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Apple Photos app corrupts images

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Re: Apple Photos app corrupts images

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Post by hk1337 »

merelysounds wrote: post #35
hk1337 wrote: post #30

> 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?

> What's the purpose of RAW+jpg though? Seems rather redundant? You get to keep out of camera jpg files. Some people might like how their camera processes jpg files and might also want the raw file for a scenario when a more complex editing is needed.

Interesting, based on this and other replies, it sounds like Photos App should have an option to select what to import? i.e. RAW or jpg, but not both.

It sounds like Photos App can have issues trying to import both at the same time?

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Post by rhgraysonii »

crazygringo wrote: post #38
copperx wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why? It's brilliant.

What's brilliant about it? What's the reference, for those of us unfamiliar?

It is simply hilarious to make grown adults visit a website called tender love making dot com (a sexual reference) to read a very specific and niche blog about technology.

Re: Apple Photos app corrupts images

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Post by asolove »

I also have an OM System camera (OM-5) and never get corruption this bad but occasionally got one row of green pixels at the bottom of a photo during import to Photos. I thought I was crazy, but this motivates me to change up my routine and check if it was Photos all along.

Re: Apple Photos app corrupts images

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Post by macintux »

ChrisRR wrote: post #16

I feel like this is a URL that I don't want in my history

In the late 90s my then-wife was watching over my shoulder one day and saw the domain “freshmeat.net” pop up as a possible auto-completion in my address bar. She was justifiably suspicious until I showed her it was just a software distribution site.

Re: Apple Photos app corrupts images

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Post by ChrisMarshallNY »

tenderlove wrote: post #24
deviation wrote: post #12

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.

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.

I have had extremely bad luck, reporting bugs to Apple.

They constantly ask for an example project, even if it's something that is easily demonstrated, simply by running existing Apple software, and creating a project, would be a huge pain.

They also ignore reports. Very rarely, I may get a ping on one of my reports, asking me to verify that it was fixed in some release. Otherwise, there's no sign that they ever even read it.

I usually end up closing my bug reports and feature requests, after a few months, because I'm tired of looking at them.

It's clear that they consider every bug report to be a burden. That's a very strange stance, but then, they are not a typical company.

I guess you can't argue with the results, as they have a market value North of 3 trillion dollars, but that does not make it any less annoying.

Re: Apple Photos app corrupts images

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Post by devnullbrain »

macintux wrote: post #44
ChrisRR wrote: post #16

I feel like this is a URL that I don't want in my history

In the late 90s my then-wife was watching over my shoulder one day and saw the domain “freshmeat.net” pop up as a possible auto-completion in my address bar. She was justifiably suspicious until I showed her it was just a software distribution site.

Infohazard warning:

C++ reference is one of these.

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