IPhoto not finding all photos when importing

I'm trying to import 14,499 photos. The problems is when I drag it over or click file import it only imports about 12,200. What happened to the other 2,299? I clicked yes to import duplicate photos. I plan on running duplicate annihilator once all of the photos are in. I can't tell which folder or photos it's not importing. The pictures are in 50 folder, and several have sub folder. I have tried running it on the laptop hard drive, and a external hard drive with 2 different libraries and still same problem.
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If you're shooting HDR photos with your iPhone and don't want double imports turn off the Keep Normal Photo under Settings ➙ Photos & Camera on your iPhone:
Frankly, I'd keep the normal photo. It might be far better than the HDR version, if the camera was not perfectly stabilised or the target moved. Usually it requires the large screen on the Mac to be able to compare the normal photo to the HDR version, to be able to see, if the HDR version is passable.

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