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Duplicate Annihilator 3.6.0

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Find and delete duplicates in iPhoto. Shareware ($7.95)

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Duplicate Annihilator takes on the time consuming task comparing the images in your iPhoto library using effective algorithms to make sure that no duplicate escapes.

When found, the duplicate will either be marked with a description of your choice to make it searchable or simply moved to iPhotos trashcan.

What's New

Version 3.6.0:

Added support for movies
Various fixes in Swedish translation

Requirements

PPC / Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
iPhoto 5 or later.

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stevjohnson8 commented on 14 Dec 2011

I prefer http://www.hyperbolicsoftware.com/TidyUp.html to get all goodies from one place.

[Version 3.5.0]

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Brattoo Propaganda Software replied on 16 Dec 2011

Tidy up is a $30 application. Duplicate Annihilator is $7.95 which might be enough if you only have problems with duplicates in iPhoto.

Mcskollie commented on 12 Dec 2011

just wondering whether the full version could work finding duplicates across 2 iphoto libraries?

[Version 3.5.0]

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Brattoo Propaganda Software replied on 12 Dec 2011

No, Duplicate Annihilator will scan for duplicates in the library currently open in iPhoto.

mapiva1979 reviewed on 29 Nov 2011

I ran the app and it says I have X amount of duplicates...but now I cant find them...it says to use the 'search' option in iphoto and see the comments....can someone help me...im i need iphoto for dummies

[Version 3.5.0]

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Brattoo Propaganda Software replied on 03 Dec 2011

For instructions on how to locate and delete the found duplicates either email us directly at propaganda@brattoo.com or watch the demonstration video on our site at http://Brattoo.com/propaganda

ginacleo reviewed on 07 Nov 2011

Just ran duplicate program and it found 484 in 8300 files. Freeing up 700MB I set it to mark with comment but when I went to COMPARE IMAGES, it only said IMAGES IDENTICAL, it did not show me any images to compare.

I would like to run this app to delete rather than comment but am concerned about it dumping dups without my being able to confirm they are dups.

There is no help menu so I am stuck. What should I do?

Can't really rate as I have not used it all the way through

[Version 3.4.2]

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Brattoo Propaganda Software replied on 21 Nov 2011

For details on how to use Duplicate Annihilator either read the included documentation or read it online on our site or even better email us directly and we'll help you with all the details.

mexitim reviewed on 08 Apr 2011

Recently moved 25,248 photos/video clips in my old iMac G5 iPhoto library to an external hard drive and then onto new iMac 27 inch, somehow resulting in 61,601 images in the new iPhoto library. Purchased and used Duplicate Annihilator in Magic mode to go after the presumed duplicates. It took 96 hours to complete and came up with 1394 duplicates. Spot checking, it did a good job of labeling a duplicate but not if there were 3 or 4 of the same image, it would just label one as a duplicate. I then ran Thumbnail Annihilator, it took 47 hours to complete and came up with 29,857 thumbnails. Do the math and there are still a possible 5,102 extra images not accounted for. I am not in the mood to search them out, so despite 143 hours of Annihilator work, I may clean out/reformat the new Imac and work with Apple support to transfer the iPhoto library. So I would say Duplicate Annihilator is easy to use but is very slow and not 100% capture.

[Version 3.4.1]

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Dthdunn commented on 03 Apr 2011

I just want to say that this vendor has bent over backwards to help me fix my iPhoto problem, at no charge, and I don't even own a copy of their software. This type of Customer Service is rare.

Secondly, I would gladly remove my comments below but cannot figure-out how to do so. Most sites allow the author of a comment to remove it. If MacUpdate allows this, I have not yet found out how.

[Version 3.4.1]

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Misha replied on 29 Oct 2011

You can always email us to remove comments -- updates@
I've deleted the below comments now that I saw them (browsing your profile). Btw, thanks for writing such comprehensive and helpful posts, they're among the better ones I've seen.

TimGHK commented on 13 Dec 2010

Downloaded the software yesterday and ran it on my 20k photos for 7 hours based on the recommended search function.

The program fround 2400 duplicates but I cant find the 2 pictures in my iPhoto library. When trying to compare the 2 pictures in the compare tab, it only shows IMAGE 1, there is not image 2.
Any suggestions for this?

[Version 3.0.2]

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Brattoo Propaganda Software replied on 14 Dec 2010

The compare tab is not used for comparing the results of the annihilation process. Drop us an email and we'll help you with this.

jacan reviewed on 05 Dec 2010

I am very happy with the product as I have 5 mac's with photos strewn about
I am merging them on to one and will have over 120 k photos and clips

at about 100 k I realized there were dups
so I cranked up the annihilator ...I am half way thru an estimated 5 days...eeeek

Md5 returns a 32 byte hash .. assume you need more in a table let say 100 bytes

100k photos is a table 10meg ...tiny by todays standards

with multi core compares after table build and a serialized dup table update

you should finish in way less than an hour

still love the app ...but not touching my Iphoto for 5 days is not practical

Jim

[Version 3.0.2]

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Brattoo Propaganda Software replied on 14 Dec 2010

The speed of Duplicate Annihilator is entirely dependent on the speed of your computer and the speed of your iPhoto library. All actions taken by Duplicate Annihilator has to be done through iPhoto in order to keep the iPhoto library data base updated. So if your iPhoto library runs slow then Duplicate Annihilator will run slow. As a reference value; on my Macbook 1.83GHz it takes about four minutes to process 1.000 images. iPhoto runs terribly slow in the PowerPC CPUs such as the G4 and G5.

Another factor that might affect the overall speed is if your iPhoto library data base is damaged. Try to rebuild it by holding down the option and command keys while starting iPhoto.

Duplicate Annihilator can be used to run on small batches of images if you wish to check your iPhoto library in smaller chunks. To achieve this simply select the images in iPhoto that you wish to process and Duplicate Annihilator will only check those.

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Pirx reviewed on 30 Nov 2010

Amazing! 12,500 photos dating back to 2001 in iPhoto, some of them quadruples for unknown reason, many double. It ran for 6 hours. 5,600 duplicates were found, saving precious 1.65 GB HD space and countltess hours of cleaning by hand.

Good, useful piece of software. Both thumbs up.

[Version 3.0.2]

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Donperreault reviewed on 02 Apr 2010

Very nice application. Found 543 duplicates in a library of 5500, marked the duplicates as such and originals as such. This allows you to compare photos before deleting. Worth every penny at $7.95.

[Version 2.26.2]

Ckeilah had trouble on 01 Jun 2011

Please let me know if Duplicate Annihilator can work on multiple iPhoto libraries simultaneously and not only remove the duplicates, but also combine the disparate libraries, saving as many extant photos as possible, and at least recovering thumbnails of photos that no longer exist in their original location, thereby consolidating all of my remaining photos in one place without redundancy.
If you can, then you have a sale! :-)

[Version 3.4.1]

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Ckeilah replied on 01 Jun 2011

macupdate won't allow me to edit my previous question, sorry for double posting, but here's another one:

Will Duplicate Annihilator work on Aperture libraries too?

I'm thinking that maybe the best solution is to start fresh with Aperture, have it seek out EVERY photo in EVERY iPhoto Library, folder, package, firewire drive, network mount, etc. and then let Duplicate Annihilator go through the mess and clean it up. Would D.A. be able to kill 5 duplicates, but not the 6th? Would it be able to recognize new thumbnails created from the imported full-res files and delete the old thumbnails, but NOT delete the old thumbnails if that is all that exists?
Unless y'all have implemented some seriously good AI I'm thinking this won't work, but I'd love to be surprised.

Thanks

Ckeilah replied on 01 Jun 2011

I found at developer's web site, http://brattoo.com/propaganda , that they do have an Aperture version of Duplicate Annihilator!
Also, I should probably have posted my questions via email. Sorry. As was previously mentioned here, there is no way to edit, or delete, a macupdate.com post! :-/