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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sawday" data-source="post: 1333691" data-attributes="member: 22882">It depends on how iPhoto prferences are set up (Prefrences, Advanced, Importing).  Either you can import them into iPhoto in which case you can delete the originals (but I don't like having all my photos just held in one 'envelope') in which case you can delete the originals or you can choose not to import in which case iPhoto will hold only a thumbnail and a pointer to the original.  Be aware that if you edit any photos in iPhoto that it will keep a copy of the ameneded photo and the original will be untouched.As to space constraints - how about repeatedly running the deduplicate program after just exporting a number of photos - remembering to empty the iphoto trash each time.  As you go on you'll be able to export more and more each time.</blockquote>