Easy way to show duplicates?

ssimmonsphoto

I did a massive upload last night to complete a gallery, which already had some photos in it. I had skip duplicates enabled and yet there are a bunch of duplicates in it now. Is there any way to have SmugMug show me the duplicate file names in a gallery? There are so many that it'd be easier to delete all of them (if there isn't a way to find them automatically) and reupload the entire gallery, which would take several days at this point. :cry

rainforest1155

Sorry to hear that. What you can do to make identifying the duplicates easier, go into the 'gallery settings' and set 'auto sort' to 'by filename'.
Then go to Tools > many photos > delete to open the delete tool. You can set the tool to display filesnames and that should allow you to identify the duplicate ones. Select the duplicates and then you can delete them in one go.

If that issue ever occurs again, I'd recommend to email us at our helpdesk with details on what gallery you uploaded to and what uploader you used.

Sebastian

SamirD

I've run into this too. I think you'll find this thread answers your question:
Quick Way to Find Duplicate Images in an Upload.

ssimmonsphoto

I wound up going through and getting it done. I was hoping there would be a feature, like in iTunes, that lets you quickly see where the duplicates are. Or at least where the duplicate filenames are. But, alas, the job is done until the next time is happens. :-)

Thanks for your tips!

Mark Dickinson

ssimmonsphoto wrote: »

I did a massive upload last night to complete a gallery, which already had some photos in it. I had skip duplicates enabled and yet there are a bunch of duplicates in it now. Is there any way to have SmugMug show me the duplicate file names in a gallery? There are so many that it'd be easier to delete all of them (if there isn't a way to find them automatically) and reupload the entire gallery, which would take several days at this point. :cry

I come across this as well. My suggestion sometimes, (if you haven't made edits, upload, change edits, then upload to have different treatments) is to delete the entire gallery, and just run an upload with the correct photos selected.

In Lightroom theres a feature: Check your check box: Replace the current photo.... and then your two options of image only or the metadata

If you are using the web uploader, you may run into that if file names/meta are changed

ssimmonsphoto

Mark Dickinson wrote: »

I come across this as well. My suggestion sometimes, (if you haven't made edits, upload, change edits, then upload to have different treatments) is to delete the entire gallery, and just run an upload with the correct photos selected.

In Lightroom theres a feature: Check your check box: Replace the current photo.... and then your two options of image only or the metadata

If you are using the web uploader, you may run into that if file names/meta are changed

When it's happened in the past, I've usually deleted the entire thing and just started over to make it an instant fix. But I was under the gun to get it done and had already uploaded 50% of the gallery. So I picked through them and got it taken care of. I use Star*Explorer, the online uploaders, and rarely the LR built in publisher (rarely is mostly because I just don't get it for some stupid reason).

Thanks again for all the tips and suggestions.

SamirD

I'm working on a much, much, much easier way to find duplicates. If you want to help me test it, PM me.

LouwPhotography

Is there a quick way to do this in new Smugmug? I don't see the filenames when I try to delete in the 'Organize' view. (Specifically, I'm in the middle of uploading files and want to delete any dupes that are leaking through despite the 'Skip Duplicates' option turned on in the uploader.)

mbonocore

LouwPhotography wrote: »

Is there a quick way to do this in new Smugmug? I don't see the filenames when I try to delete in the 'Organize' view. (Specifically, I'm in the middle of uploading files and want to delete any dupes that are leaking through despite the 'Skip Duplicates' option turned on in the uploader.)

I would just sort by filename, and you should be able to see the duplicates in the organizer, especially if you increase the viewing % of your browser to make it zoom in. Sorry!

LouwPhotography

mbonocore wrote: »

I would just sort by filename, and you should be able to see the duplicates in the organizer, especially if you increase the viewing % of your browser to make it zoom in. Sorry!

Is there any way a support hero can help me? I can PM the URL. There's 1200 pictures in there and most, but not all, have duplicates. With a filename identifier, it sucks, but it's doable. If it's just visual it's nearly impossible.