How to delete originals photos from iPhoto6?

[MKAIF]

Hello to all,
I use iphoto6 to manage my photos. There is lot of space of iPhoto library is occupied by the original photo and I want to delete that all files to free up some space. I don't know how to do this. Can anyone tell me how to delete originals photos from iPhoto6? Please help me.
Thank you.

[Eric B]

Hey as per my knowledge you have to use iPhoto Diet 3.1 to delete all your originals photos from iPhoto6. It is very simple to use. It save lot of your computer space. iPhoto Diet is a utility that helps to slim down your iPhoto library by manipulating your photos in the following ways:
* eliminate duplicate photos created internally by iPhoto or imported by yourself
* remove iPhoto's backups of rotated or modified photos
* strip the thumbnail icons of your photos
* remove thumbnail photos that have become mixed up with your high resolution photos
* identify photos which have not been added to albums
* weed out unnecessary folders and files from the library

[Glenny]

Hey you have to use following steps to delete originals photos from iPhoto6. Just open your terminal and then type following commands.

$ mkdir ~/.Trash/iPhoto-Originals
$ cd ~/"Pictures/iPhoto Library/Modified/"
$ find . -type f -exec mv "../Originals/{}"~/.Trash/iPhoto-Originals/ \;'

These command is used to create folder with name "iPhoto-Originals" in the Trash and it moves all your original photos to the trash.

Note: Ignore the errors you get in the Terminal.

[JonathanD]

I am using following commands to delete or remove the images to trash. It is only used to delete images and not the video. I don't get nay error with it.

#!/bin/sh
echo "Trashing originals";
test -d ~/.Trash/iPhoto-Originals || mkdir ~/.Trash/iPhoto-Originals
cd ~/"Pictures/iPhoto Library/Modified/"
find . -type f -iname *.jp*g -exec sh -c '
   test -f "../Originals/{}" && 
      dir=`dirname "{}"` &&
      ( 
         test -d ~/.Trash/iPhoto-Originals/"$dir" || 
         echo mkdir -p ~/.Trash/iPhoto-Originals/"$dir" &&
         mkdir -p ~/.Trash/iPhoto-Originals/"$dir" 
      ) &&
      echo mv "../Originals/{}" ~/.Trash/iPhoto-Originals/"$dir" &&
      mv "../Originals/{}" ~/.Trash/iPhoto-Originals/"$dir"
   ' \;

I hope this will help you.

[Macarenas]

From your information it seems that you are asking for trouble if you delete these originals. If you are asking this question then my answer is no. It doesn't give any problem. As per my suggestion you have to use external drive to keep all your original photos. It is the best way to free up your library space without deleting them completely.