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Duplicate photos on sync from iPhone to iPhoto

It appears duplicate photos are being created when I sync iPhone 6 (most recent software) to iPhoto (on mac, most recent OS and iPhoto).


When I sync from my phone to iphoto, I will get duplicates of every photo. IMG_0001, IMG_0001_2, etc.

iCloud photo library is off.

Photo stream is on.

Sharing is on.

When I look at my phone there is only one photo.

When I look at iPhoto photos there are two of everything.

This only happens on photos that I take with the phone. If someone shares a photo w/ me in a message there is only one photo.


I thought with Sharing and Syncing it would recognize duplicates and not upload them. This appears to be being uploaded from the phone itself.


Any ideas?

iMac (27-inch Mid 2011), OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Mar 29, 2015 1:29 PM

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Posted on Mar 29, 2015 2:54 PM

In similar cases it helped to open the Camera.app on the iPhone before connecting the iPhone to the Mac. This will prevent the photos in the Photo stream from being shown in the Import panel as duplicates of the photos in the Camera Roll.

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Duplicate photos on sync from iPhone to iPhoto

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