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

So, Apple more or less forces a change to the HEIC format for photos. Inconvenient, but, okay, it's a superior format. I'll just deal with it. Except, now that I've converted a bunch of images to HEIC, I can't upload them to iCloud Photos via Safari. I get this message with no explanation: "Only Files in JPEG format can be uploaded." What is this? The Dark Ages?

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).

Mac Pro, macOS 10.12

Posted on May 2, 2020 2:24 PM

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LACAllen

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Posted on May 3, 2020 3:17 AM

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.

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Joe Sixpack Author

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May 23, 2020 4:39 PM in response to LACAllen

My my. I had no idea that blandness was enforced here. I will cease my hostile speculations immediately!

LACAllen

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May 23, 2020 4:43 PM in response to Joe Sixpack

I will cease my hostile speculations immediately!

Somehow I doubt you will.

Joe Sixpack Author

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May 3, 2020 2:46 AM in response to léonie

A temporary solution: I created another login on the Mac and added the HEIC files to the Photos app. This is a waste of valuable SSD space and more time consuming because I have to switch identities back and forth.

(The images were scanned for someone else, not me. That's why I am not simply adding them to my own Photos library.)

Joe Sixpack Author

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May 23, 2020 4:10 PM in response to LACAllen

You term this as discussion?

Yes, actually. In the speculation department thereof.

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