As a very popular apple photo editing app, Photo Booth software is installed on MacBook as well as iPad beforehand. This app lets users capture, edit and modify videos and photos with high-quality effects similar to Adobe Photoshop. This application also allows you to switch background as per your preference. With exception quality of video recording, Photobooth app also allows Mac users to record via inbuilt or external webcam.
Since having multiple duplicates can make searching through data tough. With all these photo editing softwares, a new version of each photo is generated rather than updating the original image which of course leads to a huge amount of duplication in the data. Can you imagine having multiple versions and revisions of the same picture with only a few minor fixes that make images otherwise completely identical.
Another major cause of replication of each photo is the multiple downloads of a single file, at different times. Now when you synchronize files across multiple devices, it might not go exactly as planned since some files can get synced incorrectly. Such a circumstance can cause the generation of multiple copies of the same file.
In order to get rid of duplicates, you can use Finder Application – but this application is not endorsed since it only works for files that are stored in the same folder. We need an application which not only works for multiple folders but also diverse formats. For example, the same content might be found in the Apple iWork document. So this complexity increases the possibility of getting false positives.
Obviously comparing every single file on your SSD can be a tiring task which would take many hours. So instead you can go for softwares embedded with advanced technology and algorithms which not only offer accuracy but also efficiency. One such exclusive duplicate finder software, which is widely used for this purpose, is Clone Files Checker for Mac. You can carry out the following steps through this software to find duplicate photos and videos in the Photo Booth:
Determine Location of Photo Booth Files:
The pre-set location for this software is the ~/Pictures/Photo Booth Library for Photo Booth. But the location on your system can vary on the basis of Mac edition or simply how you have set it up. To determine the location of Photo Booth pictures, you can use the following steps:
- On the Dock, click ‘Finder Icon’ and open the home directory of the current user.
- Select the option to ‘Show Package Contents’ and scroll down to the folder of Pictures. This Folder will mainly contain all videos and photos that you have saved or captured via Photo Booth.
Next, download the Clone Files Checker from https://www.clonefileschecker.com/ for your Mac System.
- Once installed, this software will offer you the option to scan your system. Please note that this option is selected by default.
- Click on the ‘Add’ Button in Include Tab and then select the specific location at which your Pictures Folder resides.
- Next, select Custom filters and mark checkboxes for Images and Videos.
- You can also select file sizes but that option is not mandatory. After making all selection, click on the Start Search button to start the scan. It will take a few minutes before the scan finishes.
- Upon completion, the Clone Files Checker will display scan results for duplicate content duplicate scan results.
- Next, click on the “Review & Fix” button to check the detailed list of all duplicates. You can also select the checkbox for showing the preview and then click an image to get an easy view.
- On this screen, you can select the duplicate files and choose the criteria to keep 1 item out of all duplicates.
- Once the selection process is completed, click “Action” and then choose whether you wish to delete the selected duplicates permanently or to move them to another folder.