Somehow they broke their algorithm for detecting whether the local photo was uploaded, so the Google Photo contained thousands of photos but with names that may be the same or differ by a second.
I wrote it to handle the case when the Google Photo application started to repeatedly upload local files from my Android phone. It’s up to specialized photo tools or organizers. The script cannot help with a more general case when it’s needed to find photo duplicates based on their content. Maybe download all photos (though it's painful to select all inside Google Photos as well) and de-dupe script that could be run to identify duplicates and re-upload the best originals? This is a legit problem I've seen 100s of people talk about over the internet and indeed a great monetisation source for someone who has the skill-set to build a working solution.The script solves the very specific problem with repeated uploading same files. Has anyone here been able to successfully find a solution to this that works well? Google has acknowledged the problem and has not provided an update for years now and it doesn't seem like it's on their near-future roadmap either. Moreover, they've also stopped syncing between Drive Photos which used to be a hacky way for folks to download all photos, use an offline deduplication software and re-upload. Google has retired Picasa (which had an experimental duplicate finder). Given the volume of photos (1000s), it is impossible to segregate and delete thee duplicates individually.
Problem Statement - There are multiple duplicate photos on my Google Photos account, some of which are duplicated 3-5 times each over the course of multiple backups in the last 10 years. Disclaimer: I know there are multiple threads around this on StackExchange and all over the internet but I'm re-posting because half the information in there is outdated and none of them offer a perfect solution (yet).
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