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Q: If Photos are not Visible after Exporting them from Photos for Mac

The export from Photos can write invisible JPGs to the disk, if the photos are exported with the option "Filename: Use title".

If the user first assigned a title to the photo, the deleted the title text, the photo will have an empty title and the exported photos will be named simply ".jpg" and treated as invisible system files.  This bug can fill the disk with plenty of image files, that are not visible in the Finder, unless hidden files are made visible.

User bikedaveca  reported this bug today:

See the discussion:  Exported photos don't show up in Finder

 

 

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Bug:  Exporting Images with "Filename: Use Title" Exports the Files as Invisible if the Title has Been Deleted

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015), OS X El Capitan (10.11.4), 2,8 GHz Intel Core i7, 1TB SSD

Posted on May 2, 2016 4:09 AM

by Rysz,Solvedanswer
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This explains a few mysteries I came upon. Thanks for posting.

Posted on May 11, 2016 2:25 PM

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Q: If Photos are not Visible after Exporting them from Photos for Mac

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  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie May 2, 2016 6:01 AM in response to léonie
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    May 2, 2016 6:01 AM in response to léonie

    As a precaution, keep at least one printable character in the title field, when when you remove a title from a photo, so you can see, that it had a title assigned.

     

    As a test, Import  three new photos, for example:

    Screen Shot 2016-05-01 at 10.03.17MESZ.png

     

    The first one, has a title, the second one had a title, but deleted, the third one never had a title and is showing "untitled".

     

    When I select and export them with "Filename: Use Title", only two photos will show in the Finder,

    The problem is, that deleting a title does not remove the title but adds an empty title. So the photos will be exported with the filename ".jpg".

    Screen Shot 2016-05-01 at 10.13.53MESZ.png

  • by Rysz,Solvedanswer

    Rysz Rysz May 11, 2016 2:25 PM in response to léonie
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    May 11, 2016 2:25 PM in response to léonie

    This explains a few mysteries I came upon. Thanks for posting.

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    léonie léonie May 11, 2016 2:44 PM in response to Rysz
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    May 11, 2016 2:44 PM in response to Rysz

    You are welcome, Rysz.  Thanks to bikedaveca for discovering this explanation!

     

    I suspect, that by now many Photots for Mac users will have plenty of invisible image files on their Desktop because exporting them wit "Filename: Use title".