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Subject: [Leica] how to remove empty folders ?
From: frank.dernie at btinternet.com (FRANK DERNIE)
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2015 14:38:57 +0000 (UTC)
References: <2E82F516-48A5-4442-BE66-F2959889E979@gmail.com>

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. 


    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?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> many thanks for your help,
>> 
>> 
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>> 
>> Steve
> 


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