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Photos change smaller when I try to copy them to desktop

I have macbook pro and I have serious problem with Photos. When I try to move photos to desktop or external drive, they change to smaller size. Suddenly 5 MB photo is 800 KB. Can't drag them or copy them. How can I fix this?

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.13

Posted on Nov 26, 2019 11:08 AM

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Posted on Nov 26, 2019 1:33 PM

Set the JPEG Quality level to whatever is best for you:



I found that the High setting gave about the same file size as the original and the Max setting was larger.


Remember when you edit and save to the outside there's going to be additional JPEG compression to the file.

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Photos change smaller when I try to copy them to desktop

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