend 20 dollars for a simple feature. I will definitely stop using Photos app, probably stop using Mac/iPhones too, Apple is getting worse every day :(
@chasinggeckos8843
@chasinggeckos8843 2 жыл бұрын
Just tried to buy this app, Not available????
@lucasmacinhome
@lucasmacinhome 2 жыл бұрын
You can get it from their website overmacs.com :) - Lucas
@donaldmenzies9066
@donaldmenzies9066 3 жыл бұрын
Export photos to disc.
@lucasmacinhome
@lucasmacinhome 3 жыл бұрын
Not sure why you would do that? Also if you are exporting photos out of the Photos app make sure to go to the File menu to export unmodified originals.
@jasminealixandranorth
@jasminealixandranorth 2 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, each time I clear out the duplicates, they return en masse. I still haven't worked out why.
@lucasmacinhome
@lucasmacinhome 2 жыл бұрын
Weird! Something might not be syncing correctly between your devices. Happy to help anytime. Just grab a "new client" time from my calendar here macinhome.com/booking/ - Lucas
@lucasmacinhome
@lucasmacinhome 2 жыл бұрын
Oh it might be because you aren’t fully deleting them. Photo Sweeper moves them into an album, then you need to delete them from the album… press command-a to select all in that album and command-delete to fully delete the photo instead of just removing it from that album. Then you go into deleted items and “delete all”.
@rafaamikhael176
@rafaamikhael176 Жыл бұрын
how to give permission to trash?
@lucasmacinhome
@lucasmacinhome Жыл бұрын
Sorry for slow reply but what do you mean? What exactly is happening or not happening?
@markus98h66
@markus98h66 2 жыл бұрын
*THIS IS NOT THE SAME AS THE VIDEO* If you want to *Empty* the iPhone Gallery by moving all files over to a Folder on the Mac. This is how to do it. 1) Connect the iPhone to the Mac 2) On the Mac, Open "image capture" NOTE: if you cannot see gallery, put phone into flight mode (Apple will provent u from seeing gallery unless its launched in safe mode, which plain mode kinda is) 3) Wait for all photo/videos to load, then click select all or CTRL + A. 4) Click the 3 dots icon, and select "Delete after Transfer" which will delete the files one by one after they are automatically transferred. other way to transfer usually crash, and stop. means you are not aware of which was successful transferred and which wasnt. but the way I tell you, u will have photo delete right after transfer. and that's one by one. means if it was to crash, and stop. you know you can safely repeat and continue where u crashed.
@lucasmacinhome
@lucasmacinhome 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this - not sure how it relates to my video about deleting duplicates, and while I do really like image capture app, I don't recommend doing it this way (trusting image capture to copy and delete in one go). There are safer options. Why do you share this here? - Lucas
@thepeternetwork
@thepeternetwork Жыл бұрын
I was hoping not to spend money on an app that I would use once.
@lucasmacinhome
@lucasmacinhome Жыл бұрын
It's $13 and super helpful! I am happy to thank the developers for their work with a bit of money.
@ripacheco1967
@ripacheco1967 2 жыл бұрын
Careful with this App it will mark SIMILAR PHOTOS as duplicates not EXACT DUPLICATES... almost messed up 2000 pictures from a photoshoot. CAREFUL !!!! worse 10.00 ever spent!
@HtPt
@HtPt 9 ай бұрын
Thanks BUT no thanks.
@lucasmacinhome
@lucasmacinhome 9 ай бұрын
I made a more recent one of these for Ventura. Check the later videos on my channel.
@andreib4911
@andreib4911 2 жыл бұрын
This is so disappointing, just trying to sell a 20 USD app instead of helping us deleting duplicates
@lucasmacinhome
@lucasmacinhome 2 жыл бұрын
I don't get any commission or affiliate payment or any benefit at all from recommending the app. It's just the best I have found. - Lucas
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