Photos. Exclude list for file types (e.g. RAW images)

[ttnas]

System: TOS 7.3.1, Photos 3.0.086

When a camera shoots RAW+JPEG, Photos indexes both files and the timeline shows every shot twice.

The only filter in the index settings is Photo/Video per folder, and RAW extensions (.CR2, .NEF, .ARW, .DNG, .RAF…) are always indexed as photos. The only workaround is keeping RAWs in a separate folder tree that isn’t indexed, which is hard to keep up.

Requests (either would solve it):

- Stack RAW+JPEG pairs: files with the same name in the same folder show as one item, using the JPEG/HEIC as the preview, with the both jpeg and RAW available for download.
- Per-extension exclude list in Index Settings, e.g. “Do not index: cr2, nef, arw, dng”.

[Phil]

System: TOS 7.3.1, Photos 3.0.086

When a camera shoots RAW+JPEG, Photos indexes both files and the timeline shows every shot twice.

The only filter in the index settings is Photo/Video per folder, and RAW extensions (.CR2, .NEF, .ARW, .DNG, .RAF…) are always indexed as photos. The only workaround is keeping RAWs in a separate folder tree that isn’t indexed, which is hard to keep up.

Requests (either would solve it):

- Stack RAW+JPEG pairs: files with the same name in the same folder show as one item, using the JPEG/HEIC as the preview, with the both jpeg and RAW available for download.
- Per-extension exclude list in Index Settings, e.g. “Do not index: cr2, nef, arw, dng”.

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