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Aperture Duplicate Detector

Aperture Duplicate Detector

Free

ADD will never delete anything. Detected duplicates are simply tagged with keywords. They are: •ADD Unique •ADD Processed •Date Duplicate •Filename Duplicate •Hash Duplicate •Hash Original •Hash [x] Set:[] •ADD Similar [x] ADD was designed from the ground up to be safe. Safe with respect to your images and the Aperture library. ADD uses only approved Apple APIs. It communicates directly with Aperture to get its job done, guaranteeing there will be no “funny business”. We have not reverse-engineered the Aperture database in order to achieve our goals. We certainly had the option to do that, but decided it was too risky a proposition given that the structure changes with almost every update to Aperture. The APIs, on the other hand, have remained stable. The bottom line is that ADD is the safest way available to remove duplicates from your library.

Features

√ Full Library Scanning √ : Scan a selection of images √ . Find absolute duplicates and potential duplicates. √ Find visually similar images with Auto-ImageIQ √ . ImageIQ selects a set of images to find visually similar pictures. √ Many Advanced Options √ Ultimate in safety. ADD only uses Aperture APIs to do its job.

Benefits

√ Get organized! √ Save space. √ Speed up Aperture.
 

When processing is complete, check your keywords for Hash Duplicate, Date Duplicate, or Filename Duplicate. . . . If you've used ImageIQ, look for "ADD Similar 0" through to "ADD Similar 8". It certainly makes the chore of de-duping easier. Basic usage guidelines are available here. We can also automatically generate smart albums that are well-suited for processing your duplicates. See this article for further details and instructions.

Your photographs are precious, important, and valuable. This is why ADD won't delete anything without your consent. ADD does not know which is the original you want to keep. There are many reasons for this. Duplicates may be coming from different projects.... have different ratings.... different comments.... and so on. ADD does not want to make a decision about which one you want to keep, as it would almost always be wrong for one person or another. That being said... There is an advanced option that will allow ADD to declare an original and set the rating of the rest to reject. This is disabled by default due to the risk of making the wrong decision about what should be kept. If you are interested in this sort of automation and don't care which duplicate is rejected, have a look at this tutorial.
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