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Apple Photos app corrupts images

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1119 points pattyj | 1 comments | 17 Sep 25 11:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.213s | source
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doodaddy ◴[17 Sep 25 13:39 UTC] No.45275721[source]▶
As an Olympus shooter this is good to know.

But good gravy that troubleshooting path got expensive real fast. Replacing the laptop and the camera? Why not start by trying something other than Photos? It doesn’t even need to be a paid product; the Olympus software is free not to mention a good baseline since it - of all the applications - should be able to import photos without corrupting them.

Edit to add: delete on import seems pretty risky. My workflow is to import and only delete from the camera after 1) the imported photos are backed up 2) I’ve done a first pass culling.

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1. softfalcon ◴[17 Sep 25 19:18 UTC] No.45280213[source]▶
As a photographer, I agree. Make multiple copies of the files onto the main editing computer, followed by then also backing up direct from SD to the NAS. Never format or delete your cards (the originals) before you are dead sure you have several backups visibly uncorrupted.

I may be paranoid because I used to handle footage for VFX pipelines and you just do not mess around with those kinds of files. If you lose footage, you are in big trouble.