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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: 1.176s | source
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hk1337 ◴[17 Sep 25 12:12 UTC] No.45274883[source]▶
> Turns out “delete after import” was a huge mistake.

That's a mistake no mater what application you're importing to, else we'll be graced with another blog post, "Darktable app Corrupts Photos".

What's the purpose of RAW+jpg though? Seems rather redundant?

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1. stillworks ◴[17 Sep 25 13:51 UTC] No.45275852[source]▶
Is this downvoted because of the last line i.e.

  What's the purpose of RAW+jpg though? Seems rather redundant?
Otherwise, it is wise to highlight that "delete after import" is not a good choice in general.

I personally would not let device A to automatically delete files from device B while files are being copied from B to A.

My workflow is quite manual when bringing pictures in from camera to my MacBook.

- I simply take the SD Card from the camera and then use the SD Card reader on MacBook itself to copy the files (RAW + JPEG) into a working directory.

- Move just the JPEGs into Apple Photos library

- The ones which I think I can/should improve using RAW processing, are processed in DxO Photo Lab and exported to JPEG with a *_DXO.JPEG filename

- DXO Processed JPEGs are added to Apple Photos again. This time due to the naming scheme, the DXO processed JPEGs and camera baked JPEGs are next to each other which helps in quickly checking the results.

- Delete the camera baked JPEG once I am happy with DXO's output

Regarding...

  What's the purpose of RAW+jpg though? Seems rather redundant?
...as others have pointed out. Shooting RAW+JPEG is like an insurance policy where if the camera was unable to produce a result which I would like to keep, I have the RAW to play with.

I only keep JPEGs in Apple Photos as all of my image library is backed up to iCloud and don't want that duplication.

RAW files get backed up to another SSD. Looking into a better backup for RAW files.

Also, since I switched recently to a camera which uses CFeB cards for best experience (but also has a SD card slot), the onboard SD Card reader on my MacBook will become useless for this once I get an external CFeB reader.