each time a duplicate is found, the higher-quality image (as judged by total file size) is tagged with the keyword photosdup-duplicate while the lower-quality duplicates are tagged with the keyword photosdup-original.

The result of the scan is stored by photosdup in two ways:

If the graphical user interface has stability problems, force single core code using 0 for the cores parameter. For an explanation and overview, just use the help function. Several parameters such as the dimensions of the scaled down image used for comparison can be provided in both the command line and the graphical user interface. The graphical user interface always tags originals and duplicates with keywords and creates albums for them. There is an experimental graphical user interface, which attempts to aid in locating the Photos library and set the parameters (see next section). See the implementation of scan for the typical usage. You can instantiate a DuplicateFinder object by providing the path of the library to scan and using the scan convenience function:įrom photosdup import DuplicateFinder df = DuplicateFinder('Picturs/Photos Library.photoslibrary') print(df.scan())įiner control is available through the functions load, represent, find, and tag.

To tag originals and duplicates with keywords and create albums for them instead, you can add the following parameter: python -m photosdup Pictures/Photos.photoslibrary -tag If this causes any issues or you want to use larger scales, you scan scale originals instead: python -m photosdup Pictures/Photos.photoslibrary -no-thumbs python -m photosdup Pictures/Photos.photoslibraryīy default, the command line version prints a list of lists of images, with each interior list representing an original as its first element and its likely duplicates as the remaining elements.īy default, photsdup uses the thumbnails pre-computed by Photos. Command line interfaceĪfter installation, photosdup can be run by providing it with the directory of the Photos library you would like to scan. The newest version of Photos Duplicates supports all the image formats of OpenCV plus the HEIC format produced by iPhones. In this case, the -no-thumbs option is assumed and the -tag options is ignored. This version can also scan arbitrary directories with images that are not in a Mac Photos library.

The photosdup tool is available from PyPI: pip install photosdup Tool to scan a (Mac) Photos library for duplicates, thumbnails etc.

Mac photos duplicate finder