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Remove duplicate photos from Aperture
Authored by: brettgross on Dec 28, '07 05:02:12AM

Just a warning that this hint will not work if you have your camera set to reset file numbering at each card insertion. I'd never do that, but cameras have that option and I have some friends that have it set...

A better option would be to use an AppleScript to compare values that you know will be unique like shot time with file size (if you have a camera with a multiple shot per second burst mode then you need more that shot time).



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Remove duplicate photos from Aperture
Authored by: ccantrell on Jan 02, '08 02:14:00PM

Agreed ... I would not recommend it since many file names are the same.

I have had this problem for some time now ... lots of duplicate images. iPhoto, Aperture, Lightroom ... none of them solve the problem. The only real way to do it is export master, scan with a program that looks for byte-by-byte comparisons (noclone.net ... windows only unfortunately) and then re-import into a new library.

I have tried a few of the mac programs but none of them are really strong IMO.

JM2C,
-chris



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