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Q: Drag and drop from Photos? Nope.

I'm noticing that drag and drop from Photos to anything does not work. Its like we're going backwards in time. It seems ridiculous that we have to go through the Export function to get images out of the application. Why Apple?

Posted on Apr 15, 2015 3:06 PM

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  • by Whealie,

    Whealie Whealie Jan 20, 2016 2:59 AM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Jan 20, 2016 2:59 AM in response to Terence Devlin

    Terence Devlin wrote:

     

    Again, don't confuse other users. You're preference is not available, but the app can be used with all of these apps.

    In effect it doesn't work, because you cannot drag and drop. This was a hugely retrograde step by Apple.

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Jan 20, 2016 3:02 AM in response to Whealie
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    Jan 20, 2016 3:02 AM in response to Whealie

    Huh?

     

    Quite the opposite. In effect it does work and work as designed too. With added benefits as described by Leonie too.

  • by Whealie,

    Whealie Whealie Jan 20, 2016 3:09 AM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Jan 20, 2016 3:09 AM in response to Terence Devlin

    Terence Devlin wrote:

     

    Huh?

     

    Quite the opposite. In effect it does work and work as designed too. With added benefits as described by Leonie too.

    There are no visible advantages at present. And the effect of the change is to make the workflow slower and cumbersome. It would appear that Apple is blaming everyone else for not updating to make their products compatible, but the reality is that running the latest versions of Adobe and Microsoft products, and others, Photo is a dire, retrograde step. I have effectively turned it off and returned to using iPhoto.

     

    This is feedback to Apple. We don't like it. We don't like the new, cumbersome workflow. We want the old, simple-to-use system back again.

  • by artist999,

    artist999 artist999 Jan 20, 2016 3:24 AM in response to léonie
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    Jan 20, 2016 3:24 AM in response to léonie

    léonie wrote:

     

     

    The media browser is unfortunately no replacement for that.

    The Media Browser allows you to see the library without having to open Photos and filling the RAM, And it is useful, if you are using our applications in Full Screen mode. Apple is investing a lot into making Full Screen Mode useful, since it first appeared MacOS X Lion, and users who prefer Full Screen applications, have no use for drag&drop between applications. If I can only see one application window at a time, I need to copy and paste or the Media Browser.

    I never use FullScreen mode on a Mac, because I prefer to have several application windows accessible at the same time, but Apple is pushing the Full Screen approach a lot since a few years.

    Sorry, but this is no excuse for deleting the most intuitive and fast way to add pics to another application.

     

    And i dont now anyone in my work or private surrounding who is using the FullScreen mode. For me its useless and i would like the green dot do the window maximize move instead of that fullscreen mode like in the past years. Again, apple is changing the UX pushing their way of thinking without explaining these changes or caring about millions of users, that dont understand or need any changes in their daily workflow.

  • by artist999,

    artist999 artist999 Jan 20, 2016 3:31 AM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Jan 20, 2016 3:31 AM in response to Terence Devlin

    Terence Devlin wrote:

     

    Huh?

     

    Quite the opposite. In effect it does work and work as designed too. With added benefits as described by Leonie too.

    Why cant u accept, that in this thead we give the feedback, that we dont like the lack of drag and drop.

     

    Drag and Drop from photos is in fact NOT working with major apps. This is no benefit, its a cut of usability.

     

    If you dont care about D&D, ok. But please dont try to act like apple and force all users to like or learn a new and slower way of using their Computer.

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Jan 20, 2016 3:41 AM in response to artist999
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    Jan 20, 2016 3:41 AM in response to artist999

    Why cant u accept, that in this thead we give the feedback, that we dont like the lack of drag and drop.

     

    This is not the place for feedback. Apple don't promise to read anything here. Use the feedback mechanism for that

     

    It's quite clear what you don't like. I'm not writing for you. I'm clearing up the confusion you are causing by making blanket statements that are inaccurate. I do this for the benefit of other users of the forum.

     

    So I'm not forcing you to do anything. Get over yourself.

  • by artist999,

    artist999 artist999 Jan 20, 2016 3:45 AM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Jan 20, 2016 3:45 AM in response to Terence Devlin

    Terence Devlin wrote:

     

    Why cant u accept, that in this thead we give the feedback, that we dont like the lack of drag and drop.

     

    This is not the place for feedback. Apple don't promise to read anything here. Use the feedback mechanism for that

     

    It's quite clear what you don't like. I'm not writing for you. I'm clearing up the confusion you are causing by making blanket statements that are inaccurate. I do this for the benefit of other users of the forum.

     

    So I'm not forcing you to do anything. Get over yourself.

    i am tired of this discussion. bye bye.

     

    have fun with the media browser and the perfect designed and best working app photos.

  • by Whealie,

    Whealie Whealie Jan 20, 2016 3:50 AM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Jan 20, 2016 3:50 AM in response to Terence Devlin

    Terence Devlin wrote:

     

    Why cant u accept, that in this thead we give the feedback, that we dont like the lack of drag and drop.

     

    This is not the place for feedback. Apple don't promise to read anything here. Use the feedback mechanism got that

     

    It's quite clear what you don't like. I'm not writing for you. I'm clearing up the confusion you are causing by making blanket statements that are inaccurate. I do this for the benefit of other users of the forum.

     

    So I'm not forcing you to do anything. Get over yourself.

    Did you go to a special patronising school or did you just pick it up naturally?

     

    You are saying we are wrong, and it does work. You say it works fine but the only problem is that Adobe and Microsoft and Facebook and others have not updated their system yet to work with Apple. When they do, drag and drop will work. We say this means it is not currently working. You insist it is currently working but we just cannot see that it is working yet because others have not updated. You also say that needing to do several actions to achieve what used to be done in one action means it is working. We argue that no longer being able to do it in a single action means it is not working.

     

    I used to plug my iPhone in and immediately drag the photo into Facebook or Photoshop. That function is no longer working in Photo. It can still be done using iPhoto. Therefore, iPhoto is working and Photo is not working - for that specific function. Having to do it another way does not mean it is working.

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Jan 20, 2016 3:53 AM in response to Whealie
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    Jan 20, 2016 3:53 AM in response to Whealie

    Where did I say that drag and drop worked with these apps? I said there was another way, and therefore you cannot accurately say that Photos does not work with these apps.

     

    Do try keep up.

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jan 20, 2016 4:45 AM in response to artist999
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    Jan 20, 2016 4:45 AM in response to artist999
    Sorry, but this is no excuse for deleting the most intuitive and fast way to add pics to another application.

     

    I did not offer it as an excuse for missing features in Photos,  I offered it as a tentative explanation for how the Photos.app is supposed to be used as a part of of El Capitan and perhaps the design principles behind design decisions apple made.

    Apple's design principles seem to be giving priority to Full Screen mode support,  and MacOS X is moving towards  the application centric approach for the exchange of data and documents with other applications.   Applications communicate using Sharing menus, Extensions, or the Media Browser.  Photos is the central storing place for your photos, and you either share from Photos using the supported Sharing options, you send the photos to other editors or applications using App Extensions, or open the Photos Library from other applications using the Media Browser. El Capitan has fixed communication channels for applications.

    The Finder and the file system are becoming more and more obsolate, and users are no longer encouraged to move there documents and data around freely.

     

    I agree with TD on this. Photos is working as intended and fitting perfectly into the design principles of El Capitan. That does not mean, that I like these decisions. The application centric approach is not flexible enough for my needs. I prefer task oriented organizations, where I myself can group my documents and data by projects and tasks, not by the applications that are using the documents.

  • by bskuared,

    bskuared bskuared Jan 29, 2016 4:56 PM in response to léonie
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    Jan 29, 2016 4:56 PM in response to léonie

    For some reason the media browser is just awful for me... it is so slow to load and hogs up all sorts of computer resources. I have NEVER liked it.  What I did like was the easy drag and drop feature for photos. Great, now they want me to use the media browser  - for starters maybe they could at least make that easy.  But the real reason I'm posting is to tell you that my workaround is to drag a photo into iMessage send it to myself and then drag it into Facebook.  This works for some reason.  Seems that Apple is dropping the ball on Photo.

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Jan 30, 2016 2:34 AM in response to bskuared
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    Jan 30, 2016 2:34 AM in response to bskuared

    Seems like exporting the image would be faster and less work.

  • by AndreKos,

    AndreKos AndreKos Mar 22, 2016 9:15 AM in response to StealthRocket
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    Mar 22, 2016 9:15 AM in response to StealthRocket

    cant believe it is still has not been fixed in 10.11.4

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Mar 22, 2016 9:34 AM in response to AndreKos
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    Mar 22, 2016 9:34 AM in response to AndreKos

    What's to fix?  It's working as designed.

  • by App1eFanB0y,

    App1eFanB0y App1eFanB0y Mar 22, 2016 3:25 PM in response to Old Toad
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    Mar 22, 2016 3:25 PM in response to Old Toad

    The narrow minded design needs to be fixed. Just because it's 'working as designed' doesn't make it good or correct.

     

    I have to say it, this wouldn't have happened if the great man was still alive!

     

    What about the young children? I teach kids as young as 4 to drag their picture into their blog. But now ....???

     

    I don't think anyone can deny that dragging and dropping everywhere has been a hallmark of Apples UI for the longest time.

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