i recently imported about 500 photos from my camera to photos on my Mac running high Sierra, I would like to delete the jpeg files and just wind up with the RAW files, is there an easy way to do that? Thanks
MacBook Pro, macOS High Sierra (10.13.1)
In future, if you do not want to import the JPEGS to Photos, but keep them for reference, you could use Image Capture to import your image files from the camera to Photos.
The column View in Image Capture lets you sort the image files by the kind and this way you can easily select only the RAW files for importing to Photos. Just click the title of the column with "Kind" to sort by the kind. And set "Import to" at the bottom of the panel to "Photos":
The screenshot below shows, how I can select the CR2 files from my Canon camera after sorting by kind in Image Capture.
no - and if you could Photos would recreate JPEG previews anyway- if you do not want the JPEGs then set your camera to only shoot RAW
this user tip explains how to separate them - Deleting RAW files from RAW&JPEG pairs in Photos for Mac (it tells how to save only the JPEGS but simply change the references to RAWs to JPEGs
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One thing that I did notice, is that the process is beastly slow. I had about 400 images ( 90 mb each) once I selected the RAW files and said import to photos, it took about 1/2 hour, now the Images are showing up in my photos about every 5 minutes. I won’t know if they all imported until the end of the process which I estimate to be about a day.
Finally got the RAW files imported into photos. I had to copy them onto another SD card first then import them from that card into photos, everything worked out OK. Don’t know why they wouldnt import directly as per your original instruction, they were taking upwards of 10 mins per image.
I just posted this method as a new User Tip for future reference. Perhaps it can help someone else as well: Photos for Mac: Separating raw+jpeg files on Import
Thanks! That’s a great solution, the least complicated and the fastest.
You're welcome 🙂
It will only help with new imports, however. Not with RAW&JPEG pairs already in your library.
Yes, I deleted my previous import and started over. It saved me a lot of time, with perfect results. Thanks again.
That is one of the benefits of not erasing the card in a hurry, being able to start over 😁
That is not normal. 😟
is the system version in your profile signature still current? macOS High Sierra (10.13.1)
Or did you update to the newest version of High Sierra -macOS 1013.6?
No, is is now up to date with the latest update. Could that be the issue?
diver1 wrote:
No, is is now up to date with the latest update. Could that be the issue?
then we are using the same system version.
Separating raw+jpeg files
