iPhoto imports 2 of every photo - iPhone 6

OS 10.10 (Yosemite)




iPhoto 9.5.1

With Yosemite, consider to update to iPhoto 9.6. Only that version is fully compatible with Yosemite.

The names are like this: IMG_6645, and the copy is named IMG_6645_2. Otherwise ALL info is identical.

This problem has been reported by others as well. See for example: iphoto import creating and importing duplicates/ios8

If your duplicates are exactly identical and you have not been shooting in HDR mode (keeping JPEG version and HDR version), this is probably due to a bug, Send a bug report to Apple:

http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphoto.html

That will increase the likelihood for the bug being fixed. In fact, others reported, that the problem was gone after the recent iOS 8.1.1 update, for others it appeared only with this update.

One forum member reported that only updating to both MacOS X10.10.1 and iOS 8.1.1 finally solved it. Have you updated MacOS X as well?

No problem. It is a very recent update, from November 17.

About the OS X Yosemite v10.10.1 Update - Apple Support

Seems I have this issue too. 2007 iMac, C2D, Yosemite, and an iPhone 5S.

OS X 10.10.1 installed, iOS 8.1.1 on the iPhone, iPhoto 9.6 on the Mac 😟

same issue. macbook late 2008 + iphone 5. all systems up to date.

I experienced the same problem with my new iPhone 6 and resolved it by switching off the "Keep Normal Photo" function in the Photos & Camera settings menu. Appears to be a bug? Give it a try.

Mac OS 10.6.8

iPhone 6 8.1.1

iPhoto 8.1.2

I experienced the same problem with my new iPhone 6 and resolved it by switching off the "Keep Normal Photo" function in the Photos & Camera settings menu. Appears to be a bug? Give it a try.

If you import two versions of your photo because of the "Keep Normal Photo" option, you are not importing duplicates but different versions of the same photo. I would not disable this option but manually select which version to keep. The HDR version of a photo may be horribly blurred and you may not notice it on an iPhone, because on the small iPhone display all photos will look good. Blurred HDR versions may be caused by motion blur, if the subject is moving too quickly, or the camera was not held steady, or the lighting was poor. In these cases the normal photo will usually be the better of the two.

I have the same problem with my Iphone 6+, and i have upgraded all.

I am so "fedd" up of this!!

How can I tell if these photos are exact duplicates or if one is HDR? This would help a lot in diagnosis of these duplicates.

When imported to iphoto the information about the photos (size, etc) is exactly the same except for the _2 in the name of the second one. Does this mean neither is HDR? Does the current iphoto convert HDR to non-HDR at upload?

Is there anyway to see the photo size and related data or metadata such as HDRness for photos in the iphone camera roll pre-upload to iphoto?

(I seem to sometimes have duplicates on my iphone 6 before upload, and sometimes get duplicates when uploaded to iphoto, and rarely not get a duplicates)