How to delete raw files imported in photos?

And you're right, whether it's a question or not a question. I just reset my camera to take only jpegs, and am not happy about it. Wish I'd never bought the IMac.

there certainly is no reason to shoot JPEG if that is not what you want - Photos handles either JPEG or RAW (for supported caeras - Digital camera RAW formats supported by OS X El Capitan - Apple Support ) or JPEG + RAW although I personally see that as redundant and a giant waste of space

LN

The problem is still not solved how to get rid of a RAW-JPEG pair, when using iCloud Photo Library on several devices.

I have experimented a bit. It looks like there were a problem with waiting till all devices have synced with iCloud and the RAW file has been removed from all other devices before uploading the JPEG again. And that can be really tricky. The RAW file could be hiding on an iPad that has not been synced for days or a Mac in a different location.

When I am deleting a RAW&JPEG pair while at home and the iMac at work is offline, the iMac will keep the RAW file, even if I delete it from the devices at home and from iCloud.

And when I turn the iMac on, the RAW file still on the iMac will be paired with the new JPEG that has been uploaded. It must be a bug in the duplicate detection process. iCloud Photo Library is trying to use originals again, that have been uploaded from other devices to prevent duplicates in iCloud.

Even renaming the files and changing the modification date does not prevent them from being paired again with the old RAW file.

• What is working is to rename the JPEG and to edit it slightly -simply rotate it in Preview.
• I reimport the renamed, rotated JPPEG, then rotate it back, copy all metadata from the previous version, copy and paste the adjustments over, and only then delete the previous RAW&JPEG pair.

And for good measure I copy the JEG to a folder on a different drive before reimporting it to ensure it is a copy with a new creation date and it is not in the same folder as the exported RAW file. Photos will reimport the RAW file along with the JPEG from the same folder, even if the RAW files have not been selected.

I have posted an approach that worked for me to solve the general problem of deleting raw files in Photos: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7440585?answerId=30829070022#30829070022

I don't think I had any raws in other devices, so I don't know whether it helps with your particular problem léone. But it might. Would be interesting to hear.

BTW, if I had raws on my mobile device to delete, and they didn't go away after syncing with iCloud, I think I wold try using amazing (https://imazing.com/) - even the free version is really useful software.

Cheers...Jon

Jon, this might work with a library that is not an iCloud Photo Library, but deleting from the Masters folder, does not help, if the library is an iCloud. My problem is, that I cannot ensure easily that all Macs will sync.The Macs at work or at home might be turned off while I am traveling.

Yes, tricky when you have other devices that might back online and re-sync. But my Photos library is an iCloud Photo library. I was hoping (for you) that repairing the library might make that repaired library the newest one and that the other mobile ones would then follow.