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I have an image that was emailed to me that I want to save in Photos. I can right-click on the image, and there are two options. One is Export to Photos; the other is Share>Add to Photos. Why are there two, and what's the difference?


Thanks very much.

Posted on Aug 18, 2020 7:13 AM

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Posted on Aug 18, 2020 8:33 AM

Both options seem to do the same, at least the photo will be imported in an identical format to Photos. When I am using both, one after the other, I am getting an alert about importing a duplicate:

It might make a difference, if there are several attached images, and not all attachments are images. Then using the Share option might be easier, because we can select all images at once and share them to Photos.




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Aug 18, 2020 8:33 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

Both options seem to do the same, at least the photo will be imported in an identical format to Photos. When I am using both, one after the other, I am getting an alert about importing a duplicate:

It might make a difference, if there are several attached images, and not all attachments are images. Then using the Share option might be easier, because we can select all images at once and share them to Photos.




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