This presentation introduces Leawo iTransfer for Mac to help users to import photos from iPhone to Mac computer. This software is used for transferring files among iOS devices, iTunes and computers, so it is helpful on this issue. –
When I plug my iPhone 6 into my iMac, duplicates of each photo on my Camera Roll appear in iPhoto. I have Photo turned off in iCloud. Any ideas?
By KiWiniD from Apple Support Community
In this thread, many iPhone 6 or Plus users come up with the problem of duplicate photos when they use iPhoto to import iPhone Camera Roll to Mac computer. The duplicates of every photo appear in iPhoto. Still, this iPhone user hasnt got a solution from Apple yet.
Other iPhone users have given some suggestions to help the users. One of the suggestions is that the users should uncheck Automatic Upload in iPhoto gt Preferences gt iCloud, and it helped several users get rid of the duplicates. People who have duplicates in iPhoto can check out this method.
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If users have Image Capture on their Mac computer, they can also give this program a try. The Image Capture app is also helpful for users to importing photos from iPhone to Mac computer. Image Capture is a built-in app in Mac computer, and users only need to connect their iPhone to computer and then select the device in the app, and then select the photos to import from iPhone to Mac. Image Capture will be useful if you come up with duplicates when using iPhoto.
Of course, you are able to find third-party iPhone transfer programs to help you import photos from iPhone to Mac computer. I would like to introduce Leawo iTransfer for Mac to you. This software is used for transferring files among iOS devices, iTunes and computers without the sync of iTunes, and it helps to import photos from iPhone to Mac with simple clicks. The following guidance will show you how to import photos from iPhone to Mac computer, and you are allowed to free download the software to have a try.
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STEP 1 Run Leawo iTransfer
Run Leawo iTransfer for Mac and connect iPhone to computer with the USB cable. The software will automatically detect the libraries and display the libraries in the left sidebar.
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STEP 2 Select Photos
Choose Camera Roll in the sidebar then the contents will show up in the right part. Click the transfer button at the right bottom to transfer all the photos. Or hold Ctrl key and click to select certain photos, then right-click the chosen photos to Transfer to gt My Computer.
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STEP 3 Transfer Settings
After selecting files, you will see the pop-up dialog of transfer settings. Check Save to Folder and click Change to choose a folder on your computer to save the photos. Then click Transfer Now at the right bottom to start transferring photos from iPhone to Mac.
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STEP 4Transferring Photos
Leawo iTransfer will start the photo transfer immediately. The progress bar in the pop-up dialog will show the percentage of the transfer process. When the transfer is finished, you will get the photos in target folder.
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With Leawo iTransfer for Mac, you dont have to use iPhoto, and you wont get duplicate photos after the transfer. Of course, this software enables users to transfer files between iOS devices directly, for example, you can transfer files from iPhone to iPad with this software.
Of course, you may have used iPhoto, and get tons of duplicates in your Mac computer. At this moment, you will want to delete the duplicates. You can use Leawo iTransfer to transfer the photos to your computer and then delete all the photos in your iPhoto, which wont need you to choose the duplicate photos to delete one by one. If you dont want to delete all the photos in iPhoto, you can choose the photos named with _2? or _3? to delete, because the duplicate photos are named after the original photos with numbers attached.