How to Find Duplicate Photos in iCloud Photo Library on Yosemite?

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If you moved to Photos and iCloud Photo Library and you get the several duplicate photos, then you can remove them with simple steps.

Following are the steps to Remove the Duplicates:

  1. Open "Photos" on your Mac.
  2. Export an entire photo library to a folder.
  3. Close "Photos".
  4. Create a new library.
  5. Open the new empty library in Photos and drag everything in that exported folder to Photos app. You can use CMD+A in finder.
  6. During the import you will be prompted to choose what you want to have done for duplicate photos and it will show you the first two identical photos that it has found.
  7. Select "skip" and "apply to all".
  8. This way you can find and remove duplicate photos in iCloud Photo Library.

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