Mysterious duplicates of all photos

Every time I download new photos from my camera to iPhoto I find that when I go to 'All Photos' there are two and sometimes three copies of each photo. Sometimes one copy will have the jpg (small letters) extension and the second copy will have JPG (capital letters) extension.
Is this some sort of automatic backup? I have an external hard drive which I use with Time Machine to back up everything, and all these extra copies are taking up a lot of room!
Would I be screwing things up if I go through and delete copies? Don't want to take action until I get the opinion of experts - I am an artist and these photos are essential to my work.
Thanks for the help.

Would I be screwing things up if I go through and delete copies?
1. They are not copies and yes, you would certainly be screwing things up if you go through and delete anything.
Don't change anything in the iPhoto Library Folder via the Finder or any other application. iPhoto depends on the structure as well as the contents of this folder. Moving things, renaming things or otherwise making changes will prevent iPhoto from working and could even cause you to damage or lose your photos.
Really, stay away from that All Images Saved Search, it doesn't understand the iPhoto Library.
When you import a photo into iPhoto the pics is copied into the Library plus a tiny thumbnail is created for display in the iPhoto Window. If you edit a pic in iPhoto the original is preserved and the edits carried out on a copy. IPhoto, therefore, can have up to three versions of the pic. All are necessary, none are copies.
Regards
TD

Similar Messages

IPhoto duplicates (doubles) all photos when importing

Hi
iMac 27 2009/10
OSX 10.8.5
iPhoto 11 9.4.3
When importing from an iPhone (and i think a digital camera) iPhoto imports say 10 photos but it puts 20 into iPhoto - i.e. it duplicates every photo it imports
It never used to do this and i can't see anywhere in preferences where there is a setting to import photos and double them up ?
When we import some 100 photos and we get 200 into iPhoto its a real pain to have to go through them and delete the duplicates

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.

Are iPhoto Album Imports Duplicates of iCloud All Photos

I have Mac, iPad, iPhone.
I have thousands of photos in iPhoto in many albums.
When I turned on iCloud Photo, I was given the option to import from iPhoto which I did.
I now have thousands of photos in All Photos on my iOS devices. I also have thousands of photos in the iPhoto Events album with the sub-albums inside of there.
Are All Photos duplicates of my iPhoto albums?
What if I want Albums to organize photos the way I want to? Can I create albums?
Trying to sort through all of this, thanks for the help and patience.
Thanks in advance.

In iPhoto, you can right-click (or control-click) and select Reveal In Finder. Now you know where the video is.
If you would rather store it in iMovie than iPhoto, you can open iMovie and FILE/IMPORT/MOVIES and navigate to the movie in iPHoto. You will still have the same movie in iPhoto, so if you don't want it both places, you would have to delete it in iPhoto.
I am no expert on iPhoto, but MacWorld has posted some recent articles on how to move your iPhoto library to an external drive. [For Example, this one|http://www.macworld.com/article/141216/archiveiPhotolibraries] and [this one|http://www.macworld.com/article/143828/2009/11/referenced_library.html]
It is generally good practice not to rename or move stuff outside of iMovie once you have started to edit a project. The reason is that a project is a set of instructions that references the real video clips, which are stored in an Event. If you change the name or the path and iMovie does not know about it, all the links in the projects will not work anymore.
You can change event names within iMovie. And you can move Events or Projects to an external drive from within iMovie.

Duplicates in the all photos folder...

In the new photos app for all devices, when I move a photo from the all photos album to a designated folder, there is still a copy of that photo in the all photos album. This annoyed me in the past..... Can I change this with the new app?? Can I move a photo to a album and there is only that copy, or will there always be a copy in one huge all photos folder?

No - you can not move a photo at all
Photos (like iPhoto) uses a library and albums are just one way to view the photos in the library - there are not multiple copies and you do not move them - you are just adding a link to an album so you can view them from there
LN

How can i get ride od duplicates as all my mac has sinced so i have thousends of photos

how can i get ride od duplicates as all my mac has sinced so i have thousends of photos

Katrina...
Try the links posted by Old Toad here > https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3122008

How can I get Lightroom to download all photos on my turnkey computer afterwich upload w/o long wait

I have a turnkey desktop computer dedicated for photography and video use only. Below is a listing of tech points about the computer. I operate with Adobe Creative Suite 6 Master Collection. Also installed is Lightroom 4. I played around with the latter and immediately could appreciate how the software will expedite a lot of the work on photographs. But, and this is a big one, after following through on the advice from several on-line "experts" by having Lightroom incorporate all the images on the computer into the Library, afterwards I could no longer bring up in Lightroom a photo to work on without having to wait ~3 to 5 minutes for each photo.
At some point I counted the number of images on my computer, can't remember how that was done but anyway, about 40,000 keeps coming up in my head. I'm not absolutley sure but it's safe say there are a lot of photos on the computer. My plan is to search through these photos and categorize them under subjects/ideas using Lightroom while still keeping my current filing system by year, month, day and subject. Additionally, in the past few years I have been shooting a lot of RAW images and I believe using Lightroom would help me be more time efficient with any editing needed.
I don't have a lot time/patience to play around with "possible" solutions, but am willing to try someting that has been known to work in cases like mine. At the same time, if my computer set up and/or the number of photos I have installed is prohibitive for Lightroom to operate efficiently, I would be disappointed to hear such but just the same would be very appreciative to know in advance of further futile attempts.
Thank you for your time and consideration,
Baker
Computer:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 GHZ LGA 775 Processor
EVGA GeForce 9800 GTX 512 P3 N871 AR Video card
Windows Pro 7
Antec TPQ-1000 Power Supply
4 x 2G/Wintec 3AXT6400C5--2048 memory
3 x 1T/WD 32m SATA2 WD1001 hard drives

Rob,
If I understand you correctly, a “bad” photo file will create problems for Lightroom that could include long delays when bringing up any image in the catalogue. So I should do the following:
1.       Start over with a new catalogue. I think I am in that position by default more or less because I could no longer work with any images in Lightroom until after I deleted the catalogue which incorporated all of the images on my computer. It just would not work. Now Lightroom works again but with one folder (a photo shoot) at a time.
2.       I have images on two 1 TB hard drives. Not sure I could get all onto one hard drive. (suggestions)
I was under the impression that Lightoom would search the entire computer and only pull photo images into a catalogue. Is it possible that Lightoom would include video files? I could put all photo images on one hard drive into one folder. That would separate the images from video files. But in the Lightroom cataloguing process, must I direct the process by indicating which folders are to be included in the catalogue?
3.       All my current folders are by year, month, day, and event. However, the numbering system for my Nikon cameras goes to 9,999 and then starts over at 0001. Also, I use two cameras. And, as newer/better cameras became available, I switch cameras. So the number 0001, for example, has probably been used a number of times since I first started using digital. All images are unique within a particular unique folder, but it would be a monster job locating all images with the same number. All folders are unique, but I’m pretty sure there are duplicate numbers among images files. And in some cases, there are duplicate images (with the same image) in different folders.
4.       Does the presence of duplicate images or image numbers in separate folders mean I can’t expect Lightroom to function efficiently?
5.       Is there a step by step process I could use that would allow me to bring in a year’s worth of unique folders containing images at a time, so I could test Lightroom to see if it has been adversely impacted?
6.       I’m not familiar with third party renamers?
7.       I would be lost if I had to let go of (rename) my year, month, day, event organization. I was hoping to use Lightroom to gather from these individual dated folders images I found that fit some theme such as weather, Northwest sports, nature shots, etc., without eliminating my current filing system.
Sorry for responding with so many questions.
Thanks for the time and consideration.
Bakerrr

How can I stop iPhoto from importing duplicates of every photo on my iPhone

Having a problem with duplicates of all pics imported from my iPhone
-Connect iPhone
-iPhoto opens, showing the photos on the phone which have not been imported. Problem is that 2 copies of each of the photos are shown as being ready to import. Import otherwise goes as normal.
-If I select "import all," it will import both copies of each photo.
-Selecting and importing just 1 copy of each pic works fine, but leaves a copy on my phone, even if I delete the imported pics.
-The pics are not duplicated on my phone (before or after any import).
I'd appreciate any advice.
Thanks,
-Mark
Mid 2007 20in iMac-(2GHz IC2D), OSX 10.10.2, iPhone 5S

The problem is that every import is at least one new Event, and so it's quite possible that you could have 1,000 new Events every month thanks to Phootstream.
However, it's not such a huge deal to just select the Event at the end of the month and auto-split it (in the Events menu)
Regards
TD

How to delete duplicate pictures from Photo Library

How to delete duplicate pictures from Photo Library in iPhone 3G 16 giga?

The only way to delete photos from the photo library is by the same way the photos were transferred to your iPhone - via the iTunes sync process.
Are you saying a photo or all photos transferred to your iPhone via the iTunes sync process are duplicated in your iPhone's Photo Library without being duplicated in the folder on your computer where these photos are stored?

IPhoto shows and imports triplicates (triple duplicates) of iPhone photos – On iPhone only single photos shown

I recently plugged in my iPhone, only to see that when the contents of the device were shown in iPhoto, there were triples, or "triplicates" of every photo (this put the total around 10,000 photos). Meanwhile, on my iPhone's Photos app, everything looks normal with only single photos being shown.
I toiled over how to remedy the problem, and found I had no other choice but to spend the MANY hours syncing thousand upon thousands of duplicate photos/videos to my iPhoto library. I then broke down and purchased Duplicate Annihilator to clean up my now ruined library. Because iPhoto made all those duplicates, the file size compounded into many gigabytes. Duplicate Annihiliator had to run for hours before finally cleaning things up. It did it's job well, however the root of the problem still remains.
At the conclusion of transferring my entire library of photos from iPhone to iPhoto, I had the photos removed from the iPhone so I could start with a clean slate. I took a few sample photos and plugged the iPhone back in to iPhoto. Yet again, the dreaded triple duplicates, or "triplicates" of each photo I took show in the device preview window (i.e. I took 5, non-HDR photos, and 15 are shown—each repeated three times). If I proceed to import the collection, it imports triple of everything into my library.
Essentially, my situation now is: I have to import multiple copies of everything (takes longer), then I have to run Duplicate Annihilator each time to keep my iPhoto library from being a mess. Just wastes tons of time. How can I keep iPhoto from showing and importing all these multiple copies every time? Again, on the iPhone end, everything looks normal—only a single copy of each photo.
What I have tried:
Closing/restarting iPhoto
Checking for iPhoto updates (there are none, I'm on the latest version—which, as of this writing, is 9.2.3 629.52)
Deleting com.apple.iPhoto.plist from ~/library/Preferences/
Using Image Capture (triple duplicates still show in IC as well)
Disabling Photo Stream
Removing all photos and albums from iPhone

I am seeing this problem still, even after trying the Photo stream toggle trick that was mentioned. I have one otehr observation to add.
If I "Command"+select the first of each photo in iPhoto and then import those (choosing to Delete after import), then the next refresh of iPhone pictures oniPhoto will show all the photos (including the duplicates) gone. So basically something like this.
1) iPhoto - I see triplicates of pictures on my iPhone.
2) Command+Select the first instance of each duplicated picture.
3) Import the selected pictures. Choose to Delete the pictures after import.
4) Go back to iPhone in iPhoto. No more duplicates of the pictures I imported.
So this doesn't fix the problem as all the unimported photos still show triplicates, but al least I don't have to run a de-duper on my laptop now to eliminate triplicates.
This eliminates some of the hassle, but it's still a hassle.
I hope someone figures this out completely because it's making me hate iPhoto just a little bit.
Song

All photos appear blank/corrupted in iPhoto 6

Suddenly all photos in iPhoto appear as gray squares with dotted-line borders, and their titles look like Chinese symbols. A partial screenshot is here:
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g80/melissa_sinclair2003/iPhotoscreenshot2.png
If I try to click on a thumbnail to edit a picture, again a gray square appears with an exclamation point in the middle.
All the photo files are in their places in the iPhoto Library folder and can be viewed. I have not moved the files in the Finder (I know not to do that). Also, I have tried to rebuild the library, but nothing changed. I have restarted the computer as well.
The problem exists in all albums as well as in the main library. The number of photos seems correct, they are just all blank and with garbled titles. Also, all the info (in Show Info), other than the title, is fine, including keywords.

Hi Sven,
It sounds a lot like you have a corrupt iPhoto Data Base file. The only way to fix this is to create a new iPhoto Library unfortunately. You will lose any modified files, but retain all originals.. It simply means that you will have to re-create any modified photos or slide shows you previously had. (Unless you have a Back Up of your iPhoto Data Base file... "Library6.iPhoto") The good news is that all of your "Original" files can be re-imported into a new Library so not all is lost.
1. If you are running iPhoto 6, you need to take your "iPhoto Library" folder inside your ~/Pictures folder ~denotes your home directory. Drag it to the desktop. Launch iPhoto and it will ask you if you want to create a New Library or open an existing one. Choose Create a New Library.
2. Now go back to your iPhoto Library on the Desktop and take the "Originals" folder and drag it into the open iPhoto window. (You could probably use the Import option in the Menu Bar and then select your "Originals" folder if you like but dragging is fine too) This will put you right back to scratch, but at least your photos are intact. This is the best you can hope for.
3. If you are using iPhoto 7 (iLife 08') then the process is slightly different in that your iPhoto Library is now a Unix file in your pictures folder and not a visible folder. Don't panic, its just Apple's way of preventing people from getting into trouble by changing the names of folders when they SHOULDN'T. You still need to drag the iPhoto file to the desktop the same way as you would in the first step. All your iPhoto data is within that file. Again, Launch iPhoto and you will be asked to Create a New Library or Open an existing one. Select Create a New Library. Now go back to your iPhoto Library file on the desktop and either right click on it or control click and you will see an option to "Show Package Contents". Select this and you will find your "Originals" folder. Once again, simply drag your Originals folder to your Open iPhoto library and allow them to import. Once you have your library up and running, you can delete that iPhoto Library on the desktop. You can keep your modified Photos if you like but don't import them into iPhoto as you will have numerous duplicate issues due to a new Data Base file that cannot recognize them.
I hope this gets you up and running again... Good luck.
Regards,
Ben.

All photos duplicated after restoring Photoshop Elements 11 catalog

I recently had my computer reformatted and notice that following Photoshop Elements reinstall and catalog restore all my photos have been duplicated in the Adobe/digital photos folder. I have read that this is due to my computer tech restoring all photos in the original folder structure prior to me executing the catalog restore (I should have done my research first). My question is what can I do now to eliminate the duplicates? Do I delete all photos and the Adobe folders or is there an alternative?

Al Markunas wrote:
The duplicates are in the same folder tree structure and, yes, the restore renamed them with a -1 suffix. The pictures with the -1 suffix are the ones I see in the Organizer.
There is no 'smart' way to get rid of the files previously copied on your drive, but I would use the ability of the the Organizer to move folder trees on your drive.
First I would create a new master folder outside of the old tree structure.
Then I would work in 'Pictures' view in the left panel of PSE11.
I would select a branch of the folder tree as a test, and drag and drop it to the new folder. Tip : there must be at least a file in that master folder to make it appear in the left panel. Then, from the Windows explorer, I would check that only the previously copied media files are showing in the moved branch... and delete the branch altogether in the Explorer.
Once you master the process, you can either move all your remaining folder tree from the Organizer, and delete the remaining duplicates from the Explorer or you can move branches separately.
Be patient! Moving files requires time and you should not abort the move operation to avoid creating more duplicates.
The main penalty of your situation is the renaming of your files with a suffix, but that does not prevent you to use 100% of the Organizer features.

All photos lost from Event browser and unable import photos

I did something, perhaps while solving a non-responding problem, which caused all photos to disappear from Event Browser, but not from Timeline. When I try to import photos I get "formatting files for import" but nothing is imported.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Les ([email protected])

Thanks Russ. When I read the answer to a different question, I realized, although the photos were no longer visible in the Event Browser, FCPX saw them as duplicates and wouldn't import. I opened a supplementary Event and was able to import them there.
Les
Yes, I did intend to include my email address. Is that a problem?

All Photos in library are "offline or missing"

All photos say that the file is either offline or missing in LR4. Cannot export or do anything with any photos in library. I cannot find the files anywhere on the computer. Need help.

A-M:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions and Merry Christmas (hope this doesn't ruin your Christmas).I get "Unreadable Files
That message comes up because you're trying to import a file that is inside the iPhoto Library folder. That can't be done. That file is the file where your album information is stored. It belongs there. Don't mess with it.
First make a duplicate of your iPhoto Library folder - select it and type Command-D. Now launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys depressed and follow the instructions to rebuild the library. Select all the options except the last one regarding the orphaned files. That should rebuild your library and keep most of your organizational efforts intact. You may have some files that end up in a "Recovered" roll and/or album. See if that doesn't work. Good luck.

Duplicate of another photo in a catalog.

When I go to import photos from my external drive into lightroom 5 i am unable to select any of the photos because it says that "this appears to be a duplicate of another photo in the catalog" . This means I may have imported them previously but I cannot find where i imported them to. Is there any way that i can find the photo in the catalog? When i click on Library and Find and search for any of the file names it none of them ever come up. I can uncheck "Don't import suspected duplicates" but i would rather make sure that i did my best to look for the previous import. Thanks in advance!
Mark

I would import the file and the select it in All Photographs and pick a sort of Capture Time and the file should show alongside. The duplicates query is not infallible.

How to delete unwanted or duplicate pictures from photos

Trying to organize photos into albums. In doing so want to delete duplicate photos or unwanted photos. Also since I've re-organized pictures into different albums I would like to eliminate older albums. Is this possible and if so how. I've purchased several softwares but they don't help with old pictures downloaded over a yr ago. I think this can be done through ITunes but don't know how to access for this purpose. Can you recommend best way to edit pictures and albums?

If you are reorganizing pictures that have been synced from the computer to the phone, any adjustments to those pictures has to be done on the computer and then synced back to the phone. The only photos that you can delete on the phone itself are ones that are in the Camera Roll.
Unless you have synced duplicate pictures, I think you may be referring to the fact there are pictures in an album and also in a folder that was called Pictures Library. The library folder no longer exists under iOS 7. All photo management for photos that have been synced should be handled on the computer, and then changes synced to the phone. This syncing is done in the Photos tab of iTunes.

Mysterious duplicates of all photos

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for