Just like the title says. I used to be able to copy an image from a website or page, Facebook for example, and then directly paste into an imessage on my Mac. Since the upgrade, this went away. Why?
iMac 27″ 5K, macOS 10.15
Agreed. It works fine from Safari but not Chrome. "Paste" is grayed out in the popup menu when coming from Chrome. I can, however, crtl-v and that works. It is clear the image made it safely to the clipboard but Big Sur is treating them differently for some reason.
Agreed. It works fine from Safari but not Chrome. "Paste" is grayed out in the popup menu when coming from Chrome. I can, however, crtl-v and that works. It is clear the image made it safely to the clipboard but Big Sur is treating them differently for some reason.
apparently, even though 'paste' is grayed out on the right click option, if you do a CMD-v as a paste, this still works; so its a little bug that has yet to be picked up; which surprises me...
It works when you use the Safari Browser but not Chrome. I have sent the bug to Chrome
So, the only official response from Apple, which was a pedantic suggestion/explanation of how to copy/paste from NOVEMBER 29th, there has been no other explanations why problems persists.
Was this change by Apple intentional? If so, why? The work-around to this silliness is you have to save any image you want to copy, instead of copying it, then select it from where you saved it, copy it, and THEN you copy it and paste it into messages.
If I was a conspiracy nut, I'd say they want you to save a bunch of images you don't want to keep, forget about them, and then have to pay for more iCloud storage.
Sounds ridiculous...if only we could get a real response to why this is how it is with Big Sur. We're WAITING.
ACTUALLY,....my resident Apple authority corrected me by showing me how COMMAND-V (as opposed to CONTROL-V) does work.
Someone correct me if I am wrong.....
TGIF!!!!
The consensus is that there's no easy way (or even possible way) to do this like we used to be able to. Why? Who the @#$%*! knows. However you CAN drag and drop an image or image file into the text box. This works for me.
I have found I can drag the image most of the time
Hello clark4131 and welcome to Apple Support Communities. It appears you are having some difficulty copying an image from a website into a message using the Messages app on a Mac.
If you Control-click (or right-click) on an image, if it is copyable—as opposed to only a link to the image being copyable), you'll see an option near the bottom of the contextual menu called Copy Image.
Once copied, testing in both iMessages and SMS/MMS formats are being sent and viewed as images.
Cheers.
Same issue as others. I can't paste image from preview (or any other app) into iMessage via the mouse. The paste option is greyed out. Fortunately I can paste if I use the CMD V option.
I have booted in safe mode and reinstalled Big Sur.
Try using Safari as a work around for now. Safari has been working for me when I need to paste a picture into a text on MBP.
it works if you first let it save to desktop and then drag or copy it and paste. But that is very laborious. Used to be so simple till Big Sur
I'm having the same issue. However, if I goto Google Images and search the term, "bag" for instance, there are random images I can paste. Almost all Reddit images I cannot paste. I thought maybe it was the type of image file but some JPEG's I can paste and some I can't. Size doesn't seem to have anything to do with it but I need to do more testing.
My older Macbook with BigSur has no issue copy/pasting though with the same exact images.
This is super frustrating.
This is only with iMessaging/SMS forwarding. I can paste any image into Notes, for example. Also, when I goto Activity Monitor and Kill pboard it will sometimes allow me to paste the images I wasn't able to before but it always goes back to not letting me. Same with when I do "killall pboard" via the Terminal.
It is frustrating - this feature was a major method for my communications with clients and friends.
The only reliable work around I know is to save a photo clipped with Preview and then to import it into PHOTOS.
That's a very slow workaround, but it's the only thing that works for me.
CMD-V does not work for me
MAC OS 11.2.3
Apple's response was not helpful
Hs anyone Dragged the image from Webpage to Desktop then from Desktop to iMessages ?
I make the window smaller and then the txt box next to it then drag it over.
Can't copy web image and paste into messages after Big Sur upgrade.
