I updated my Mac last night and today I have gone to finish a web project I was working on. I have sent images to upload to the site but since the update my Mac is saving all images in webP format. Is there a way to turn it back to the original format?
I have tried to use preview to change the format of the images but it doesn’t allow me to select the images they go dark grey when trying to upload and can’t be selected.
You must have downloaded those webp files from a website. I can assure you that your Mac isn't creating them. How I know this? I just happen to be working on some apps to open many different kinds of images. While the Mac can now read Webp files, it cannot write them. Therefore, if you have webp files, you must have either downloaded them or used some 3rd party tool to create them.
eaglepro86 wrote:
I updated my Mac last night and today I have gone to finish a web project I was working on. I have sent images to upload to the site but since the update my Mac is saving all images in webP format. Is there a way to turn it back to the original format?
[edited - rotation provided as a courtesy]
I have tried to use preview to change the format of the images but it doesn’t allow me to select the images they go dark grey when trying to upload and can’t be selected.
updated macOS from what to what —OK maybe not relevant?
First learn how to rotate a screen shot— Command R if you are doing websites seems a fundamental edit.
The .webp is a Microsoft image format and can be problematic across platforms.
If you downloaded images off the web to your downloads folder as .webp— Open the image
Change the .webp format by holding the Shift Option command S key >Save AS
( or if you are using the Preview drop down menu>File hold the Option key>Save As )
before you attempt to upload them to your website/server.
Preview User Guide for Mac - Apple Support
View PDFs and images in Preview on Mac - Apple Support
Resize, rotate, or flip an image in Preview on Mac - Apple ...
eaglepro86 wrote:
It was an update to the latest version i was prompted for. The latest version is 10.15.7 - the one previous to that.
"First learn how to rotate a screen shot— Command R if you are doing websites seems a fundamental edit."
First of all its not a screenshot, if you didn't observe the computer in the image. I created the post quickly from my phone, whilst rushing around. I may be talking about the mac, but not on it. It was taken directly upright and thats how it posted - not really my issue. Not that it should be such an issue but thanks for been so courteous to point that out and make amendments.
The images were sent from my phone to my mac in jpeg format and the end up saving in webp, this is what i am trying to prevent in future. Its not a format i want to use and i'm well aware of the amount of time it has been around. I understand how to export and change the format of images and videos but as shown and explained previously --> they cant be selected to make any adjustments. Nothing will open them. If you cant select it you cant save it to a different format.
If the original is webp that is what Safari is going to send on to your Mac—Big Sur has changed and now attempts to accept and read webp.
the iOS 14.4 and Safari or the MacOS Big Sur has changed this interaction...
No user preferences here, they used to get converted because Safari i could not handle webp so it converted them automatically .
Not such a great idea in my option.
You can however install a different default browser on you iPhone—then
see about using Firefox or Chrome for a mobile extension to suit your needs so your Mac does not get the webp.
Same on the macOS browser situation.. I am sure you can find more and report back
you can submit your Apple Feedback http://www.apple.com/feedback to register your complaint, recommend a user preference are suitable extension.
eaglepro86 wrote:
It was an update to the latest version i was prompted for. The latest version is 10.15.7 - the one previous to that.
First of all its not a screenshot, if you didn't observe the computer in the image. I created the post quickly from my phone,
The images were sent from my phone to my mac in jpeg format and the end up saving in webp, this is what i am trying to prevent in future.
eaglepro86 —I am still interested in trying to get to the bottom of the issue at hand.,
One thing I will say I am running Big Sur so I am not sure I will be able to drill down on your work flow to reproduce this issue, however —a few clarification question— in an effort to sort this.
You were running macOS Mojave 10.14.6 (?) or you where running 10.15.6 (? )and prompted for 10.15.7 ....when you say "previous to that"?
For the record state what exact Mac is this?
You posted to the ASC here using your iPhone, and the side-ways image you took with your iPhone.
With that— I can say definitively the the ASC interface does not accept .webp file type—it does not recognize them as a valid image type:
therefore your phone obviously did not take and submit to this forum a image type ".webp "
You have said repeatedly "I sent them from my phone to my Mac" —OK but that is not very telling...
Were they screen shots(?) or they were not screenshots?
Where did you get these images if not, and how did you get these images on to your phone— to send to your Mac?
What is the source of these jpeg image?
Can you post a link or a complete path so I can get one my phone to test ?
Copy & paste the complete image file name & file type for some clue here in the forum ex <intelmacbootmodes.jpg.webp>
When you send them to your Mac, how do you do that(?) email, txt, Airdrop, Network sharing ..?
Who provides your email, if sent to your Mac via email : @icloud, @yahoo, @AOL, @gmail, etc ????
What email application do you use or do you use browser mail? mail client's include Mac's own Mail.app, Thunderbird, Spark., ..etc...
This is IMAP mail I can only assume from the same provider for both phone & computer?
Has any of this change since your update to 10.15.7 ?
Where do you save the images to(?) Desktop, folder on a Desktop, Documents folder, Photo.app, some other Photo program. Do you edit them in any way, or they just some how are now all .webp format when they land on your Mac.
When you up load you image to your website/ server from your Mac, how are you doing that(?) through your Safari browser, a FTP client, or a CMS (content management system) web interface, or you don't get that far?
Do you have any Anti-Virus, Cleaners, Optimizers, Speeder uppers, VPN installed as third party?
These are parts of the puzzle I have yet to see.
[edited by leroydouglas]
for the record:
WebP is an image file format which contains image data with both lossless and 'lossy' compression.
Developed by Google
like .tiff files can be problematic on the web, cross platform/browser compatibility, not always rendering as expected.
It was an update to the latest version i was prompted for. The latest version is 10.15.7 - the one previous to that.
"First learn how to rotate a screen shot— Command R if you are doing websites seems a fundamental edit."
First of all its not a screenshot, if you didn't observe the computer in the image. I created the post quickly from my phone, whilst rushing around. I may be talking about the mac, but not on it. It was taken directly upright and thats how it posted - not really my issue. Not that it should be such an issue but thanks for been so courteous to point that out and make amendments.
The images were sent from my phone to my mac in jpeg format and the end up saving in webp, this is what i am trying to prevent in future. Its not a format i want to use and i'm well aware of the amount of time it has been around. I understand how to export and change the format of images and videos but as shown and explained previously --> they cant be selected to make any adjustments. Nothing will open them. If you cant select it you cant save it to a different format.
Sorry, i do apologise i should of been more clearer. What i should of wrote is how to disable the automatic conversion of media to webp format. Im not really wanting all the media i have to use at some point stored in webp only their initial formats. Thank for the input.
Just some info to let you take and more easily add screen shots to posts:
How to take a screenshot on your Mac
(⌘⬆︎3) Command-Shift-3 Capture the screen to a file
(⌘⬆︎⌃3) Command-Shift-Control-3 Capture the screen to the Clipboard
(⌘⬆︎4) Command-Shift-4 Capture a selection to a file
(⌘⬆︎⌃4) Command-Shift-Control-4 Capture a selection to the Clipboard
(⌘⬆︎5) Command-Shift-5 Invoke new screen grabber
Thank you. I am aware of how to take a screenshot. If you take a careful look at the image its not a screenshot, Its a photo directly of the screen of my laptop screen , taken on my phone, in a rush. This is how it uploaded.
The files were not downloaded. As mentioned in the comments ‘they were sent from my phone’ I can assure you that they were not downloaded. The format on the images were jpeg.
Let me also assure you as mentioned, I have been working on my MacBook for months on end I have not had this issue. <—— please bear that in mind. This is since the update nothing that I have created. Are you insinuating something?
eaglepro86 wrote:
The files were not downloaded. As mentioned in the comments ‘they were sent from my phone’ I can assure you that they were not downloaded. The format on the images were jpeg.
OK. Let me check iOS...
My test device is running iOS 14.2. It can't natively create webp images either.
Let me also assure you as mentioned, I have been working on my MacBook for months on end I have not had this issue. <—— please bear that in mind. This is since the update nothing that I have created. Are you insinuating something?
I'm insinuating that you downloaded those webp images.
What are these images? Where did they come from? Have you opened them in Preview? You said,
I have tried to use preview to change the format of the images but it doesn’t allow me to select the images they go dark grey when trying to upload and can’t be selected.
Does that mean you were able to open and view them? What do you mean by "go dark grey when trying to upload and can't be selected"? Where are you trying to upload them, and why? If you just want to open them in Preview and save them as some other format, that has nothing to do with uploading. And you will have to clarify what you mean by "go dark grey".
Lots of web sites are using webp files now. That's not unusual. I was able to use the file names you had in the screenshot and find some with exactly those names. There is nothing or in any way unusual about that. If you don't want these files, just delete them.
And what do you mean by "upload to the site"? That sounds like something that people did in the 1990s. What you want to do is setup a local web server on your Mac. Put all of your code into a GitHub repository. Test and debug everything locally. If you are serving from the git repository, make sure to disallow access to the ".git" folder using .htaccess or similar. Then, on your server, just clone your GitHub repository. No uploads necessary.
" I'm insinuating that you downloaded those webp images. " If you are going to insinuate things having clearly not read the full thread then please save it for elsewhere. Its pretty simple what i have wrote and can be observed if you cared to look properly before commenting.
"What are these images? Where did they come from? Have you opened them in Preview? You said, "
The files were not downloaded. As mentioned in the comments ‘they were sent from my phone’ I can assure you that they were not downloaded. The format on the images were jpeg. - if you note in the comment ‘they were sent from my phone’ too my mac.
Does that mean you were able to open and view them? What do you mean by "go dark grey when trying to upload and can't be selected"? Where are you trying to upload them, and why? If you just want to open them in Preview and save them as some other format, that has nothing to do with uploading. And you will have to clarify what you mean by "go dark grey". ---
"The images were sent from my phone to my mac in jpeg format and the end up saving in webp, this is what i am trying to prevent in future. Its not a format i want to use and i'm well aware of the amount of time it has been around. I understand how to export and change the format of images and videos but as shown and explained previously --> they cant be selected to make any adjustments. Nothing will open them. If you cant select it you cant save it to a different format." - noted in a previous comment. They go darker grey than they already and they are unselectable - how much more can i elaborate on that? it in the image.
Lots of web sites are using webp files now. That's not unusual. I was able to use the file names you had in the screenshot and find some with exactly those names. There is nothing or in any way unusual about that. If you don't want these files, just delete them. --- So what what are you taking it onto a different track? Your exaggerating the question and adding to it and over complicating the orgional question. Completely disregarding the fact, I HAVE BEEN WORKING THE SAME WAY FOR MONTHS - NO ISSUE.
And what do you mean by "upload to the site"? That sounds like something that people did in the 1990s. What you want to do is setup a local web server on your Mac. Put all of your code into a GitHub repository. Test and debug everything locally. If you are serving from the git repository, make sure to disallow access to the ".git" folder using .htaccess or similar. Then, on your server, just clone your GitHub repository. No uploads necessary.
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What you think it sounds like has nothing to do with the conversation nor does it at any point provide a solution. What you want to do is setup a local web server on your Mac. Never you mind what i want to do, i'm deploying react portfolio, which was just built on a local development server before you carry on making more assumptions, i'm not working with php "That sounds like something that people did in the 1990s"
Not that it has any relevance. Theres a specific reason i don't want to use them in that format it is nothing to do with the question asked or you for that matte.r " I have sent images to upload " <--- which i am clearly missing 'from my phone to my computer' - to upload with my website. But as noted in previous comments it was rushed. If i needed to convert them in a different format i would of took heed from the second comment but instead to simplify it some more for you -
Iv worked on my mac for several months, as noted previously noted, and not had the issue at all. So when you start commenting even forcing a few lies:
Absolutely waffling on you are, speed reading. I didn't want them - i deleted them - sent them back to my computer AGAiN and the same thing Happend AGAIN. If you didn't observe, thats what i am trying to prevent AGAIN. What don't you get?
Honestly, never heard anything like it, most definitely rude and obnoxious. I don't care for those little labels of descriptions on your profile that claim for you to be something that doesn't when reflect when you are dishing out your unwanted/ uneccesary information no related to the question.
eaglepro86 wrote:
Its pretty simple what i have wrote and can be observed if you cared to look properly before commenting.
I'm sorry, but it isn't simple at all. What you have written makes no sense.
The images were sent from my phone to my mac in jpeg format and the end up saving in webp, this is what i am trying to prevent in future.
In consideration of the fact that this is impossible to have done that in the past, you should have no concern about it happening this way in the future.
they cant be selected to make any adjustments. Nothing will open them. If you cant select it you cant save it to a different format." - noted in a previous comment. They go darker grey than they already and they are unselectable - how much more can i elaborate on that? it in the image.
The image you posted does not convey any such information. I can download, select, and open webp images with no problem. I have no idea what happened with those files on your computer. I can definitely say that jpeg files did not spontaneously convert themselves into webp files.
Your exaggerating the question and adding to it and over complicating the orgional question. Completely disregarding the fact, I HAVE BEEN WORKING THE SAME WAY FOR MONTHS - NO ISSUE.
I'm not exaggerating anything. You are the one who seems to be obsessed with these files.
What you think it sounds like has nothing to do with the conversation nor does it at any point provide a solution. What you want to do is setup a local web server on your Mac. Never you mind what i want to do, i'm deploying react portfolio, which was just built on a local development server before you carry on making more assumptions, i'm not working with php "That sounds like something that people did in the 1990s"
I never said anything about PHP. I was merely suggestion a better way to develop and deploy web sites that would avoid the uploading problems that you seem to be having.
well as you can observe in the image above is obviously there for a reason.
And the reason is because you downloaded them.
i'm insinuating you are an unsavoury character but thats based on the 'fact of you mannerisms' not lies.
Correct. I'm "spicy", not "savoury".
I don't care for those little labels of descriptions on your profile that claim for you to be something that doesn't when reflect when you are dishing out your unwanted/ uneccesary information no related to the question.
You will have to take that up with the Apple hosts. They designed the gamification system used to encourage and reward participation in the forums. Some of us don't need those perks. The interaction, communication, and connection with our fellow Apple customers is its own reward.
Webp images
