Files keeps downloading duplicates mac

The title of this is misleading…. Right now importing means I have to go back and then delete the files from whatever folder like my desktop that I had them in OR I have to use referenced library which I dont want to do….. I use Duplicate Files Deleter as it is very effective. I dislike it even more now. When Photos opened I decided to give it whirl to see if there were improvements.

None that I could find. Can this be prevented from happening?? Photos app is a jail for photos! For the shake of simplicity, we are missing more and more features. Just try to drag and drop a photo from Photos to a web browser. Try to edit the picture with an external editor. It happens to me everyday now. If one single thing is going to force me to return to Windows after 3 years on OS X, it is this insane Apple madness that duplicates all my files music and pictures!!!

I am so frustrated with the new Photos, I cannot organize my albums as easily as with iPhoto. I have to keep scrolling every single category by date, and with iPhoto I was able to see all my albums all on main screen, why did they change this?

Also, when adding a photo from desktop into Photos, editing it, then dragging back onto desktop, it copies both, which is unnecessary.

Maybe there is a way to enable this? So if I do this Can I delete the folder with all nmy pictures? Can I flush my original folder then? Unless you want to delete your pictures, you should not delete the folder with all of your pictures. Deleting your pictures deletes your pictures. So, in essence, through Finder you will see TWO photo libraries one from iPhoto and an exact copy that gets migrated to Photos. Now, both libraries appear to have the same file size for example, my libraries show up at about GB each — which means that to most people, it appears that Photos duplicated the library, taking up another GB worth of space.

However, that is not the case — because the new Photos library is only a hard-link to the original, there is no additional storage being used, even though Finder shows each library at GB. This is not an article about importing photos, you can read about how to import photo libraries here:. This is an article about preventing Photos from making a duplicate of each picture that is separately used.

Photos DOES copy pictures if you use it like this. Very confused…. I payed 20 bucks for it and it was before they built obsolescence into their software and ruined it with the thumbnail system.

It still works awesome. Keyboard shortcuts for all the important functions. Copy, move, rotate, crop. Drop down list with a memory of the last 20 paths you moved images to.

Viewer mode, file manager mode. I can even re-save or convert to jpgs using whatever level of compression I want. Or save in other formats. It also loads the next picture while your viewing the current one so I can go through a thousand pictures in just a few minutes. Switching to a macbook pro has been a real pain in the bass! And I suspect there is nothing that works as well as that 20 year old program for a windows platform either.

And I really do like my macbook pro. I just loose my temper over the simplest things sometimes and later regret it. The workaround is as confusing as the original problem! If I delete a photo while in the Photos app, will it delete the original photo from the original spot? Or will it only delete the thumbnail and then stop identifying that the photo exists? Does that make sense? If yes, awesome, if not, well crap. Followed the instructions to turn off the copying feature, but the thumbnails still take up an enormous amount of space, its almost not even worth using the app.

It is nice though to be able to view all of the photos like it allows you to. I learned from earlier comments how sensitive some of the commenters are to this crucial matter. Soooooo sorry. I also keep my photos in Folders organized hierarchically in the Finder. I gathered from this osxdaily article that the intent of NOT copying the photos on Import was to assist people who work this way.

My experience is that it is no help at all:. Am I missing something here? Why does Apple not describe these particulars in the release materials? I tried several times to import photos with the unchecked copying option. What I could see in the package content of the library, folder Resources still contained many photos with the same size as the original images. Still very confusing with this import option.

Anytime you are changing Settings, it is wise to back up your items, especially photos and videos. Step 2. Step 3. You will still be able to use the Photos app, but you will have to manually import items from whatever source or device they came from each time. Why is my Mac duplicating files? Jeff Phungglan. Did you enjoy this post? Subscribe Now. February 21, Updated: September 13, Free Download.

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Aug 7, AM. Same problem here. Sep 13, AM. It does not do this annoying behaivior with all TV shows but some shows it does this religiously. Sep 21, PM. This happens very frequently and has become so irritating I am considering no longer using iTunes.

I also find it very disappointing that Apple, despite numerous posters saying they have this probelm, have decline to comment or address the problem. I've spent the last few years switching over to Apple in most things, iPhone, iPod, iTunes, and got AppleTV, and also several members of my family and friends followed suit when they saw what I had. All of my enthusiasm for Apple products however has been undone, with iTunes becoming an ever increasingly woeful piece of software.

It crashes regularly, downloads duplicates, forgets artwork I'd spent hours adding, and the in store search facility is pedantic e. A truely aweful piece of software. Feb 2, AM. Yes I have had this problem too, and this is with both of my TV and Music purchases. Apr 14, AM. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction without explicit permission is prohibited.

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