Photos for Mac: Separating raw+jpeg files on Import

If you shoot RAW&JPEG pairs and import them to Photos, there is no option to import only the RAW files or the JPEG files. Photos will import both files and does us not allow us to remove either component. If you already have RAW&JPEG pairs in the library and want to separate them, see this user Tip: Deleting RAW files from RAW&JPEG pairs in Photos for Mac

To prevent Photos from importing both components of the pair, you could use Image Capture to import your image files from the camera to Photos selectively.The column View in Image Capture lets you sort the image files by the kind and this way you can easily select only the RAW files for importing to Photos (or only the JPEGS).Connect your camera to a USB port or insert a card into the card reader and launch Image Capture. Just click the title of the column with "Kind" to sort by the kind. And set "Import to" at the bottom of the panel to "Photos":

The screenshot below shows, how I can select the CR2 files from my Canon camera after sorting by kind in Image Capture.This user tip was generated from the following discussion: Separating raw+jpeg files