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Apple Photos app corrupts images

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1133 points pattyj | 2 comments | 17 Sep 25 11:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | 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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tenderlove ◴[17 Sep 25 12:08 UTC] No.45274840[source]▶
This is also my guess. It's really a bummer, and I'd report it to Apple but since it's nondeterministic I have no idea how to provide repro steps.
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1. runjake ◴[17 Sep 25 15:02 UTC] No.45276696[source]▶
I think your best bet is to do what you did: write an extensive blog post about it and hope it goes "viral" and grabs the right people at Apple's attention.

I would think the diffs would be telling to the right people.

It's on the front page of HN, so that's a good start!

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2. JKCalhoun ◴[18 Sep 25 11:55 UTC] No.45288520[source]▶
Front page of HN is all it takes. Pretty sure it's viral.