iCloud Photos Safari "Only Files in JPEG format can be uploaded"

Besides, I am not criticizing the volunteers, so why should they take umbrage?

Nothing humorous about your post to me.

Huge difference between buggy and lacking features.

The HEIF/HEIC formats are proprietary. Nothing unique about that. If used in entirely within the iCloud "system", they upload to iCloud just fine. Just not via a browser.

If these photos are going to end up on iCloud anyway, why not import them to your Mac's Photos library and let iCloud sync them? That someone else scanned them is moot.

They are going to exist on your Mac in some way regardless. iCloud is not off device storage. You aren't "moving" them there and "off" your Mac.

When I tested with Safari and Firefox (on macOS 10.15.4 Catalina) to upload images to iCloud, the only format I could upload has been JPEG, (filename extensions .jpg and .jpeg).

No other image file format I tested could be uploaded from these two browsers. Not being able to upload RAW files, TIFF, or HEIC to our iCloud Photos Library is very limiting.

My library contains mostly TIFF, RAW, and HEIC files.

If these photos are going to end up on iCloud anyway, why not import them to your Mac's Photos library and let iCloud sync them? That someone else scanned them is moot.

It is inconvenient, because only one Photos Library in our user account can sync with iCloud, and only with the iCloud AppleID tied to this user account.

Sometimes I want to add photos to the Photos library used for work (with a different iCloud Apple ID) while I am working at a private mac, signed into a private user account. It would be too much trouble to keep changing the AppleID for my private user account, just to be able upload a few photos to my work photos library. Even a second user account with the work AppleID would not work well. The Web interface to iCloud is perfect for switching between Photos Libraries from different accounts/AppleIDs, to access the libraries, a pity, that it (no longer?) allows me to upload items that are no JPEGs. I do not remember that it preiously used to be a problem.

And, just to rant a bit (more), why is it whenever I finally try out one of Apple's cool new features (usually two or more years after introduction), it either doesn't work (crawling with bugs) or it's implemented in restricted form or the interface is like something from Windows? Yeah, I'm exaggerating, but Apple software just seems to (you know the word).

This is how you ask a community of volunteers for help?

Have you tried another browser? Where did these files come from?

What possible reason does Apple have to prevent uploading HEIC via Safari? Apple adopted HEIC in 2017, so they’ve had plenty of time to make it happen. Neglect? Arrogance? Incompetence? Too many resources devoted to animating poo emojis and designing $700 casters? (Is there a corollary to Poe’s Law that applies to technology companies when reality and parody are indistinguishable?)

And you're asking me me these unanswerable questions because?

Being unhappy is your right. Ranting here is not. Constructive criticism, like léonie's, is encouraged, but your screed is not constructive.

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Neglect? Arrogance? Incompetence? Too many resources devoted to animating poo emojis and designing $700 casters? (Is there a corollary to Poe’s Law that applies to technology companies when reality and parody are indistinguishable?)

You term this as discussion? Five hostile and completely unanswerable questions, seemingly intended to stir it up?.

Okay, so maybe I'm trolling some.

Ya think?

, actually. In the speculation department thereof.

Expressly prohibited here. You really should glance at the current terms for participating here.

Some highlights for you...

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It is inconvenient, because only one Photos Library in our user account can sync with iCloud, and only with the iCloud AppleID tied to this user account.

Be that as it may, it's how it works.

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Not an Apple creation. Facts matter.