DJI Importer is a small native macOS app for importing media from a connected DJI Pocket 3 or SD card into Apple Photos.

The app keeps the original script behavior:

• Scan mounted volumes under /Volumes.
• Let the user choose a custom folder when automatic detection is not enough.
• Find supported media recursively.
• Import files into Photos through PhotoKit.
• Keep one local import manifest plus an append-only imported-items.jsond record so interrupted imports can resume without retrying already completed files.
• Start Over clears the manifest and imports the selected source from scratch.
• Optionally delete source files after every imported file has been recorded.

Supported formats currently match the original script:

• JPG
• JPEG
• MP4

• DJIImporter.xcodeproj - macOS app project.
• DJIImporter/ - SwiftUI app source.
• Scripts/python/ - legacy Python script and its original project files.

Open the project in Xcode:

open DJIImporter.xcodeproj

Or build from the command line:

xcodebuild \
  -project DJIImporter.xcodeproj \
  -scheme DJIImporter \
  -configuration Debug \
  -derivedDataPath .build/DerivedData \
  CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY=- \
  CODE_SIGNING_ALLOWED=YES \
  CODE_SIGNING_REQUIRED=YES \
  build

The debug app will be produced at:

.build/DerivedData/Build/Products/Debug/DJIImporter.app

Create or update a GitHub release for the current app version:

Scripts/release_github.sh

The script builds the signed Release app, creates dist/DJIImporter.app.zip, writes dist/DJIImporter.app.zip.sha256, and uploads both files to the v<MARKETING_VERSION> GitHub release. By default it uses ad-hoc signing (CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY=-), which is enough for macOS privacy services to attach Photos permission to the app bundle identity during local testing. For public distribution, pass a Developer ID identity and notarize the artifact. The resulting sha256 must match the Homebrew cask.

• The first import may trigger a macOS Photos add-only permission prompt.
• If import fails with Unauthorized access: client does not have valid TCC authorization, rebuild with signing enabled, quit the app, run tccutil reset PhotosAdd com.jjy.DJIImporter, then launch the signed app and grant Photos permission again.
• The app does not do global duplicate detection. It only skips files already recorded in the current manifest when resuming an interrupted import.
• Delete Originals removes source files only after the full import finishes. It deletes only files recorded as successfully imported; files rejected by Photos or otherwise failed are kept on disk.
• If Photos rejects imports, open Photos once manually, then run the import again.
• The app is currently intended for direct Developer ID distribution rather than Mac App Store sandboxing.

The previous command-line implementation is preserved:

python3 Scripts/python/dji_importer.py

It is useful as a behavior reference while the native app evolves.