In the case of exact copies, Photos will merge the files in case some have superior metadata, creating a single version with the highest quality and maximum metadata. As you scroll through the list of duplicates, for each group you will be required to give the okay for Photos to get rid of the extras. On the family Photos library - with years of sharing photos and merging libraries - there were thousands of duplicates.Ħ.
In this case (my writing machine) there were very few duplicates. When Photos has completed the search, you’re rewarded with a populated Duplicates folder. The point is you need to be patient and trust that something is happening in the background.ĥ. Download Duplicate File Finder Remover from the Mac App Store and open it. On the Mac mini housing our family digital photo library, the first duplicates showed up after a few hours but it was the better part of a day before the process seemed to have wrapped up. On my writing machine, that took half a day. Eventually, when going back to that Duplicates folder it was populated.
