Photos with the name "null"

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Photos with the name "null"

I've noticed that some photos I've saved via emails into iPhoto are being named "null" (I see this in the information associated with the photo). I first noticed it when I was trying to move a picture from iPhoto onto my desktop, using drag and drop. When I drop it on the desktop, the preview looks like a blank file and is unusable. Has anyone else had this problem, or know what's happening. I can go back to the email and re-save it, and it saves it correctly, but I can't figure out why it's doing this, in order to prevent it from doing it in the future. Any suggestions anyone?

Thanks!

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on Apr 2, 2008 9:03 AM

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Yer_Man

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Apr 2, 2008 9:17 AM in response to msdots

msdots

Welcome to the Apple Discussions.

One of the oddities of email is that you can often see files that aren't actually on your computer. I think what's happening here is that you are viewing a file that's on the email server, but when you drag and drop to the desktop there's nothing actually there - no file as such. So you get the blank document. Then when you go back and re-save the file is actually downloaded, and so all works correctly.

What email client are you using? What email service? Is it a POP or IMAP protocol? Regardless of what you're using there should be a command in the menus somewhere to download attachments.

Regards

TD

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msdots Author

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Apr 2, 2008 9:22 AM in response to Yer_Man

I'm using .mac mail. You're right. It takes a while for large pictures to download, and as usual, I get impatient. I'm probably not waiting for them to download completely in the email, before I start saving them to iPhoto. Is that what you're saying?

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msdots Author

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Apr 2, 2008 9:25 AM in response to Yer_Man

Wait, I was discussing your answer with my husband, and thought of something else. iPhoto displays the picture correctly, even though the name is "null". Does that still jive with your answer.

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