MacBook is the epitome of efficiency and class – but imagine if your MacBook started to hang, get slower or started to act up? What good would it be?
It is essential to keep your MacBook clean just like you need to keep your phones clean – when a lot of junk files are collected in your phone it starts causing storage issues, device lags and other issues which make us wonder, what’s the point of buying a MacBook if it’s like all other laptops?
Don’t worry, we are here to end your misery. Today we will see how we can simply delete your entire photo collection on your MacBook in a few steps, delete a few selected photos, and then how to delete duplicate photos.
Keep reading.
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Delete All Photos
If your MacBook is reeling under the pressure of piles of photos, perhaps you could just delete all of them and start over. This might be one of the ways to help you crawl your way out of the mess. If you think this idea sounds great, here is what you need to do:
- Open up the Photos app on your Mac and select the Photos option in the Library pane on the left.
- Press the Command + A keys shortcut combination on the keyboard to select all the photos.
- Now press the Backspace key to delete these photos.
- Now click the Recently Deleted section in the Library pane.
- Now click the Delete All button on the top-right, and select OK in the confirmation prompt.
Delete Selected Photos
If you need to delete a few photos only, you will need to select them and then sweep them to the Bin.
If you need to select a few photos in quick succession, the easiest way is to click and drag the mouse pointer to cover all the photos inside it. The rest is simply deleting them to the Bin.
If you need to select a big number of photos (situated in succession), click the first photo in the sequence, hold down the Shift key and then click the last photo and all the items will be automatically selected. Next, hit the Backspace key to delete them.
If you need to select photos that are not in a sequence, click the first photo and then hit the Command key every single time you click a photo to select it. Once you’ve selected them all, delete them to the Bin.
Clone Files Checker
Now you can delete all those duplicate files (and photos) from your MacBook without having to spend any blood and sweat. You can easily delete all the files that you do not need or a clone in one go. Seems interesting right?
Very often students, photographers, web developers, and writers have a lot of files – of course, they put in so much effort in the same thing over and over again until it’s perfect – so they usually have a lot of files which might well be duplicated.
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The software allows you to secure your data without having to spend a fortune to increase the speed and productivity of your MacBook and to manage data on the cloud. Moreover, it helps keep your data organized and recover all the disk space that had been lost to duplicates.
Coming back to the point, Clone Files Checker can be downloaded for free. It works smoothly on all, and if you are someone who is unable to find software that is compatible with a MacBook, this should be a sigh of relief for you.
The software is by a well-reputed company named Sorcim, renowned for preparing the most effective software for the people!
Let’s come to the part you have been waiting for – how to use Clone Files Checker.
Step 1: Download and Install
The first step to use this software is to log on to its website and download the software. Once downloaded, execute its set up and install the software.
It will take 2-3 minutes to install.
Step 2: Select the scan location
With Clone Files Checker, you can easily add up the scan location. You can also add up multiple locations to be scanned in a single scan. It also allows you to add up a sub-folder (in the Exclude from Scan sub-tab) that you want to be left out of the duplicate scan.
Step 3: Scan Filters
Clone Files Checker provides you with the option to choose filters that you can use to narrow down the duplicate file types that will be included in the scan. You can search by selecting either the All Files option or selecting those file types which you want to be scanned. You can also opt to simply ignore files that are smaller/ bigger than particular file size. You may apply these filters depending on the photos you want to select. e.g size of the photos in MBs.
Step 4: The scan
Click the Start Search button and now patiently allow Clone Files Checker sometime to quickly go through the selected locations on your MacBook for a thorough duplicate photo scan.
Step 5: Scan results
When you get the scan results pop up, you will surely be amazed by checking the handy info describing the number of duplicate photos that have been detected and the space they have been occupying. Click the Review & Fix button.
You can also check the preview for the images by selecting the Show Preview checkbox. Now simply click on an image and you will see it’s preview in the area right below the Show Preview checkbox.
Step 6: Finishing the job
Click the Select Duplicates button and choose if you want to retain the oldest, newest, most modified, or least modified photo in each duplicate group. You can also opt to select/ leave out certain folders (and the photos inside them) through the Select by folder location button.
The final step is to click Select Action and hit the Permanently Delete Duplicate Files button. Alternatively, you can also move the duplicate photos to a folder you get to choose.
It is very easy to get rid of all the unnecessary photos and declutter your MacBook SSD so that your Mac gets back to its optimum shape once again.
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Raza Ali Kazmi works as an editor and technology content writer at Sorcim Technologies (Pvt) Ltd. He loves to pen down articles on a wide array of technology related topics and has also been diligently testing software solutions on Windows & Mac platforms. If you have any question about the content, you can message me or the company's support team.