Trim+iPhoto+Originals

Slimming down iPhoto
Found these useful terminal commands to remove obsolete iPhoto originals. It saved me about 2Gb of diskspace. Use at your own risk. code mkdir ~/.Trash/iPhoto-Originals cd ~/"Pictures/iPhoto Library/Modified/" find. -type f -exec mv "../Originals/{}" ~/.Trash/iPhoto-Originals/ \;

code The [|original poster] added the following comments:

Basically, if a picture exists in the Modified folder, then there must be a backup of it in the Originals folder. Thus, for each picture in the Modified folder, this script will move its corresponding Original to the trash.

NOTE: iPhoto still thinks these images have "backup" Originals, and will still present you with the option to "Revert to Original." Not to worry, if you try to revert to an original which has been erased by this technique, nothing happens.

NOTE 2: You may see a bunch of "No such file or directory" errors. That's OK - when you import a movie, a generated thumbnail also gets thrown into the Modified folder. The error comes because it thinks this generated thumbnail has an original image, but it doesn't. Furthermore, the movie is untouched.

You get a folder in the trash with the pics that have newer modified versions so you can easily check all is well before giving them the final chop.