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Q: Connecting iPhone duplicates photos in iPhoto

Every time I connect my iPhone 6 (running iOS 8.1.1) to my iMac (running 10.10.1 Yosemite) to sync my photos, iPhoto launches, every photo is duplicated, and pairs of identical photos are imported into my iPhoto library.  Is there any way to prevent this?

iPhone 6, iOS 8.1.1

Posted on Dec 11, 2014 5:02 AM

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  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Dec 11, 2014 5:31 AM in response to harryfrommansfield center
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    Dec 11, 2014 5:31 AM in response to harryfrommansfield center

    At this time o. It seems to be a bug. Let Apple know:

     

    iPhoto Menu -> Provide iPhoto Feedback

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Dec 11, 2014 6:11 AM in response to harryfrommansfield center
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    Dec 11, 2014 6:11 AM in response to harryfrommansfield center

    Other forum members are reporting, that this happens after the iOS 8.1.1 update, when Photo Stream is enabled on their iPhone.  Then syncing via USB will import the photo stream as well as the camera roll and result in duplicates being imported. Could that be the case in for you as well? It would be good to know, if this bug is indeed related to the photo stream.

  • by harryfrommansfield center,

    harryfrommansfield center harryfrommansfield center Dec 11, 2014 6:17 AM in response to léonie
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    Dec 11, 2014 6:17 AM in response to léonie

    I do not have Photo Stream enabled, so the problem cannot be traced to that setting.  Thanks.

  • by photosb189,

    photosb189 photosb189 Dec 11, 2014 8:13 AM in response to harryfrommansfield center
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    Dec 11, 2014 8:13 AM in response to harryfrommansfield center

    If you connect to your phone using the  Image Capture application, (Applications/Utilities > Image Capture -or- type the word "image" into a Spotlight search), do you see duplication there?

  • by harryfrommansfield center,

    harryfrommansfield center harryfrommansfield center Dec 13, 2014 9:56 AM in response to photosb189
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    Dec 13, 2014 9:56 AM in response to photosb189

    Thanks for responding, but I do not have an Image Capture application anywhere on my iMac.

  • by harryfrommansfield center,

    harryfrommansfield center harryfrommansfield center Dec 13, 2014 9:59 AM in response to harryfrommansfield center
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    Dec 13, 2014 9:59 AM in response to harryfrommansfield center

    Strangely, when the duplicate photos appear, and I disconnect the iPhone from the iMac and then reconnect it, the duplicate photos go away and there are only the originals waiting to be sync'd.

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Dec 13, 2014 10:00 AM in response to harryfrommansfield center
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    Dec 13, 2014 10:00 AM in response to harryfrommansfield center
    I do not have an Image Capture application anywhere on my iMac.

    You should as it comes with every Mac.  Look again in the Applications folder or possible in the Applications/Utilities folder.

     

    Have you considered upgrading your iPhone to iOS 8.1.2 to see if that may fix it.

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  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Dec 13, 2014 10:03 AM in response to harryfrommansfield center
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    Dec 13, 2014 10:03 AM in response to harryfrommansfield center
    but I do not have an Image Capture application anywhere on my iMac.

    You have. It is a standard application that comes with the system

     

    Depending on the System Language, the Image Capture application might be called differently. Look for this icon:

    Screen Shot 2014-12-13 at 19.01.58CET.png

    Also the name of the folder Applications > Utilities will depend on your primary system language.

  • by harryfrommansfield center,

    harryfrommansfield center harryfrommansfield center Dec 13, 2014 10:14 AM in response to léonie
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    Dec 13, 2014 10:14 AM in response to léonie

    Yes, you are correct.  Image Capture was there in my Applications folder.  It just did not show up in a Spotlight search.  And all my photos are duplicated both in Image Capture and in iPhoto.  I upgraded my iPhone to iOS 8.1.2 yesterday and the duplicate photo problem is still there.

  • by carrot_top,

    carrot_top carrot_top Dec 18, 2014 7:43 AM in response to harryfrommansfield center
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    Dec 18, 2014 7:43 AM in response to harryfrommansfield center

    Environment:    

         Mac OS X 10.7.5

         iTunes 12.0.1.26

         iPhoto 9.4.3 (720.91)

         iOS 8.1.2 (iPhone 6); call iCloud Photo settings are OFF.

     

    Had the duplicates-on-import this morning.  Disconnected phone, took picture, reconnected - no duplicates. [I've seen this behavior before as well.] I thought it might be related to HDR, but it was off.  Tried specific test: took one picture with HDR ON; one off.  iPhoto (correctly, I think) found 3 images to upload.  We're seeing this on multiple MAC OS X platforms, and multiple versions of iPhoto; is the common element something in iOS 8?

     

    Just sayin'

  • by harryfrommansfield center,

    harryfrommansfield center harryfrommansfield center Dec 18, 2014 7:50 AM in response to carrot_top
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    Dec 18, 2014 7:50 AM in response to carrot_top

    Yes, strangely if I connect the iPhone with recent photos on it to the iMac, duplicates appear.  But, if I immediately disconnect the iPhone, and reconnect it - no duplicates.  Not exactly the way it's supposed to work.