"Do not import duplicates" IS importing duplicates

Why does "do not import duplicates" no longer work in Aperture 3?
I've upgraded to 3.1.1.
This "pro" app is making managing my photos really a pain in the rear.
What. Is. The. Deal?

This is one of those bizarre things. With my Cannon 40D as long as I don't rename the actual file name (not the version but the actual master file name) *Do not import duplicates* works like you would expect. The project I import into has nothing to do with it. It can be the same project or a different project, works in both cases.
Now one thing I did notice with my camera. It has different numbering modes you can set. One of them, manual reset, creates a numbering system that emulates a directory structure. That is each time you reset the file numbers it changes a prefix on the file name. If I select this mode somewhere in the import stream the file name is getting changed. So in this case it appears as if Aperture is importing dups but in fact the file names are different from import to import.
I urge you to try a quick experiment if you haven't already done so. Format your card, create a new empty Aperture library, take 3 or 4 pics and import them. The as soon as processing finishes reimport with *Do not import duplicates* checked. If Aperture imports the images again compare the actual master file names.
As I type this another thought comes to mind. I have all managed images, it is possible that it may not work with referenced images. Those who report this as not working do you have managed or referenced images?

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Apple makes great software. Aperture is not some of it.
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ISSUE 1 (The Annoying One):
Aperture is showing a lot of photos that have already been imported even if I select "Don't Import Duplicates". Aperture has done this for a long time. I know that when it comes time to importing them, it doesn't import the duplicates, but this is just a sign that something doesn't work very well. (Maybe it's because I switched to an iPhone 4S and then back. I synced all my photos, and then back again to my iPhone 4, so the sequential number of the photos remained intact. I don't think that's the problem though.). This is just a minor annoyance that shows that Apple can suck at software (remember MobileMe?).
ISSUE 2 (The serious one):
short version: Some photos on my iPhone won't sync to my Aperture library because it thinks they've been synced through PhotoStream. They are not in my Aperture Library or in my Aperture Masters in the filesystem. How can I fix this. What bloody file do I have to delete for Aperture to stop being confused?
longer explanation: When iOS 5 came out, I was excited by PhotoStream. I had enabled it on my MBA, through iPhoto (I hadn't installed Aperture on it yet, as I was using an iMac to manage my Aperture Library). I believe it synced a bunch of photos from my iPhone, but then I stopped using it on my mac. Left it on on my iPhone. Installed Aperture. I initially enabled PhotoStream but swiftly disabled it once I was not sure how it would deal with photos being uploaded from my mac etc - just seemed like too much magic was going on. I then proceeded to sync my iPhone, not importing duplicates, and it synced a bunch of photos, but didn't sync some of them, displaying the following message:
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Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the apple and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords, faces and places back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
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TD

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With so many people complaining about this issue, I can't believe that it hasn't been addressed in any version 5 update yet. Version 4 did not exhibit this problem.
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And there seem to be a lot of people with this problem on other threads and not all using macs. this seems like a very basic problem and surely should be fixed by the developers?????
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This worked for me. Hope it helps you.

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I recently consolidated photos on my server from several places and reconnected all the photos in the PSE6 organizer. As a control to make sure that all of the consolidated photos were in the catalog as expected, I imported from that folder and its subfolders expecting maybe a few that had escaped but nothing else.
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Dick,
Youve stumbled on a new bug (new to me, anyway) in PSE 6 and 7. After reconnecting a file on a network drive, it fails to ignore case in the filename when you try to reimport that file. Heres how to reproduce the bug on Vista (havent tested on XP):
1. Make a new catalog.
2. Do File > Get Photos And Videos > From Files And Folders.
3. Drill down to a file on a network folder and then click Get Photos to import it. Notice that it will start with all upper case, e.g. \\MYSERVER\.
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6. Drag the file from Windows Explorer into the Organizer window to import it. (This is the way I usually import photos.) It will fail to identify the file as a duplicate and import it again with a lowercase server name, e.g. \\myserver.
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I cant predict the long term consequences of not fixing the problem. It may be simply that PSE fails to identify duplicates on import. Or there may be other consequences were not thinking of yet.
You could try contacting Adobe Customer Support. But theyre likely to take a very long time (weeks) to tell you that they cant do anything. Last year someone had a catalog mangled due to a bug, and he could no longer access tens of thousands of photos archived on CD. Adobe took many weeks to acknowledge it was a problem, had him send a copy of the catalog, but then failed to fix it.

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Hi all,
I am running iPhoto '08 and it has worked very well.
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Is there a way in iPhoto to identify duplicates in the iPhoto Library?
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Andreas
Check out Duplicate Annihilator
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TD

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Has anyone else had this problem with the newer version of iPhoto?
The latest version of iPhoto for Yosemite is 9.6. Go to the App Store and update your iPhoto application to it. Then check again.
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iBack up your iPhoto library, Depress and hold the option (alt) and command keys and launch iPhoto - rebuild your iPhoto library
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gail from maine wrote:
Hey Larry,
I have noticed this when I import my photos as well. But I was thinking that for me, maybe it is because I also import my Photo Stream automatically, so when I'm importing my camera roll, they might have already been imported automatically from the Photo Stream?
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I have been reading the forum most of the night and decided that at least I could not find a post that was specific to my issue, please forgive if this is redundant.
I have a new mac like many people and am run iphoto 7.x. created a new photo library the first day I plugged in the new machine. I then connected to my ext HDD where I keep the folders of photos from my old mac. These are the folder and files themselves and not the whole iphoto DB file mentioned in other posts (at least as I understand). I then imported the photos through iphoto to the new library.
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David48 wrote:
What is 'the ADP dialog"?
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