Duplicating a photo

It ought to be easy, but with my new iPhoto '08 I cannot duplicate a photo. When I select a photo, the Duplicate command is greyed out. When I try to edit, once again the Duplicate command isn't available. What am I missing?

When you try to duplicate, are you in a Smart Album?
Regards
TD

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I'm trying to merge (unify) my Aperture library with my iphoto library and have doen the merge and consolidate functions in Aperture. I have found that this process increased my Aperture library form 30 to 39 gigs and duplicated many photos in the proces

I've just merged my Aperture and iphoto libraries and have found that my combined new Aperture library has grown from about 30 gigs (the total size of the Aperture and iphoto libbraries prior to merging) to 40 gigs. Also, in reviewing photos in the Aperture browser I find that photos appaer as duplicated, one photo with no tag (the original) followed by the same photo with a small tag (suggesting edits). HAs the merge process caused an unintended increase in library size? My initial reason do consolidate the libraries was to eliminate the "referenced" portion fo the Aperture library that refernced the iphoto originals. Any thoughts as to how I can get one consolidated non-referenced combined libray inside Aperture with no duplicates. I run a Time Capsule and can access backups of the original Aperture and Iphoto libraries if I need to repeat the process. Thanks for any help. Jim.

My initial reason do consolidate the libraries was to eliminate the "referenced" portion fo the Aperture library that refernced the iphoto originals
One for the Consolidate Masters command.
By importing the Library you brought over everything, lock stock and barrell, and your Aperture library still points to those referenced masters in the iPhoto Library.
Regards
TD

Is iphoto duplicating my photos in ios7

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Hello Zed,
Thank you for the question. The iPhoto app references the photos in the Photos app. Deleting a photo from the iPhoto app should delete it from the Photos app as well. Use the steps below to delete photos:
Delete photos from iPhoto
iPhoto uses the photos and video clips that are stored in the Photos app on your device. If you delete a photo from the Photos app on your device, the photo is deleted in iPhoto (unless the photo has been edited, captioned, tagged as a favorite, or used in a web journal, slideshow, or photo book).
You can also delete any photos you took with your device, and any photos you imported using the iPad Camera Connection Kit, directly from the Camera Roll album in iPhoto. You can't delete photos from iPhoto or the Photos app if you synced them to your device using iTunes.
You can also hide a photo, so it remains in the Photos app, but doesn’t appear in iPhoto.
Delete photos
Depending on how your photos and video clips were added to iPhoto, do one of the following:
Photos and video clips taken with your device: In iPhoto, tap Albums, tap Camera Roll, tap to select the photos, tap , tap Delete Photo, and tap Delete. The photos are deleted from both iPhoto and your device.
Photos and video clips you synced to your computer using iTunes: Connect your device to your computer and, in iTunes, deselect the photos and video clips you want to remove from your device. Click Apply.
Photos in the Beamed, Photo Box, iTunes, or [App] album: Tap a photo, tap (tap Edit if you don’t see the tool), tap Delete Photo, and tap Delete.
Delete photos from iPhoto
http://help.apple.com/iphoto/iphone/2.0/#blnkc3fc92ab
If you are not seeing the changes in the Photos app after deleting a photo from iPhoto, you may need to quit and relaunch the application. Use these steps to quit the application:
Double-click the Home button.
Swipe left or right until you have located the app you wish to close.
Swipe the app's preview up to close it.
iOS: Force an app to close
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5137
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How to load new photos onto Iphone without duplicating old photos?

Hi There
I use my IPhone to store all of my photos and want to update it actively every couple of weeks, i recently tried to add to the existing photos on my iphone but found that the photos that were on the phone to begin with are now all duplicated, but the IPhone isn't registering that they are duplicated (ie - if the folder has 30 photos in it and recognises 30 photos there are actually 60 photos in the album that I can see?) How can I add to the photo folder without the existing photos duplicating?
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1314

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No matter which directories I add/remove when syncing, these same 3125 photos remain in the Photo Library directory, nothing added or subtracted in subsequent syncs.
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If you want to just remove them form youriPhone or iPad then click on your device at top right and select the photos tab. You can then choose which photos sync out to your device in terms of Albums, Events or faces.
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The links below have instructions for deleting photos.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4236
iPad Tip: How to Delete Photos from Your iPad in the Photos App
http://ipadacademy.com/2011/08/ipad-tip-how-to-delete-photos-from-your-ipad-in-t he-photos-app
Another Way to Quickly Delete Photos from Your iPad (Mac Only)
http://ipadacademy.com/2011/09/another-way-to-quickly-delete-photos-from-your-ip ad-mac-only
How to Delete Photos from iPad
http://www.wondershare.com/apple-idevice/how-to-delete-photos-from-ipad.html
How to: Batch Delete Photos on the iPad
http://www.lifeisaprayer.com/blog/2010/how-batch-delete-photos-ipad
(With iOS 5.1, use 2 fingers)
How to Delete Photos from iCloud’s Photo Stream
http://www.cultofmac.com/124235/how-to-delete-photos-from-iclouds-photo-stream/
 Cheers, Tom

How do I copy an album from one mac to another without duplicating the photos

When I try to copy an album of photos from my wife's mac to mine, I just want the "album". I already have the photos. But I want to have that subset in the order she put them in. However, all I can figure out to do is "copy" that album, importing all the photos again as duplicates, then taking Last Import and making the album from that. And it doesn't necessarily preserve the order that the photos were sorted into. Surely there's an easier way. Is there?

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LN

Duplicating flagged photos

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iOS and iPod: Syncing photos using iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4236
iPad Tip: How to Delete Photos from Your iPad in the Photos App
http://ipadacademy.com/2011/08/ipad-tip-how-to-delete-photos-from-your-ipad-in-t he-photos-app
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http://www.wondershare.com/apple-idevice/how-to-delete-photos-from-ipad.html
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http://www.lifeisaprayer.com/blog/2010/how-batch-delete-photos-ipad
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How to Delete Photos from iCloud’s Photo Stream
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IPhoto upgrade to 7.1.3 (364) duplicated all photos

I'm on OS10.5.2 on an Intel iMac. Doing the 7.1.3 iPhoto update resulted in the 13,000 photos in iPhoto becoming 26,000 photos. Every photo seems to have a duplicate. I can't see where there are other reports of this in the FAQs. Anyone know why this happened and how to fix?
I recovered the file from before the 7.1.3 update but I'm afraid to put it in service until I know what happened.

Chris
Sounds to me like your database file has been damaged.
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Regards
TD

IPhoto is duplicating every photo on transfer from my camera . How to correct this duplication from occurring ?

i PHOTO Duplicates each photo on transfer from my camera .
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How can I easily delete all duplciate photos from my entire library? I really don't want to do this manually as I have many photos. When I did my sync with camera and photos using my iPhone and iPad many of my photos were duplicated. Thanks

Photos does not have a built-in duplicate remover.
Try to restore the Photos library from before you synced and duplicated the photos from your backup.
Most third party duplicate cleaners do not yet work with Photos, but there will be soon one that works with Photos:
ttp://www.fatcatsoftware.com/comments/announcing_powerphotos
Also, Duplicate Annihilator is now available for Photos.

Photo Library pics duplicated?

Can someone explain why I always have 2 sets of the same photos on my iphone? If I understand correctly, the photo library will always show the same photos that I choose to sync in itunes, correct? but why? It is annoying to see 2 of the same

Although it appears that way, the photos are not duplicated or taking up double the storage space.
All photos transferred to your iPhone via the iTunes sync process are stored in your iPhone's Photo Library regardless how many different albums or folders that contain photos are selected to be transferred to your iPhone. I have multiple iPhoto albums selected to be transferred to my iPhone and this provides for being able to view the photos in an album or folder only by selecting the album or folder under Photo Library, or view all photos in all albums or folders by selecting Photo Library.
The photos aren't duplicated. Photos in an album or folder include a link or pointer to the original photo that is stored in the iPhone's Photo Library.
It is the same with iTunes and music playlists. You can listen to the music in a playlist only by selecting the playlist, or all music in all playlists and in your iTunes library by selecting Music. Songs in an iTunes playlist are not duplicated, and photos in an album or folder transferred to your iPhone are not duplicated.

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I have the same settings in two macs, as well the Gemini.

I agree wholeheartedly with léonie. Uninstall Gemini and try another duplicate finder.
These applications will identify and help remove duplicate photos from an iPhoto Library:
iPhoto Library Manager - $29.95
Duplicate Annihilator - $7.95 - only app able to detect duplicate thumbnail files or faces files when an iPhoto 8 or earlier library has been imported into another.
PhotoSweeper - $9.95 - This app can search by comparing the image's bitmaps or histograms thus finding duplicates with different file names and dates.
DeCloner - $19.95 - can find duplicates in iPhoto Libraries or in folders on the HD.
DupliFinder - $7 - shows which events the photos are in.
iPhoto AppleScript to Remove Duplicates - Free
PhotoDedupo - $4.99 (App Store) - this app has a "similar" search feature which is like PhotoSweeper's bitmap comparison. It found all duplicates
Duplicate Cleaner for iPhoto - free - was able to recognize the duplicated HDR and normal files from an iPhone shooting in HDR
Some users have reported that PhotoSweeper did the best in finding all of the dups in their library: iphoto has duplicated many photos, how...: Apple Support Communities.
If you have an iPhone and have it set to keep the normal photo when shooting HDR photos the two image files that are created will be duplicates in a manner of speaking (same image) but there are only twp apps that detected the iPhone HDR and normal photos as being duplicates: PhotoSweeper and Duplicate Cleaner for iPhoto. None of the other apps detected those two files as being duplicates as they look for file name as well as other attributes and the two files from the iPhone have different file names.
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Where are you seeing the duplicates? Are you seeing your photos twice in the camera roll or once in the photo Stream and once in the Camera Roll?
In which albums are the duplicates?
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If photos taken on your devices are duplicated it could be caused by taking HDR photos. If you have set the option "Settings > Photos & Camera > Keep Normal Photo", your HDR photos will appear twice..
Keep the normal photo in addition to the HDR version. Go to Settings > Photos & Camera > Keep Normal Photo. Both the normal and HDR versions of the photo appear in Photos. HDR versions of photos in your Camera Roll are marked with “HDR” in the corner.

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