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Subject: [Leica] how to remove empty folders ?
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2015 06:46:32 -0800
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> 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.


 very clever Frank, I will try it.


s



>  
> 
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>    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,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Steve
>> 
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In reply to: Message from steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] how to remove empty folders ?)
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