Whatever the cause, it is very frustrating for the app not to know it has already 'seen' that photo and to re-import it every time. It seems like iPhoto itself 'adds some data' to the photographs so that it does not recognise the original as such anymore.

Look up Places: Automatically, but tried many times to switch this off to no avail.

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Importing (Copy items to iPhoto library): No, but also tried saying yes to that The Decloner a fast and reliable duplicate file finder is now available for 19.990 for both iPhone and iPad owners.The application is supporting English language.Home folder: uses FileVault, same problem when switching it off.iPhoto library location: $USER/My/Application_Data/iPhoto, same problem when using defaults.Operating system: Snow Leopard (10.6.8).Whenever I do that, iPhoto re-imports the whole set of photographs, unable to detect obvious duplicates.Ĭould you kindly help me fix this, please? Individually tap the duplicates that you want to merge, or tap Select All at the top-left of the screen. As I take photographs, I add them to the 'MyPictures' folder every now and then I'd like to update my iPhoto library 'adding' the new photos just by 'reimporting' the 'MyPictures' folder. In the Duplicates album, tap Select at the top of the screen. I do not want iPhoto to manage my photos for me by copying them into its 'Library', I just want to use the program 'pointing' to the 'MyPictures' folder. I have a 'MyPictures' folder in which I keep my photos.

Show duplicate photos in iphoto