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Q: What the heck is going on with my iPhoto, duplicate, triplicate, quad

i think my iPhoto is possessed, all of my pictures seem to be growing by number.  I have up to six copies of the same picture.  Have about 4000 originals, but it's showing over 17,000 pictures.  Now most of them are extremely blurry and pixelated.  So I can't run a duplicate finder for fear it will delete the one good copy I have.    Note:  I'm  running Yosemite with all the latest Firmware upgrades. 

iMac (24-inch Early 2009), OS X Yosemite (10.10.2), I do backup to a Time Capsule

Posted on Mar 13, 2015 8:38 PM

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  • by Stevess579,

    Stevess579 Stevess579 Mar 15, 2015 7:40 PM in response to notcloudy
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    Mar 15, 2015 7:40 PM in response to notcloudy

    Thanks guys...Morphine time  

  • by Stevess579,

    Stevess579 Stevess579 Mar 16, 2015 6:42 AM in response to Stevess579
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    Mar 16, 2015 6:42 AM in response to Stevess579

    I poked around, was wishing I could find a way to separate the thumb nails from the actual pictures. Cause there is doubt in my mind, these pictures that are horribly distorted are thumbnails.  Id you know of a way or even know of some app that will do this get back to me, again thanks for your help. 

     

    Steve

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Mar 16, 2015 9:37 AM in response to Stevess579
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    Mar 16, 2015 9:37 AM in response to Stevess579

    I poked around, was wishing I could find a way to separate the thumb nails from the actual pictures. Cause there is doubt in my mind, these pictures that are horribly distorted are thumbnails.  Id you know of a way or even know of some app that will do this get back to me, again thanks for your help.

    Give the following a try.  It will give you an indication of the state of your Masters, i.e. full sized originals or thumbnails or both.

     

    Starting over from scratch with new library

     

    Start over with a new library and import the Originals (iPhoto 09 and earlier) or the Masters (iPhoto 11) folder from your original library as follows:

     

    1. Open the library package like this.

     

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    2. Launch iPhoto with the Option key held down and, when asked, select the option to create a new library.

     

    3. Drag the subfolders of the Originals (iPhoto 09 and earlier) or the Masters (iPhoto 11) folder from the open iPhoto Library package into the open iPhoto window a few at a time.

     

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    This will create a new library with the same Events (but not necessarily the same Event names) as the original library but will not keep the metadata, albums, books slideshows and other projects.

     

    Note:  your current library will be left untouched for further attempts at a fix if so desired.

     

    If your Masters folder is a combination of both full sized originals and thumbnails you'll need to go thru the Masters folder and cull out the smaller thumbnail files and then create a new library as described above.

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  • by Stevess579,

    Stevess579 Stevess579 Mar 16, 2015 11:40 AM in response to Old Toad
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    Mar 16, 2015 11:40 AM in response to Old Toad

    Thanks Toad, I'll give it a shot once I get home. 

  • by pmiles,

    pmiles pmiles Mar 16, 2015 1:40 PM in response to Stevess579
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    Mar 16, 2015 1:40 PM in response to Stevess579

    Find and remove duplicate items in your iTunes library - Apple Support

     

    Try the above link to move your iTunes duplicates.  Are you using any third party site such as Amazon to purchase and download music from?  I don't think iTunes will know the song already exists in the library if you do, which might explain the duplicates.

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