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How to get Shortcut to process a set of images in a folder without it pausing to ask me to manually click on each image during the shortcut?
I have multiple AppleTVs. I would like to have a slideshow running photos of the past year's adventures and display the location at the bottom left and the date taken at the bottom right corner of ...
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Shortcuts: saving photos as files?
My shortcut for doing so where I just have a block "Save Photos as files" stopped working in iOS 18. I want to save photos in the files app in any selected directory.
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Import new photos from iPhone into Windows XP
I'm on Windows XP and wish to plug in my iPhone and have all new photos imported into a folder on the hard disk. New photos I'm simply defining as those that it hasn't imported before.
Simple, eh?
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Unable to save slideshow video in iOS Photos app
I am trying to save one of those auto-generated slideshow/video in iOS Photos app. The video plays fine on my iPhone. I open it, then share icon, then "Save Video". A dialog box comes up ...
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Import Albums "From my Mac" to my iPhone albums and keep them synced
I don't use iCloud Photos. I wanted to import my iPhone photo albums to my Mac but it seems that without iCloud Photos it is not possible without any third party software according to my searches.
But ...
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iPhone does not download & keep original photos from iCloud Photos
I have 1TB empty space on iPhone and 100GB photos and videos on iCloud. Although I have selected the related option to keep originals on iPhone about 2 weeks ago and left the iPhone on Wi-Fi (400Mbps) ...
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What does the camera information in Apple Photos on macOS mean?
The camera information in Apple Photos in macOS is different than what it is on iOS, and doesn't seem to correspond to anything.
For example, for an photo where I have
Telephoto Camera — 77 mm f2.8
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How to make a card from Apple Wallet show up based on location?
I have my YMCA card in my Apple Wallet. My watch only suggests my YMCA card at certain locations. The YMCA I go to the most does not trigger an automatic suggestion of my membership card. Is there any ...
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How does iOS compress photos when transferring to a PC or Mac?
There is a setting in the "Photos" menu of the settings app that allows you to change the way that photos are transferred from iOS devices.
When you choose "Automatic" then plug ...
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Facebook no longer posts a panoramic photo as a 360 photo
In the past, I have posted panoramic photos on Facebook, and Facebook posted them as 360 photos.
Recently I have been unable to get Facebook to post any panoramic photo as a 360 photo; instead ...
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Why doesn't file picker on macOS show recent photos taken on an iPhone?
Super simple use case:
Take a picture on iPhone.
Go to Mac, open a program where I can choose a file to send to a friend.
Click on Media / Photos in the shortcuts bar.
Wait for it ... intended ...
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I need help with Gimp 2.10.38 and trackpad
I recently updated my Mac to 15.1.1 Sequoia and now when I open .jpeg images in gimp, the track pad will not resize by pinching in/out like it did before the upgrade. I then updated Gimp to 2.10.38, ...
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How to export edited pictures from 'Photos" app with Applescript while preserving the image metadata?
I have written long ago an Applescript script that exports pictures selected in Apple Photos app with various basic options, such as adding borders, adjusting size, tuning for Web publishing, etc, and ...
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number of selfie photos different after iPhone migration
I migrated from an phone 12 pro max to an iPhone 16 pro. Both phones are on iOS 18.0.1.
I used the quick start method where you scan the orb.
After migration, the count of videos, live photos, and ...
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Photos uploaded from Windows to iCloud Photos do not appear on iPhone. Why?
My wife has an iPhone, and has 40,000 pictures in her iCloud photos. Now she wants some older ones, that are on my Linux fileserver.
My Windows 10 desktop has iCloud for Windows installed, and logged ...
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Photos app: Why aren’t all days shown in “Collections: Days”?
After updating to Sequoia, Photos app now has a “Collections: Days” choice in the sidebar. But not all days are shown, only some days at random. Why is that? Where are all the other days?
For example, ...
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Delete imported photos from Mac on iPhone
I got a new iPhone. The transfer files to new iPhone feature was not working - I couldn't move the photos and files from my old iPhone to the new one.
I had the brilliant idea to move all the photos ...
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what causes incorrect time to show on imported iPhone & iPad pictures and how to make displayed time correct?
I saw a somewhat similar question from 2019 - but not exactly like this. While in UK, using iPhone 15 pro and on local cell network with correct UK time showing on phone, I took pictures using iPhone ...
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Why are EXIF data timestamps wrong on many iPhone 15 photos?
I took over two thousand pictures while on vacation in Europe with my partner's iPhone 15 Pro. Going through them now, I see that the timestamps (as stored in the 'EXIF' metadata section of the image) ...
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How to permanently disable the live photo setting on an iPhone 13 Pro?
How to permanently disable the live photo setting?
The "live photo" option is turned on in the preserve settings menu, but live photo turns itself on every time I turn it off in the camera ...
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Is it possible to backup an iOS 7.1.2 device on OSX 10.12, 10.13, or 10.15?
I have an old iPhone 4 with iOS 7.1.2 that I want to backup and sync the photos off of. I have a macOS 10.12, 10.13 and 10.15 device that I was hoping to backup to (if I have to I can try to dig up ...
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Do Apple photos sync with Google Photos edits?
I have a lot of images that I’ve edited in the Google Photos app (mostly applying filters such as Dynamic and Enhance).
Does the photos in the iOS photo/camera app sync with the Google Photos edits? ...
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Is there away to keep photos separated by "generations" on my iphone?
Over the time, a lots of photos accumulate in my iPhone.
After a certain time, I want to start a new "series" or "generation" of photos and by default see only the photos in the ...
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How to move all pictures in my iphone to an album
Over the time, a bit over 1000 pictures have been accumulated, and I would move ALL of them at once into a new album (no detailed organization on the topic of the pictures wanted).
I have created a ...
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How to map one album in Photos?
In Photos, I can press the 'Places' button and see a map with all my photos.
How do I get the map to show the photos of only one album?
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Why does Photos keep using OLD library?
I moved my full photo library from a hard disk "MonsterHD" to an SSD "SieraBoot" to get more performance. I copied the whole directory with all the bits and pieces over (preserving ...
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moving photos by Google Takeout to iCloud datetime bug
I encountered strange bug with moving photos from Google Photos to iCloud. I used official way to move it https://takeout.google.com/takeout/transfer/custom/photos.
Everything is almost fine, photos ...
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How do I replace a folder of photos on Mac Photo with a new photos
In Finder, I modified the original image file name to be more descriptive. Now I want to re-import it into Photo. But Photo won't use the new file name in the photo information. It will import the new ...
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For iPhone 15 pro, set the default zoom for the camera to be 0.5x instead of 1x?
How do I set the default zoom for the camera to be 0.5x instead of 1x?
I have already turned on the setting for "Remember my last setting that I left the Camera app on". However, when I come ...
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How do I transfer a Photos project from one mac to another?
I created two photo books on one Mac, but that Mac is getting a little constrained on space (this has now actually become more important, because I can not update to El Capitan because there is not ...
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Moving media from downloaded Apple Photos library into Synology Photos with a minimal metadata loss
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I have an almost 2TB Apple Photos library already downloaded onto an external drive. I wanted to migrate this library into Synology Photos without re-downloading it from the internet. ...
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How do I control the sort function in Photos?
Is there some way to disable the sorting of photos within an album so that I can retain the order of the photos in the manner that I would like?
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How to reconcile number of photos and disk space used on MacBook Pro vs new iPad Pro
I have a newly set up iPad pro, 3rd gen, 11 inch that we got new and set up via wireless side by side transfer. Upon plugging it in to MacBook pro Big Sur 11.6, i noticed that the pictures folder on ...
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How do I use Finder on macOS to copy original photos from iPhone?
Two years of full-resolution photos are missing from my Photos library on macOS (Ventura)—owing to my not having selected Copy items to Photos Library. After running ls -lR on both the old and the new ...
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How to copy from iCloud Photos to iCloud Drive?
If I store photos in iCloud Photos, it gets stored on my Mac locally, even when I try removing the options of not storing iCloud Photos, it gets stored. I want to know if there are any ways to copy ...
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Precision/Margin of Error (in meters) of iPhone/iPad Locations, Precise Location Off vs. On?
I am a mobile app developer developing a pair of iOS apps that use device location for search, and I’m trying to put constraints on the dimensions necessary for a cells in a quadtree-based location ...
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Is it possible to create a Shortcut that links a foto to a marker on a map?
I'd like to create an iOS / ipadOS Shortcut that, when called, lets me take a photograph, add a caption and store the device's current position as a map marker. The idea is to mark interesting ...
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Some photos downloaded from iCloud cannot be attached to email
I can upload around 20 photos from my phone to iCloud, and a short while later they are shown in Photos on my Mac. All seems good.
If I try to attach these photos to an email I'm writing in Mail most ...
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Change screen saver auto-lock time based on current wifi network
I would like to make mac require a password after being asleep for 30 seconds when it is not on my home wifi network, but only require a password after 4 hours when its on my home network. I have ...
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Problem doing backup to OneDrive of iPhone "low quality / optimized" photos
I haven't done a backup of my iPhone photos to OneDrive in 10 months, and now I realize that my iPhone 13 photos, which have been optimized by iCloud, can't be uploaded to OneDrive. In order to do it ...
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How can I force iCloud on Windows to update all my pictures?
I had a huge photo library on my PC (Windows 11 pro) so I installed iCloud (15.2.157) and copied all my files in the iCloud Photos folder.
Many pictures were uploaded (I have a lot) but not all of ...
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Behavior of iCloud Photos "Download and Keep Originals" when iCloud library size is larger than local device storage
The two iCloud Photos storage settings options in iOS > Settings > Photos are:
Optimize iPhone Storage
If your iPhone is low on space, full-resolution photos and videos are automatically ...
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How to copy photos from iPhone to Windows laptop while keeping them in their folders ("albums")?
I have an iPhone XR running iOS 16.3.1 and a laptop running Windows 10 v1903.
I would like to copy photos from the phone to the laptop, keeping them in the folders ("albums") into which I ...
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Is there a way to crop an image to specific shape?
I have a photo that I want to put inside a language assignment and part of the foreground (chicken wire) is used as a frame, and I want to crop the photo to just outside the frame. Is this possible in ...
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Apple Photos isn't allowing merging two of the same pets
Apple Photos is automatically finding the faces of my pets and tagging them as the same pet. However, on 4 of my pets I've found that it creates duplicate "Pets" for them and it's not ...
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How to WhatsApp full resolution photos from iPhone to Android
On Android, I can choose to attach a "document" and then browse the image or video files and select the one I need. On iPhone, it seems to work the same way except that I don't seem to see ...
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How to change stretch/centering of Lock Screen wallpaper on iOS 18?
My wallpaper album on my iPhone is showing most wallpapers off center on iOS 18 on my iPhone 15 Pro.
How do I change the fill/centering of my wallpapers in my album so they align nicely on my Lock ...
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Why are my photos not being imported from the iphone to macOS?
From this screenshot: in particular - what does that exclamation point on the iCloud icon for my iphone ("StephenBoesch (2)") mean?
I was able to import onto this mac a couple of days ago ...
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Synchronizing my iPad photos to my iMac (2017) with an external SSD
My internal SSD drive was getting full so I purchased a plug-in, external SSD.
Will I be able to sync my photos to my iPad’s now that I’ve done this?
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Some pictures are not in the DCIM folder in an iPhone
I have an iPhone SE with iOS 16.3.1 with 64GB, almost full with more than 2000 photos and videos, which I started taking in June 2023 until today. My problem is that it seems that only those starting ...
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