frankraney wrote:
Lightroom will do a search and tag all duplicates with a keyword "duplicate". You then can search on the keyword duplicate and they'll all come up then you can go between the two or three with the same name and see if which one you've edited or if they all are then delete the ones you want but for me if you have not done any editing with Lightroom or any other program there's a faster way to clean up these things. I swear by it.
My preface the statement by I use windows.
Get the app called search everything. This app will do just that. For example you say all your files are jpegs, just type *.jpg in the search bar, or go through the menu and tell it to search for jpegs or all photos and it will find those photos in a matter of seconds, it is fast. Then you sort by file name. I then use Firestone image viewer and I click on the first one, then with the mouse wheel just a slight roll of the wheel goes to the next image so you can go back and forth very quickly to make sure they are the same and not a crop or something like that. if they are identical the one you're on hit the delete key and it's gone. It will include all drives connected so if you have your backup drives connected I would disconnect them and do One Drive at a time, although the software tells you where they are so you can tell if it's a backup if you look close enough at your directory. In my case I may have three or four files of the same name but it shows me where they're at, one will be on c one on f one on G one on H and I know they're backups so they're not duplicates. Since you're just starting out these are two absolute necessary programs in my mind, search everything and fast on image viewer. you'll love them both.
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Can anyone tell me if Bridge can, in a more limited way from Lightroom, provide a useful way to organize photos? I subscribe to Adobe Photoshop but will not use Lightroom for a catalog.