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1. Re: Global delete duplicates in PSE 12 Mac
MichelBParis Nov 30, 2014 11:45 PM (in response to Locana)Locana a écrit:
Is there a way to do large deletes of multiple files in PSE 12 Mac? I have 1000s of duplicate files, and can't review each of them. It should be possible by specifying exactly duplicates, no?
The sad truth is : No.
The main problem is that even assuming the program is able to find duplicates candidates, it can't choose which to delete.
10 thoughts about duplicates - Elements Village
So, your hope is to find duplicates, not individually, but hopefully by all folders (which is a common situation).
The main thing to understand is that for the organizer, duplicates are files with the same 'date taken' and size in kB. On the other hand, the tools offered by the organizer to find duplicates are based on 'visual similarity'.
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2. Re: Global delete duplicates in PSE 12 Mac
Locana Dec 1, 2014 2:54 PM (in response to MichelBParis)That's not the best news; by folders won't work. What about using a program like Photosweeper, which does work well, on the catalog directory outside of PSE Organizer? What kind of problems would that cause. Maybe not as bad as what I have. PSE might only get a little indigestion looking for the missing files.
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3. Re: Global delete duplicates in PSE 12 Mac
MichelBParis Dec 1, 2014 11:47 PM (in response to Locana)Locana a écrit:
That's not the best news; by folders won't work. What about using a program like Photosweeper, which does work well, on the catalog directory outside of PSE Organizer? What kind of problems would that cause. Maybe not as bad as what I have. PSE might only get a little indigestion looking for the missing files.
If the result of that program is to effectively find and delete duplicates, all the missing files in the organizer can be deleted from the catalog in a single step. The 'reconnect' missing files dialog has a menu to 'select all' and 'delete all'.

