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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Reencoding All Videos in Photos.app with HEVC
I have tons of older MPEG and h264 videos in Photos eating tons of space, and I'd like to batch reencode them all to use HEVC. I've trying individually "editing" (Right Click -> Edit With ...
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Websites assume the wrong country after using a VPN
I used a VPN yesterday (ProtonVPN) that set my location as Japan, and now even though I have quit the VPN and restarted the computer, and the VPN is not running anymore, websites I try to access ...
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Shortcuts and metadata - How to copy and paste metadata from one photo/video to another using shortcuts app?
Can’t find answer to this anywhere!
Using the shortcuts app, is there a way to automate the process of taking metadata (or at least location, date, time) from a photo/video and pasting it into another ...
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Scan a page from a photo in the iOS Notes app
The Notes app has a nice feature to "scan" a letter by clicking the camera icon and selecting "scan document". This will use the camera, search for a letter-like object, correct ...
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Compatibility of SD-Card-Readers with iPads or iPhones
I have been using the set-up seen in the picture below for quite a while in order to use External-Storage with my iPad (Air, 3rd gen.). It's an Atolla USB-A-3.0-Hub [item 3 in the picture] which ...
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Photos albums lost after changing icloud email address? How to restore?
I recently changed the email address associated with my iCloud account which has somehow led to my losing the ablums I had created in Photos on my Macbook. I am using OSX Mojave 10.14.6.
I do not seem ...
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Keyboard shortcut (Cntrl 1-7) not working on my Macbook Air (2015), how do I fix this?
I used this shortcut (Cntrl 1-7) on another Mac laptop once, but for some reason, it doesn't work on mine (2015 Macbook Air), and I can't figure out how to fix it. I am a photographer and want to use ...
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How can I return the original selfie taken in night mode with a 3-second wait?
I took a selfie in night mode iPhone 13 with iOS 17.5.1.
This required a 3-second wait for the best photo quality (it was automatically turned on). As a result, this photo turned out to be completely ...
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Can I tell Apple Photos to merge two duplicate photos that it hasn't identified as duplicates?
My family uses Apple Photos on our Macs (Sonoma) and iPhones (iOS 17) with a shared library. We have a lot of duplicate photos from before. I used the built in "Duplicates" album and its &...
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"Unknown Error" when importing photos on macOS Sonoma
I copied several thousand photos off of a network drive onto my local drive and I'm trying to import them into Photos. Several hundred of them had an "Unknown Error" importing, so I opened ...
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Efficient Method to Download and Save Older iMessage Photos/Videos to Photos App
I am looking for help figuring out a way to get all the photos and videos shared with me in a few conversations to appear in my Photos app on my Mac. I believe I have everything turned on to be ...
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macOS Location Services gives my location as being in China when I'm outside China
I purchased a MacBook Air M2 in China. The macOS Maps app works well when I am in China where it correctly identifies my location. However, I am currently traveling to Europe and I noticed that the ...
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Location access via internet sharing
I have an iPhone connected to a MacBook via USB. The phone is on airplane mode and has Wi-Fi turned off but my computer is sharing internet. I've confirmed the internet connection but even with ...
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Does the iPhone 13 "oversharpen" photos (still)?
I'm trying to decide between purchasing an iPhone 13 and an iPhone 14 (for about 100€ more). I know they're relatively similar, although the 14 has 1.5 times the amount of RAM.
One thing that is ...
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Unable to upload photos to iCloud
I have about 12000 phots in my Photos (7.0) "unable to upload" folder.
I can view these photos on my MacBook in seemingly sharp, full resolution. BUT I cannot:
edit
"Photos cannot ...
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Delete photo from photos app in mac does not remove that photo from the storage
I don't see the point of the Photos app on Mac.
I tried to use it to look at all my photos and delete unwanted ones, but it looks like I am only deleting them from the Photos gallery. And yes, I also ...
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How can I export all the photos and videos from the iPhone to my flash drive?
I have a flash drive connected to my iphone via cable. How can I export all the photos and videos from the iPhone to my flash drive?
I found support.apple.com:
Export photos and videos to an external ...
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Moving media from downloaded Apple Photos library into Synology Photos with a minimal metadata loss
Problem:
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 can I backup locally my and my family members iCloud photos?
I and other members of my family have iPhones. All of us use iCloud for backups and have "Optimize iPhone Storage" and "Advanced Data Protection" enabled. Now, I would like to back ...
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How can I recover photos that won't export from a macOS photos library, can't be edited, and have no originals?
Hopefully this will serve as a more focused and generalisable version of this question and this question.
This isn't my system photos library so the photos aren't in iCloud.
About half the 12,620 ...
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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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Which iPhones can be found when powered off?
I have a question about lost and stolen iPhones.
My understanding is, should an iPhone get lost or stolen, the owner can use Find my iPhone to track the location and recover it.
Certain iPhones have ...
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How can I program my Mac to know when my iPhone is home?
Situation: I wrote an alarm clock app that runs on a MacMini. (No, I have never found any commercial app that works like I want it to.) But sometimes I spend the night away from home, and I don’t ...
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Mac Photos Restoring from iCloud
I have 30,000 photos and 3,000 videos in Photos. I've only decided to store these on iCloud now and have paid for 2TB space but Photos on the Mac seems to be stuck on Restoring from iCloud
I have ...
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Fix 'broken' live photos that don't play when clicked on?
The problem is very simple; I have a photos library with many live photos. But the live photos simply won't play.
It's probably the same issue as described here.
Three things I've tried
I tried these ...
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Photos on Mac uploaded to iCloud with wrong date/time
I have an old (2013 Macbook Air) Mac and a new-ish iPhone (13). I am attempting to upload photos from my Mac to iCloud so I can have a cloud-based backup and so I can download them onto my iPhone so ...
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Apple Application for transferring "filtered photos" (eg portrait) that avoid aae files
I know that with AirDrop when I share/transfer photos from my phone that have portrait or some other filter/effect applied to the image that it is the rendered/filtered image which gets copied over to ...
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How to transfer a lot of photos to another iphone including edit history?
Is there a way to transfer a lot of photos (from the Photo Library AKA Photos app) from one iPhone to another including edits?
AirDrop does transfer the edit history, but transferring a lot (about ...
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iTunes iPhone Synchronization Log on Windows?
Does iTunes for Windows store any kind of log of files and items synchronized in its last sesssion?
Every day that I sync my iPhone to iTunes for Windows it shows that it is copying over 15 photos. ...
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