The Photos app automatically detects duplicate images when you import them, but it can’t do the same for those already in your library. You will have to do it manually. Most duplicate photos are taken on the same day. The Photos app lets you sort the pics by date, which makes finding and deleting duplicates easier.
One of the next things we wondered was; can apple photos find duplicates?
2) Apple photos has no way to search for duplicate photos, they suggested that users “manually search for duplicate photos”. 3) Apple support do not recommend third party apps to remove photos as they can damage the library.
, photo Sweeper compares bitmaps and/or histograms so it can detect duplicate images even if they have different sizes, file names, sizes and capture dates. Because some programs will not separate the RAW/JPEG pairs when Photos imports (if you shoot RAW+JPEG in your digital camera), unless you only shoot JPEGs or RAWs.
In other words, i. Cloud won’t consider them duplicates. According to my test, if two (or more) photos have the same filename and format, i. Cloud Drive will recognize them as duplicate photos, regardless of whether they are true duplicates or not.
How do I find duplicate photos in the Mac Photos app?
The Mac Photos app will not be able to help you find duplicate images that are already in your library, but it can automatically detect duplicates as you import them. You will have to manually search for duplicate photos already stored in the library.
How to delete duplicate photos on iCloud?
If you sync Photos library with i. Cloud, you can delete duplicate photos on i. Cloud by deleting the duplicates from the local Photos library on your computer. The same app can help you with this need. To find out how, please check out this very detailed guide.
Select the duplicate pictures, control-click on any of the selected images and click Delete 5. Click Delete in the pop-up window to confirm 6. Select Recently Deleted in the sidebar.
Can I transfer photos from my phone to my Mac?
Both your digital camera and phone are brimming with images that you later transfer to your Mac, where you edit them and create even more copies. What’s worse, you can duplicate the same photos stored in your phone the next time you connect it to your Mac.