How to add images from Safari web pages to library WITHOUT "Photos" opening up

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How to add images from Safari web pages to library WITHOUT "Photos" opening up

How to right-click-add images from web pages in Safari to library WITHOUT causing the "Photos" app to launch and gaining focus?

All of a sudden this behavior came up recently - quite annoying since Photos gets the focus and you have to manually tab back to Safari to continue browsing. This has been working in the past without the Photos app up and running.

Any idea? Maybe it's just a quick link pointing me into the right direction or towards proper search keywords.

Thanks a lot in advance!

iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Nov 12, 2020 7:06 PM

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mario49

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Nov 19, 2020 8:38 AM in response to jodifu1

Hey jodifu1,

If we understand correctly, you are downloading images from websites but it is launching the Photos app when you do this. You can save images without using the Photos app depending on the option chosen.

"Save an image from a webpage

In the Safari app on your Mac, Control-click the image.
Choose Save Image to “Downloads,” Save Image As, or Add Image to Photos.
Some images, such as background images, can’t be saved.

Tip: With some images, you can drag the image directly to a document or your desktop."

Save part or all of a webpage in Safari on Mac

Please don't hesitate to let us know if the steps resolved your issue or if you need additional assistance.

Thank you for using Apple Support Communities. Have a good one.

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léonie

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Nov 19, 2020 8:49 AM in response to jodifu1

Which system version do you have installed? When I am Control-clicking the image on a Safari webpage and use "Add Image to Photos", the Photos.app does not open and gain focus. Which option are you using to save the photo?

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jodifu1 Author

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Nov 19, 2020 3:42 PM in response to mario49

Thx for your reply. I know these steps and tried them myself - but they do not help. I specifically want an image on a website directly right-click / cmd-click saved into Photos resp without the app launching and pulling focus.

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jodifu1 Author

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Nov 19, 2020 3:46 PM in response to léonie

Thx for your reply. Latest Big Sur 11.0.1 but that phenomen was already present before in Catalina. I am using the same procedure like you, but other methods didn‘t work either...

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