Article:		iPhoto Scripts and Plug-ins
Subject:		Show Image script file -- I second that
Date:		2002-02-08 00:55:17
From:		derrick
Response to: Show Image script file
Yeah, you're so right. Deleting an image in iPhoto only removes its ugly face from the library listing, not from the hard drive itself. Hmmm. So now I have all these creepy dark images living down there with the dragons eating up HD space. A fix is definitely on my iPhoto wish list.

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• Show Image script file -- I second that
  2002-02-09 15:00:15  Adam Engst | [Reply | View]
  
  
  Umm, have you tested this? Deleting an image from the Photo Library (as opposed to an album) does indeed remove it from the hard disk, at least on my Mac. Try the following:
  
  * Duplicate an image.
  
  * Figure out the duplicate's filename (actually a number. Double-clicking to open it in another application for editing, as set in the Preferences window, is an easy way to do this if you don't have the Show in Finder script).
  
  * Do a Sherlock search for the filename. You should find a couple of items in the iPhoto hierarchy starting with that number (a data file, a thumbnail, and the original, at least).
  
  * Switch back to iPhoto and delete the image from within the Photo Library.
  
  * Switch back to Sherlock and perform the same search. Every time I repeat these steps, all the files found in the previous search are gone.
  
  cheers.... -Adam