When I use spacebar to preview a photo stream in Photos.app, and then hit spacebar a second time when viewing the photo, it deletes the photo without prompting. The behavior is similar in recent photos, except that I get a delete confirmation dialog. Is this normal? Is it possible to modify this behavior so that spacebar previews and returns and stops deleting my photos?
MacBook Pro with Touch Bar
jbbjbb Said:
"Spacebar deletes photos in Mac OS Photos.app - what kind of feature is this?: When I use spacebar to preview a photo stream in Photos.app, and then hit spacebar a second time when viewing the photo, it deletes the photo without prompting. The behavior is similar in recent photos, except that I get a delete confirmation dialog. Is this normal? Is it possible to modify this behavior so that spacebar previews and returns and stops deleting my photos?"
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No. This is not Normal.
So, two thoughts:
A. Reset the SMC and your NVRAM:
Sometimes when changes are made to the system(i.e. updates), system configurations (i.e. for Keyboard) become manipulated, technically. So, reset the SMC and NVRAM. It might take upto three tries to reset both. So, be certain you have the time to perform this.
B. Report this to Apple:
Ah, egg on my face. Thanks for this question, it made me think. No shortcuts, usually I'd use alfred or BTT for anything, but you made me think of text expander - I have a macro to catch double spaces in MS Word. Somewhere in there I lost the double-space after a period context.
I NEVER would have found this without you prompting my brain. Thanks.
Not quite sure what is happening there. The spacebar is the default key for toggling between viewing a photo full size and the thumbnail, it certainly shouldn't be deleting anything.
Do you have any keyboard shortcuts set up in your main system preferences?
You're welcome, am glad it was something simple.
Spacebar deletes photos in Mac OS Photos.app - what kind of feature is this?
