[X4U] iPhoto isssue

[Charles Howse]

> Can anybody tell me how to eliminate duplicate photos in iPhoto? I
> have over 4,000 total with many dups that I'd like to eliminate but
> whenever I open the main display and select a few to eliminate the
> beach ball spins for a long time before anything finally
> happens...actually, maybe I'm really looking at some other issue??

Did you ever solve this?
If not, here is a great thread from comp.unix.shells on using 'find' to
locate duplicate files.
Once found, deleting them from the shell might be faster than in iPhoto.
http://tinyurl.com/9j627