# Deleting Photos- iphoto

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/deleting-photos-iphoto/44495>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [March 5, 2008, 1:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/deleting-photos-iphoto/44495 "2008-03-05T13:55:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![airhead](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/airhead/32/7471_2.png) [@airhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/airhead)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 1:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/deleting-photos-iphoto/44495/1 "2008-03-05T13:55:08Z")

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I have an eMac and I’m not good with computers. Somehow I managed to accumulate 3600+ pictures in iPhoto. 99.9% of those can be deleted because they are all old pics of stuff I listed on eBay. I tried dragging them to the trash and got the pinwheel of death after each, so doing it that way I should be able to be rid of them by next Christmas. Is there a quick way to get rid of them in mass? Most folders can be completely deleted. I’m not an expert, but I imagine they may be dogging my computer down a bit. :smash2:

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**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/deleting-photos-iphoto/44495/2 "2008-03-05T14:01:04Z")

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ugh… if theres anything I hate worse than the bsod, it’s the never ending pinwheel

maybe backup and reformat?

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**Author:** ![airhead](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/airhead/32/7471_2.png) [@airhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/airhead)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 12:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/deleting-photos-iphoto/44495/3 "2008-03-06T12:10:38Z")

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LOL, I wouldn’t even know how to do that. I’m that bad. I figured if there was a way to wipe out all of my pictures at once, I could do that, after putting the small amount I’m saving on a cd. I watch that motherfucking pinwheel all day long, especially when I’ve been listening to Pandora for a little while. Shit slows to a crawl and eventually I just restart the thing.

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**Author:** ![Matt\_Danger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/matt_danger/32/4981_2.png) [@Matt\_Danger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Matt_Danger)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/deleting-photos-iphoto/44495/4 "2008-03-06T12:56:06Z")

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Were you dragging them to the trash from iPhoto or from Finder? And were you dragging 1 photo at a time or several?

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**Author:** ![airhead](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/airhead/32/7471_2.png) [@airhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/airhead)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 10:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/deleting-photos-iphoto/44495/5 "2008-03-24T22:06:47Z")

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I forgot about this thread. I just tried dragging them to the trash via the finder and it was working great. I did a few months worth, and then when I tried to access the rest, I couldn’t access the folders. For example, I will go into the 10/07 folder, and the all of the dates and the data folder are overlapped. Where there should be a dozen folders, there is one with a blob of overlapped writing that can’t be read. I try to open it and I can’t. W. T. F.