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Unable to drag an imported photo from the app unto the desktop

Hi dear friend, I'm running Big Sur on an 2021 M1 iMac. When using the photos app I can drag a photo from the desktop into the app. After the import and some editing I try to drag the image out of the app and into my desktop. This gives me a beach ball for minutes and I have to force quit.

What am I not understand or doing wrong?

I already turned off icloud uploads. But that does not solve it.

Please help. Greetings Gino

iMac 24″, macOS 11.5

Posted on Jul 24, 2021 12:16 AM

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TonyCollinet

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Posted on Jul 24, 2021 12:56 AM

First, dragging to the desktop is not the best way, because you don't even know if you are getting a full resolution image that way. (It only drags the preview file, not a full quality image).

Better is to select the image, then from the image menu image>export. you can then select size, quality and export location (which can be the desktop if you wish)

Regarding why the drag is not working.

1 - Where is your library stored - on your system drive, or somewhere else?

2 - Do you use iCloud with "optimise mac storage" selected.

3 - Do you have "copy items to photos library" set in photos preferences?

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