[Leica] how to remove empty folders ?

[Steve Barbour]

> On Nov 21, 2015, at 7:41 AM, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> You guys just demonstrated one of the things that makes the LUG such a
> valuable resource to me.


right Bob, got the answer om the LUG after failing to get it on the apple list.


> 
> Steve:  How did you wind up with so many empty folders?  Did this happen
> over time as you were migrating from computer to computer, drive to drive?


exactly right Bob, it’s fixed now.


> 
> --Bob
> 
> ==On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 9:25 AM, Jack Milton <jmilton2 at maine.rr.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Arrange by size will still work if you change the View options
>> (command-J) and check "Calculate all sizes.” This is useful but you may not
>> want to leave it on, especially in a folder with thousands of files and
>> folders as it may slow things down.


thanks Jack, very much appreciated,

steve


>> 
>>> On Nov 21, 2015, at 10:08 AM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Nov 21, 2015, at 6:38 AM, FRANK DERNIE <frank.dernie at btinternet.com>
>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> This may not be the expert way but if you choose "arrange by size" in
>> the finder menu under "view" all the empty folders will show up at the end
>> of the list and will then be easy to select and delete.
>>>> Frank D.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> tried this, exactly, size did not work because sorting did not occur as
>> we expected. Apparently the size that is measured is the folder size, not
>> counting what is inside, not sure about this explanation, in any case, I
>> did the same thing using sorting based on date modified, this worked fine,
>> so I was able to do the job, easily.
>>> 
>>> Brilliant Frank, thank you very much.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>  On Saturday, 21 November 2015, 14:10, Steve Barbour <
>> steve.barbour at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> iMac with latest El Capitan, external 5 TB disc drive with many
>> folders, in groups, many are empty duplicate folders, in each group there
>> is one folder loaded with images, which I want to keep.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I want to delete the duplicate empty folders and leave all the full
>> folders with photos in them. In many cases there are 4-5 duplicates, one of
>> which is full of images, the others empty. It is necessary to delete the
>> empties, leaving all the full folders with photos in place on the drive.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Is there  an easy way to identify and remove just the empty folders?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
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