Questions tagged [image-capture]
Apple application for downloading images from scanners and digital cameras
73
questions
0
votes
1
answer
80
views
Image Capture cannot read iphone X images on MacOS 10.15.7
I just synced my iPhone to my MB Pro. This worked fine. Now that I'm trying to use Image Capture to import some images (not all of the images) from the iPhone X to a specific folder on my MB Pro, I ...
- 121
0
votes
0
answers
37
views
How does the iPhone camera preview work?
I was reading this article, Camera Capture on iOS, and was wondering, does the stock camera app, or apps like Snapchat, save any images shown through the viewfinder that is during a ‘live feed’ ...
1
vote
2
answers
147
views
Does an x86_64 Image Capture driver work on Apple Silicon?
I recently got a new scanner (Epson RR-600W) that claims compatibility with Image Capture on macOS 13, but when I look at its binary, it has only Intel architectures:
$ file /Library/Image\ Capture/...
- 135
0
votes
0
answers
104
views
Verify easily photo and video file transfers done by Image Capture and iExplorer, from the iPhone to the Mac
I have recently learnt about checksums and its use in verifying file transfers. I have learnt to use that to verify file transfers done with Finder in a Mac, from one external storage to another ...
- 345
1
vote
1
answer
313
views
Notes app: search inside scanned document
How do I get to the detailed search result within a camera scanned document in the Notes app?
If I create a note on my iPhone, and use the camera to "scan" a document, it looks like the ...
- 115
2
votes
1
answer
1k
views
Image Capture doesn't import photos on iOS 16.0 with macOS Mojave (com.apple.ImageCaptureCore error -9956.)
I recently upgraded my iPhone to iOS 16, and now when I cannot import photos and videos from Image Capture.
An error occurred while importing. The item “IMG_5591.JPG” was not imported.
When I plugged ...
- 557
0
votes
1
answer
356
views
Set Disable "Delete After Import" in Image Capture As Default
Is there a way to disable "Delete After Import" (and perhaps enable "Keep Originals by default) in Image Capture by default, at least for a specific phone? I always wish to copy (but ...
- 345
2
votes
2
answers
1k
views
What is the best way to transfer photos from an iOS device to a Mac?
I have an iPhone 12 Pro with several thousands of photos and videos inside of it that I would like to offload onto an external hard drive. I need to reduce the amount of data on the phone before I can ...
- 3,651
6
votes
0
answers
252
views
Image Capture (macOS Monetery) - How to Force Refresh *Contents*
I have my iPhone connected to my Mac continously (I am a iOS developer). If Image Capture is already running on my Mac and I take a screenshot/recording on my iPhone then quite often (not always ...
- 299
2
votes
2
answers
941
views
Why does my M1 Mac not see my Network Printer/Scanner?
I have a Samsung SCX-4828FN network printer which on my older Intel Mac's are able to detect both as Printer and Scanner. When I open Image Capture, the scanner is dispalyed.
On my new M1 MBP however, ...
- 1,821
0
votes
1
answer
2k
views
How does one download raw pictures (images) as files from an iPhone, without using apple's photo app (to my macbook pro)? [duplicate]
It's annoying how apple tries to manage your photos automatically. Then it's hard to find the photos and do whatever I want with them - e.g. upload to facebook, have a normal file interface instead of ...
- 469
3
votes
1
answer
391
views
How do I download an iPhone picture as the "Modified Original Photo" to my Mac while using "Optimize Photo Storage"?
My mom is a photographer, and she wants the original quality photos downloaded off her iPhone to use in professional photo programs like Lightroom and Photoshop.
She previously used Image Capture to ...
- 478
2
votes
1
answer
707
views
Epson Perfection V500 scanner not working with Image Capture on macOS 11.5 (Big Sur)
After installing Epson ICA Driver version 5.8.9, I can't get the scanner to work in macOS 11.5 (Big Sur).
After launching Image Capture, I get the error message:
You do not have permission to open ...
- 140
0
votes
1
answer
78
views
For scanning images, what are the functional differences between Preview and Image Capture?
I know that for Preview I can annotate an image or scan. And I know that for Image Capture I can have it capture images from a device like a camera. But, specific to just the scanning aspect, are ...
- 273
0
votes
2
answers
49
views
What is the native program OSX load to edit the screenshots?
When creating a screenshot with Cmd+Shift+3 or Cmd+Shift+4, a smaller version of the screenshot image appears at the corner of the screen.
When clicking the image, the full-sized screenshot image pop ...
- 103
1
vote
0
answers
338
views
MacOS (Big Sur) Image Capure - How to change default "Import To" directory/folder?
In MacOS Big Sur (and above) whenever I launch Image Capture the "Import To" dropdown always defaults to "Pictures".
I would like to change this to always default to my "...
- 299
1
vote
1
answer
264
views
Phantom Images showing in image capture
macbook pro catalina 10.15.7, iphone 7 ios 14.2. Here is a screen of some pictures in the camera roll that were taken with the phone.
When i connect the phone to the mac book pro and open image ...
- 697
1
vote
1
answer
465
views
Detect whether clipboard item is image data using AppleScript
This started because I wanted to be able to paste screenshots or pictures copied from Safari into Finder folders. Here are the steps to get to where I am:
Install pngpaste using brew install pngpaste....
- 143
1
vote
1
answer
207
views
Image Capture doesn't complete photo deletion on phone
This issue has created a lot of frustration, so I'm hoping someone here might have the answer. I'm using Image Capture to work with some photos on my iPhone. When I select one or more photos on the ...
- 11
1
vote
1
answer
2k
views
Image Capture on mac won't delete photos/videos off iPhone [duplicate]
My iPhone is running of of space so I connected it to my mac, ran Image Capture, chosen the ~40ish biggest videos on my phone (sort by size), click delete, app shows "Deleting...", then it disappears (...
- 143
2
votes
1
answer
443
views
Why does Image Capture scan tiff files with different compression formats?
I'm scanning some old family photos using Image Capture. I want a lossless image using TIFF and LZW compression. What I'm seeing, thanks to the tiffutil -info <file> command, is that the .tiff ...
- 119
1
vote
0
answers
47
views
Import iPhone Camera Roll non-destructively using Image Capture?
Firstly, to clarify what is meant by "non-destructively" in this context:
Without losing access to all photos contained within burst shots
Without losing the ability to revert to originals
Without ...
- 1,027
0
votes
1
answer
58
views
Pictures are not shown on Mac
I can connect the iPhone to my Mac via USB. The photos.app opens but my pictures are not displayed and I cannot download them.
Is there a way to fix this? I already reset the permissions but this ...
- 612
4
votes
1
answer
16k
views
Where the captured signature is stored in my mac?
I just captured a signature using Preview. Where the signature image is stored? I want to have it.
- 41
0
votes
1
answer
31
views
Recover obscured pixels
If I screenshot something on my phone and scribble out the text:
Is it possible to get the text back?
Are there computer programs that can analyse that jpg to see what’s under the scribble.
- 8,518
13
votes
3
answers
6k
views
How can I obfuscate a small section of a image on macOS?
How can I obfuscate a small section of an image on macOS? I would like to obfuscate private information in an image before I share it. Is there a way to do it on macOS?
- 2,566
1
vote
1
answer
3k
views
Why does Image Capture import fewer pictures than it counted?
I recently used Image Capture to get a backup of my iOS Camera Roll, and noticed a discrepancy.
In the footer of the app, Image Capture notes the number of items on the device, or the number selected ...
0
votes
0
answers
380
views
Shortcuts for "Overview" and "Scan" buttons in Image Capture
I was manually scanning a couple of documents. It's tedious work, partly because it's manual, and party because I needed to make an overview scan first and then the actual scan in Image Capture.
This ...
- 8,624
19
votes
2
answers
42k
views
Image Capture takes a long time to import and convert photos and videos from iPhone to MacBook
On a MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017) running macOS High Sierra I have connected an iPhone X via a Lightning cable and am transferring all the photos and videos taken with the iPhone to a folder I created ...
- 493
1
vote
1
answer
3k
views
Need help with importing Camera Roll images from iPhone to Mac
I’m trying to pull images off of my Camera Roll on my iPhone 6s with iOS 11.2 to my Mac locally and not using iCloud as I won’t sign up for that.
I would like to use the Image Capture program or ...
- 101
0
votes
1
answer
3k
views
How to copy a transparent PNG file to iPad from a Mac
When copying a PNG file with transparent background to an iPad or an iPhone using an application like iTunes, the image is copied to the device but the transparent background turns white.
I have ...
- 103
0
votes
0
answers
666
views
Sierra - Image Capture PDF file size too large
Since upgrading to MacOS Sierra, the PDFs I scan with Image Capture are much larger. My typical settings are 8.5x11 size, 300 DPI, "Text". With Yosemite, an average page of text was around 100KB. ...
- 2,860
0
votes
1
answer
143
views
Shrink all images in pages document
I have a huge (filesize) pages document, which I suspect is due to all the images in it.
The images were copied from elsewhere and pasted in.
A lot of the images are original resolutions of 1080 ...
- 8,518
0
votes
1
answer
1k
views
Copy screenshot to Google Drive Document
This question is related to this one : Mac (OS X 10.9.2) no longer saving screen shots
If I use only cmdshift it works as expected, a new image is created on my desktop. If I only want to copy it to ...
- 101
0
votes
1
answer
773
views
How can I delete Image Capture's history of past "Scan To" folders?
I have used Apple's Image Capture utility to scan to a few different folders on my local storage. As I use each folder, its name accumlates in the pop-up menu of "Scan To:" locations, as a sort of ...
- 889
12
votes
1
answer
685
views
Importing photos from Photos app on iPhone to Mac
I'm trying to transfer (make a copy of) all of the photos/videos in my iPhone's Photos app (what I see under the Photos builtin) to my macbook laptop.
If I go to Photos then "Import New Photo" or use ...
- 123
7
votes
1
answer
21k
views
Constant "please unlock iPhone" message in Photos 2.0
I recently upgraded my Mac Pro from Yosemite to Sierra, and whenever I plug in my iPhone 6s, both iTunes and Photos will open as they should. However within Photos (and Image Capture), I get a "...
- 395
10
votes
5
answers
3k
views
AutoImporter no longer import my photos, after switching to iOS 10.2
To automatically transfer photos from my iPhone 5S to a folder on my Mac (macOS 10.11.6), I had configured the macOS utility named AutoImporter.app.
After upgrading my iPhone 5S from iOS 9.3 to iOS ...
- 699
0
votes
0
answers
316
views
How can I have AutoImport.app automatically import my iPhone photos (like it did in the past)?
In the past I connected my iPhone to my Macbook, and I had AutoImport.app automatically import (and delete) all my photo's on my iPhone in a chosen folder.
Somehow this workflow has stopped, and I don'...
- 656
0
votes
1
answer
1k
views
Image Capture asks for 'iphone to be unlocked' but when unlocked still dosnt work - issue with iOS 10 / OSX 10.8 compatibility ?
Ive got a mac mini running osx 10.8.5. To get images from my iphone onto the computer i used to use osx's built in Image Capture application to transfer them across as it allows me to drag and drop ...
- 3,855
1
vote
2
answers
144
views
Set Image Capture to launch when I connect my mobile
In the past, when I connected my mobile, Image Capture launched. I have an Android device.
At some point, I disabled this feature and now I need to set it back.
Unfortunately, I am not able to find ...
- 111
3
votes
1
answer
5k
views
How Do I Import Burst Photos That Aren't Being Recognized By My iMac?
I own a 2007 Macbook running Mac OS X Lion, a 2009 iMac running Mac OS X Yosemite and an iPad Mini 2/iPhone 6 Plus both running iOS 9. None of my burst photos will import using Image Capture or Photos....
- 31
0
votes
1
answer
1k
views
How to install Image Capture by itself?
I was googling how to mass delete photos from my iPhone and the consensus was to use Image Capture. However, I couldn't find that application on my Mac. Is there a way I can install it individually?
...
- 2,673
2
votes
1
answer
1k
views
Adding photos to iPhone from Mac using image capture
Does anyone know of a way that I can put photos on my iPhone using image capture?
1
vote
1
answer
59
views
iPhotos disaster
I apparently had too many (3600) photos on my SD card to upload them via Image Capture so I used iPhoto. Upload went well but iPhoto erased my SD card. I want to use to those photos outside of iPhoto ...
- 11
3
votes
2
answers
2k
views
Empty .MOV file, stuck on iPhone
After using Image Capture to copy all my photos and movies from my iPhone to my Mac, and deleting from the iPhone, I find I have one stubborn remaining file listed in Image Capture. It has a usual ...
- 12.1k
0
votes
2
answers
3k
views
Image capture "import error (-50)" images import fine, but won't delete from phone?
My iPhone 5 recently broke, so I got an iPhone 5s. I restored from a backup using iTunes, and configured any remaining settings fine.
Usually to take images from my phone's camera I plug the phone ...
- 3,855
2
votes
1
answer
5k
views
How do I import only new photos with Image Capture.
It used to be that if I connected my iPhone and clicked Import All in Image Capture, it would import only the new photos. Now it imports all the photos even though it recognizes that most of them are ...
- 183
3
votes
1
answer
9k
views
Why does Preview lower image-quality
I use photos from a digital camera and work with them in Photoshop/Lightroom. Today I again imported pictures from the camera into photos-app on my MacBook Pro, mid 2014, Yosemite 10.10.4/3 (I had the ...
- 452
1
vote
2
answers
537
views
How can I get Image Capture autorun turned off when inserting media? OS X Yosemite 10.2.2, 2015
Every time I insert an SD card or a drive via USB, dang Image Capture pushes its way to the front of my screen. This is just since the Yosemite update--I can no longer find an option to only launch ...
- 11