IPhoto Duplicating pictures

My pictures in iPhoto 11 seem to be "reproducing", with the number of photos growing from 3,000, then to 6,0000-7,000, and finally to over 10,000. I originally ran the face detection feature of the software and noticed it was actually creating pictures of faces from the original photos.
Next I turned on photo stream and it appears to be duplicating the duplicates, so I turned it back off. I bought and ran a duplicate picture removal program, so I am now down to about 5,000 photos. I want to turn Photo streaming back on, but I'm afraid I will have the same problem again.
Make it stop... make it stop... my hard drive is being swallowed by the iPhoto beast!

How many Photos? How much Ram? What Mac? How muc free space on the Disk? And, how slow is "slow to start up"?
Are you running a Managed or a Referenced Library?
A Managed Library, is the default setting, and iPhoto copies files into the iPhoto Library when Importing. The files are then stored in the Library package
A Referenced Library is when iPhoto is NOT copying the files into the iPhoto Library when importing because you made a change at iPhoto -> Preferences -> Advanced. (You unchecked the option to copy files into the Library on import) The files are then stored where ever you put them and not in the Library package. In this scenario you are responsible for the File Management.

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Everytime I duplicate a picture WHILE IN EVENTS VIEW in iPhoto 08, I get sent back to the overview screen (showing all events). That means I have to double click on the event I was in and scroll back to the picture and its duplicate. This is rather annoying as I have over 600 pictures in one particular event that I want to edit.
I know I can edit the picture and revert to the original afterwards, but I need different versions for comparison (like in Aperture).
This does not happen when I am in the PHOTOS VIEW. If I sort my photos by date, I get sent straight back to the duplicated picture after importing.
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Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Send a feature request at http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphoto.html
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 08 libraries. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

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I've just swith to Mac, and I love it. Importing my pictures from my pc was easy, however somehow I ended up with the following folders under iPhoto Library:
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Aditionally, when I spotligth a picture it appears on two locations (generally under Originals and Data folders, or Originals and modified) Do I have duplicated pictures? How can I look for duplicated pictures?
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vote_4pedro:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Those three folders are created by iPhoto automatically to hold the following:
Data - thumbnail files for each file imported into iPhoto and viewed in the thumbnail mode up to a certain size, after which the original file is used. This speeds up launching of iPhoto as it does not have to read and render the full sized image files.
Modified - every time you do an edit iPhoto creates this modified file and applies the edit to that file. This allows you to revert to original any time you need the original file.
Originals - these the the files that get imported into iPhoto.
Having these different folders and files is how iPhoto operates and they should not be tampered with from the Finder: Don't tamper with files in the iPhoto Library folder from the Finder. To do so will damage the library and render it unusable for the most part.
Do you Twango?
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first - I am sorry for me bad english........
I am not see in iPhoto 09 pictures from mobileme gallery. in me iPhoto is Mobileme gallery and in this are various albums. But if I click to any album , that I am not see this pictures in this album and iPhoto say " Your mobileme account information as not correct-provided login is not valid " . But Me connect to me mobileme IS CORRECT, I working with this every day and problem is with iPhoto only. You can see to picture on http://gallery.me.com/juramac#100217
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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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I was working with iPhoto downloading pictures
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