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I'm printing photos from my new iMac. On some of the photos, a message says “an Internet Connection is required to download larger versions for printing.” Coincidentally, this seems to happen to the photos I've edited, even if only for cropping and straightening. What do I need to do to fix this issue??
iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15
On some of the photos, a message says “an Internet Connection is required to download larger versions for printing.”
You will be seeing this message a lot, if iCloud Photos is enabled in the Photos > Preferences > iCloud, and also "Optimise Storage" and if you are having more photos in iCloud than will fit onto your Mac. Can you confirm, that iCloud Photos is enabled in the Photos Preferences? And "Optimise Mac Storage" then?
Then compare the amount of Photos you are having in iCloud to the storage capacity of your Mac.
Do you still have plenty of "Free" storage, at least 20GB (you can see this, when you launch Disk Utility)? The Finder will only show you "Available" storage. That does not tell you, how much storage is free, because it includes the storage that can be freed by purging photos from your library.
On some of the photos, a message says “an Internet Connection is required to download larger versions for printing.”
You will be seeing this message a lot, if iCloud Photos is enabled in the Photos > Preferences > iCloud, and also "Optimise Storage" and if you are having more photos in iCloud than will fit onto your Mac. Can you confirm, that iCloud Photos is enabled in the Photos Preferences? And "Optimise Mac Storage" then?
Then compare the amount of Photos you are having in iCloud to the storage capacity of your Mac.
Do you still have plenty of "Free" storage, at least 20GB (you can see this, when you launch Disk Utility)? The Finder will only show you "Available" storage. That does not tell you, how much storage is free, because it includes the storage that can be freed by purging photos from your library.
You need to elaborate - have a look at this article to get some useful tips on asking questions.
For example, if you use iCloud Photos with 'Optimise Mac Storage' enabled, and you are not connected to the Internet, what you describe is to be expected and perfectly normal.
Stephen
Don't use iCloud.
Keith, thank you for responding to my question but could you elaborate?
Are you using iCloud? The full image has to download in order to do any editing or printing. I don't use iCloud at all, so I never have this issue.
Editing and printing photos
