Duplicate Photos after IPhote Recent Upgrade

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Duplicate Photos after IPhote Recent Upgrade

I recently upgraded to the new Iphoto. As a result I ended up with an "album" that duplicated all of my photos. Now I have over 16,000 photos rather than 8,000. I tried to delete the album which resulted in all my photos disappearing which I brought back. How do I remove the album without removing my photos? Also when I hide a photo they still show up in my albums. Under the older version when I hide a photo it never showed in albums, books, etc.

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Posted on Jul 28, 2015 10:47 AM

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Answer 1

Old Toad

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Jul 28, 2015 2:54 PM in response to BillPhelps

First you need to define exactly how you upgraded. From your description you upgraded to the new Photos app that came with Yosemite. How did you convert/migrate your iPhoto library to the Photos library?

Hidden photos in a Photos library are only hidden in the Moments view. Tell Apple what missing features you'd like restored or new features added in Photos via https://www.apple.com/feedback/photos.html.

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BillPhelps Author

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Jul 29, 2015 8:21 AM in response to Old Toad

Old Toad thank you. I am using the Photos that came with Yosemite. I am on Version 10.10.3. You asked "How did you convert/migrate your Iphoto library to the Photos library?" I simply "hit" the update/upgrade button. When I opened the photos I had an an icon and name "All Photos" under the "Albums" menu and at the very top I had "photos". I have over 17,000 photos and videos in each one. Prior to the migration I have half that many.

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LarryHN

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Jul 29, 2015 8:41 AM in response to BillPhelps

Albums are not duplicates - they are another way to view the same photo as is in All photos and Photos - one photo - different ways to view it

LN

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Old Toad

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Jul 29, 2015 10:44 AM in response to BillPhelps

Click on the Photos icon in the sidebar (to open the sidebar use the Option+Command+S key combination), scroll to the bottom of the window and note the number of photos and videos at the bottom of the window

Now click on the All Photos icon in the sidebar and note the number of photos in the upper right hand corner of the window. The All Photos number will be the sum of photos and videos.

How do these two numbers compare to the number of photos in the iPhoto Library?

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BillPhelps Author

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Jul 29, 2015 1:19 PM in response to Old Toad

All Photo album has 17,379 and Photos has the same when considering the hidden photos. How can I delete the All Photo Album and still maintain the 17,379 in the Photo?

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Old Toad

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Jul 29, 2015 2:04 PM in response to BillPhelps

You can't. The All Photo album is just another window looking at your photos but arranged in a different way. It's hard coded into the library. It does not represent duplicate photos. They are the same as those photos in the Photos album/window.

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BillPhelps Author

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Jul 30, 2015 10:48 AM in response to Old Toad

Thank you very much!!

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