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Apple Photos app corrupts images

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1133 points pattyj | 1 comments | 17 Sep 25 11:07 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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deviation ◴[17 Sep 25 11:47 UTC] No.45274615[source]▶
It seems to be an import pipeline bug.

Photos does a lot of extra work on import (merging RAW+JPEG pairs, generating previews, database indexing, optional deletion), so my guess is a concurrency bug where a buffer gets reused or a file handle is closed before the copy finishes.

Rare, nondeterministic corruption fits the profile.

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1. JoBrad ◴[17 Sep 25 13:23 UTC] No.45275556[source]▶
I wonder if it’s related to import sources, and maybe the speed of that hardware. They are still successfully importing the photos into the Photos app, just not from the camera.