App Pick: iPhoto Diet★
With a new template in development and on the way, I thought it apt to take the time out and write yet another 'Take' on an application.
Meet: iPhoto Diet. If you have a messy iPhoto library with images all over the place, unassigned, duplicated or you're library is just sitting pretty at a leisurely 10gb too fat, then iPhoto Diet may just be your savior.
True to its name, iPhoto Diet puts iPhoto, on a digital byte-saving diet. It checks for duplicates, redundant backups, unrotated originals and of course strips icon thumbnails (allow iphoto to generate more up-to-date versions that my just save some space).
iPhoto Diet can also check for unassigned photos, or in other words, photos that aren't in an album or categorized in any way.
My only advice would be to use the program slowly, and when you're not using the computer. It'll take probably 5 minutes if you check all the options, but I'd recommend that you perform actions one at a time. For instance, checking Move: Unassigned Photos, and selecting New Album is a good start. The same goes for duplicates.
I wouldn't move photos into the trash first however; if you find a photo you want to keep in the trash it can only be dragged back into the library, where it becomes unassigned and nearly impossible to find. However, If you move them to a new album, you can restore chosen photos into albums and then to delete the unwanted, repeat the process with 'Move to iPhoto's Trash' selected.
I think that iPhoto Diet could do itself a favor by improving its gui and usability even more. For now, it does the job, and it does the job nicely. Check it out at FreshMeat
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★ 3 Comments. | By Skippy, Saturday, May 5, 2007 9:24 PM | Links to this post
Yeah I use this too. Pretty cool.
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At first I was way unsure about tihs programme.
but after i sepnt ages checking that it had actually found duplicates and was safely removing them and not deleitng the good copies, i found it pretty good.
In fact i use it a lot now and iphoto is way easier to keep on the hdrive because its library is kept real 'slim'.
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thanks guys. You're both right. so far iPhoto Diet has been a great little app.
By: Skippy
