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Fully Compatible!
Duplicate Annihilator is fully compatible with Apples new Operating System Mac OS X 10.6, Snow Leopard.
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Reviews
- maclife.com - 50 of the Most Burning Apple Questions Answered
- lifehacker.com - Clean Up Your Photo Collection with Free Tools
- tuaw.com - Removing duplicates from your iPhoto library
- maquecitos.com - Duplicate Annihilator, adiós a las fotos duplicadas
- cnettv.cnet.com - "it's really the app to use"
- aboutiphoto.com - Removing duplicates from your Iphoto library
- messagingnews.com - Easily Clean up Duplicates in iPhoto to Simplify Sharing
- macblog.it - Con Duplicate Annihilator niente duplicati su iPhoto
- shufflegazine.com - iPhoto diet
- maccreate.com - Removing duplicate files in iPhoto
- macitynet.it - Duplicate Annihilator, niente più duplicati su iPhoto
- 411zone.net - Find Duplicates in iPhoto with no effort at all!
- prostomac.com - Удаляем дублирующиеся фотографии с Duplicate Annihilator
- mac101.net – Duplicate Annihilator and Thumbnail Annihilator
- maccast.com - 2009.03.16
- peachpit.com - The Top Five Add-ons for Apple's iPhoto
- thedigitalstory.com - Duplicate Annihilator for Unwanted iPhotos
- maciverse.com - 5 Great iPhoto Plugins and Tools
- makeuseof.com - Manage your iPhoto with these plugins
- gspn.tv - Help, iGot a Mac! Episode 4
- macmagazine.com.br - Elimine facilmente as fotos repetidas no seu iPhoto
- ixbt.com - Duplicate Annihilator – удаляем дубликаты в iPhoto
- applemania.pl - Duplicate Annihilator - zrobi porządek z duplikatami w iPhoto
- macradar.ru - Duplicate Annihilator: наводим порядок в iPhoto
- macworld.com - Don't wait for Snow Leopard—slim down, speed up Leopard now
- computerworld.com - Don't wait for Snow Leopard: 10 ways to slim down and speed up your Mac now
- idg.se - Maxa programmen - Del 5: iPhoto
Duplicate Annihilator
The leading application for dealing with iPhoto duplicates.
The easy way to find duplicates in iPhoto
Yes nowdays iPhoto protects you from importing duplicates but if you are like me you have managed to do so anyway.
Duplicate Annihilator takes on the time consuming task comparing the images in your iPhoto library using effective algorithms to make sure that no duplicates escape. When found the duplicate will either be marked with a description of your choice to make it searchable or simply moved to iPhoto's trashcan.
Key features
- Easily find and annihilate duplicates created internally by iPhoto or during import.
- Compare images using different algorithms to detect and understand differences.
- Detect duplicates using effective algorithms using electronic checksums like MD5 and CRC32.
- Detect duplicates by using file specific meta data such as filename, dimensions, filesize, Exif creation date or date of creation.
- Delete duplicates upon detection or mark them with a keyword to make them easily found using iPhoto features like search or smart folders.
- Makes your iPhoto slimmer and faster.
- Only uses standard Apple features and API's. No hacking nor tampering with iPhoto system files.
- Free updates!
Screenshots
Demo movie
Requirements
- Mac OS X 10.4.x, 10.5.x or 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
- iPhoto 5, 6, 7(iLife'08) or 8(iLife'09)
Rewards & Mentions
Macupdate
(2009-03-04)
Versiontracker
(2009-03-04)
Customer emails
“I just wanted to write to you about how much work and grief you saved me. Throughout the years of multiple iPhoto upgrades and rebuilding photo libraries I ended up with over fourteen thousand photos and I knew that many of them were duplicates but I was too lazy to deal with them.
Well, then came a hard drive crash and the prospect of me rebuilding my library once again (I didn't have a very good strategy for backups but I do now) and going through each and every photo to figure out which ones were originals. After a few hundred of these I got frustrated and found your programs and figured that for less than eight bucks I'd give it a shot.
Best eight dollars I've ever spent. (The library went from 14,647 to 7,408.)
Thanks!”
“Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!
I got a new computer and in the process of transferring data from old to new I ended up with many duplicates. Even one photo of my boyfriends mother is more than enough but 5??? ARGGHHH!
In less time than it took to order and install Annihilator, 1,254 duplicates were gone. I love how you set the app to 'label' photos as duplicates in comments, so easy to manage them that way! And it makes searching and deleting very easy. I also like getting the registration # immediately on completing order & followed up in confirmation email... I can think of another company or two who would benefit from doing it this way!
thanks again, I can once again go into iPhoto without fear of total depression :-)”
“It's been just over a week since I got Duplicate Annihilator, and I just wanted to send you a thank you note to say that I am so happy that you created your software. Apple should really adopt the program and add it to iphoto cause it really cleared up a NIGHTMARE for me.
I have a mac. About a year ago, one of my 4 kids was into gaming, and decided one day to split my hard-drive in half and put windows on one of the halves. (without my blessings, I might add) Well, he rushed through it I guess, and ended up accidentally deleting my entire operating system. When I came home, there was an empty hard-drive and the windows picture on the screen.
Anyway, a friend of ours kindly volunteered to recover the lost data using a recovery program (Disc Doctors), and when he came to the photo part, I guess rather than recovering the "originals only", he chose to recover all images. This meant every thumbnail, every duplicate (which technically are not duplicates because they have different file names and sizes in many cases) every image that the computer had ever seen -Including internet images!-, all came back on our computer... All 45,000 of them! (The library before the crash numbered about 4400.)
I had to go out and buy an external hard-drive (which was good, cause now I back up regularly) just to house iphoto.
I started running your programs as soon as I got them, and after several days my iphoto library was reduced to just over 5000 photos. There still are a few duplicates there, but I didn't expect 100% perfection. Now iphoto's back on my computer and I've got some sorting to do, but basically, because of your software, the nightmare's over.
So thanks. And congratulations for believing in something strongly enough to stick to it and make it go from being just an idea, to a great thing that people can use. ”
Version History
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3.0.2
- Bugfix for OSX 10.4
Duplicate Annihilator
- Aperture Edition
The leading application for dealing with iPhoto duplicates is now also available for Aperture 3.
The easy way to find duplicate Master images in Aperture 3
It's so easy to import images to Aperture that sometimes a duplicate or two occur. Eventually that can become quite a task to clean up.
Duplicate Annihilator - Aperture Edition takes on the time consuming task comparing the Master images in your Aperture 3 database using effective algorithms to make sure that no duplicates escape. When a duplicate is found the versions of that master will be marked with a keyword of your choice to make it easy to locate and delete.
Key features
- Easily find and annihilate duplicates created during import.
- Compare master images using different algorithms to detect and understand differences.
- Detect duplicates using effective algorithms using electronic checksums like MD5 and CRC32.
- Detect duplicates by using file specific meta data such as filename, dimensions, filesize, Exif creation date or date of creation.
- Marks versions keyword of your choice to make them easy to find using Aperture features like search or smart folders.
- Makes your Aperture slimmer and faster.
- Free updates!
Demo movie
Requirements
- Mac OS X 10.4.x, 10.5.x or 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
- Aperture 3
Rewards & Mentions
Version History
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1.1.0
- Various fixes and improvements
Testimonials
“Many thanks to the staff of Brattoo Software, and the software, for helping me get rid of thousands of duplicates.”
“These are absolutely wonderful programs. I had duplicates coming out of my ears, metaphorically speaking, and your programs cleaned out literally thousands of image dupes!”
“All good and great product, probably saved me three months worth of work deleting pic’s!!!!”
“Your app is worth it's weight in gold...”
“Thank you so much, wow best customer support I've ever seen.”
“Great product! Well worth the price in time alone!”
“I love duplicate annihilator...”
“Thanks for a great bit of software. Fantastic value and does exactly what it says on the tin! A bargain for £6.”
“I love the Duplicate Ann... easily the best on the market”
“Great tool for professionals.”
“I am enjoying using your “Duplicate Annihilator” software. I haven’t found another program that equals your software for strength, versatility, speed and accuracy.”
“Duplicate Annihilator is amazing. It's wonderful, and you're simply brilliant.”
“Thank you so much. This is great support. Never seen this before!”
“Congratulations for this awesome software! I've bought it for iPhoto and worked amazing.”
“It's a great programme, very helpful especially to someone like me who is terrified of deleting any photos especially old ones.”
“Duplicate Annihilator is such a good, easy to use and it finds every dupe. I have a giant iPhoto library and the dupes seem get into it all the time. I run the application regularly on the whole thing, and on parts of it where I suspect there might be some dupes, and it never fails. How can you charge so little for it. And your customer service also is the best I've ever used.”
“I purchased the Duplicate Annihilator about a month ago, used it, worked great.”
“You are wonderful and very patient I will sing your praises! ”
“What a great program. ...I think that's pretty amazing. And the whole process was so simple and easy that I just thought I'd tell you about my experience. AND FOR $8. I 'd gladly pay $20 for this wonderful, user friendly application.”
“Thanks for a really useful piece of software.”
“Duplicate Annihilator is the best $8 I've ever spent. I merged all of my iPhoto libraries & it flawlessly found & deleted the duplicate pics.”
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“Duplicate Annihilator works beyond my expectations”
“This is a great program!”
“Great little app!”
“Excellent software, very happy customer.”
“I want to thank you for your very professional support of your annihilation software. ...Having a like new, clean library feels so good!”
“True godsend!”
“I just wanted to let you know how ridiculously impressed I am with your software!”
“I feel so much better having my photos back in order and you can be assured I will recommend your software to my customers!”
“Just bought the software and works great. I will definitely recommend to my friends and colleagues.”
“Duplicate Annihilator is fantastic.”
“...been enjoying my 'clean' iPhoto files since. Excellent product, excellent service!”
“Wonderful. Worth it's weight in gold!!!”
“You are GODS...thanks from a mere computer mortal.I will sacrifice an animal every day to you continued health...well maybe some joss sticks.”
“this software is great”
“U guys r legends”
“Got it working, thanks for the swift support, you rock!”
“Wow. Not only a grat program but great support. Amazing. Thanks so much”
“I really like the program - it's incredibly useful.”
“Every time I use this program -- just used it this morning to check a whole bunch of new images I imported into iPhoto recently and found several dozen dupes -- I think this is about the best $7.95 I've ever spent on anything. The program just *works* and has great built-in intelligence and best of all, safe-guards. I've tried other ways to find and elimnate dupes and really messed up my iPhoto library. With Duplicate Annihilator, I know my data is safe. This is a one-trick poney, but it's worth every penny. Highly recommended.”
“The problem is solved! You software is wonderful !!!”
“I am a little bit in love with your product as it is saving me a ton of time.”
“I am very pleased with the final result of Duplicate Annihilator. Thank you.”
“I purchased duplicate and thumbnail annihilator. I would like to say that this software is kick ass and the best type of software I have ever used. I tried a few other programs that were suckish and I bought the propagandas software and it is amazing”
“I just wanted to let you know that your product is amazing. I purchased Duplicate Annihilator almost two years ago and it has come in handy more than once. It's just amazing how well your product works and how seamless it is to use. I just thought you should know that $7.95 is a ridiculously cheap price for how well Duplicate Annihilator works. I know quite often you may get crazy feedback, but I just thought I'd tell you how grateful I am of Duplicate Annihilator. Thank you again for creating and maintaining a well written product!”
“Thanks for a real solution to a real problem”
“It's working now and I love it - fantastic software!”
“At $7.95, Duplicate Annihilator is a bargain, but I don't think any iPhoto user should be without it. Duplicate Annihilator fills a need and fills it well! A+”
“I downloaded Duplicate Annihilator yesterday and ran it on my iPhoto library, with its almost 22,000 images. It found 1,700 duplicates, moving the newer ones to the trash. I went through the discarded ones and could find no errors whatsoever.”
“I just purchased Duplicate Annihilator and it worked flawlessly so I could find and delete all duplicates in my library of over 40,000 pictures. What a life and timesaver.”
“Hey there, I wanted to say thank you for making some fantastic software with Duplicate Annihilator”
“The software is fantastic, I'm on the import of my 3rd iPhoto library and am please to say the dupes are quickly being whisked away!”
“Thank you for all your kind help. It is my intention to forward your name to the Nobel committee for consideration in the Genius category. Thanks again.”
“If only every company were as quick, efficient and helpful as you. You're a superb role-model. I wish you could take over the auto industry.”
“I really like the app. and have over 40,000 photos, and was able to find and delete the dups. Could not have done it with out your app.”
“Duplicate Annihilator saved me SO MUCH WORK!”
“Just wanted to let you know...your product is superb.”
“It's a wonderfully executed program and presents superb value for money.”
“It worked, THANKS. I like your app, it made my life a whole lot easier. ”
“Wow! Thank you, it is nice to have such great customer service.”
“I will put the good word out for your products, which are terrific by the way... THANK YOU!”
“WOW you have gained a customer for life.... LOVE your businesss ethics.... ”
“It worked! Thank you, thank you! I told the Apple Technical support guy about you on the phone today. I also told him, most importantly, about the AWESOME support you give!!! ”
“I REALLY APPRECIATE how quickly and thoroughly you have answered my questions.”
“Wow. You guys are amazing and absolutely should charge more for your software. This is customer service that far exceeds that which accompanies full-cost software !!”;
“I used your software and it's awesome, my iphoto library had 10300 pictures/movies, after i've runt it now 3000 was duplicated :) Can you imagine? Remove 3000 pictures by hand?”
“Thanks for the quick response and a great application!”
“This product is KILLER though!!”
“You rock :)”
“You guys rock, keep on creating useful apps for us, will ya?”
“I just wanted to drop a note of thanks for Duplicate Annilihator. ”
“Thank you so much for your product, I will be recommending it to anyone I run into with a similar problem!!”
“Your program saved a great deal of my time. It took well over an hour but the end result made my life much easier. Thanks.”
“This software accomplishes a task that should actually be built in iPhoto, but it isn't. It's stable, very versatile (according to the ways how duplicates are identifyed) and offers a simple way to hunt down duplicates in iPhoto. And it's price is affordable to really everyone!”
“I absolutely can recommend this software!”
“This saved me from days of sorting through more than 50000 pictures (originals, modified images, thumbnails, application icons a.s.o.) after a crash of both my main iPhoto and backup disk, with a following recover!”
“I can heartily recommend it for anyone who has managed to get duplicates that are not easily sorted "by hand".”
“It stepped through my 15,000+ photos, and found over 90% of the dupes. Well done.”
