iPhoto keeps duplicating photos

How do I keep iPhotos from duplicating photos on Mac mini?

Posted on May 13, 2022 11:39 PM

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Posted on May 14, 2022 12:06 AM

What version of iPhoto And the OS do you have?


Are you sure you're not using Photos, the app the replaced iPhoto seven years ago?

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May 14, 2022 2:04 AM in response to raysuare

How are you importing photos? And when are the photos duplicating? Are you importing from an iPhone or iPad or a camera?

Are you using any cloud service to sync your photos? My Photo stream? iCloud Photos?

Are you by any chance converting photos to a different format when downloading them from an iPhone or iPad, for example concerting from HEIC to JPEG? This will interfere with the duplicate detection and is a common source for duplicates, also mixing two different methods of importing - for example My Photo Stream or iCloud Photos and manual importing.


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