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Some photos were Airdropped to my iPad from a friend's iPad. The photos were taken on his iPhone. The photos are fine in my iphoto library on my iPad, but when I open the library on my desktop, the photos can be seen as thumbnails but when you click on them they are exec files and cannot be uploaded to Dropbox (I want to share them with a non-Apple user so I can't use Airdrop) What happened to the photos?
iMac 21.5″, OS X 10.10
Hi
What exactly do you mean by "exec" files?
Do you still have OSX 10.10 as stated in your post? If so, is it possible the photos are in HEIC format from your friends iPhone? This format is not recognised by 10.10.
Tony:
Since Mac went to extensions to determine the file type, any file without an extension is assumed to be a unix executable. For example, in terminal when you type 'ls' to show a list of files, you are actually executing a program in a file named ls, note no extension.
If you look at one of these files in the finder, it is given a generic 'exec' icon.
When I double click on a thumbnail in iPhotos it shows an exclamation mark. When I drag it to the desktop it appears as a black rectangle with green text "exec" in it. Perhaps my desktop is just too old to accept the photos in their current format.
Do you mean iPhoto, or Photos? (this forum is about the Photos app which replaced iPhoto a few years ago.
If in photos, it sounds like the app has lost track of the original file.
Do you use iCloud with "optimise mac storage" selected?
Or do you not have the option "copy item to photos library" in the import preference setting?
Optimise mac storage is in the photos preferences - icloud tab.
Another question - where is your library stored - in your pictures folder, or somewhere else. If on an external drive, what is the format?
Couple of things to try:
1 - Select the photo, then from the image menu>revert to original.
2 - Try file>export, rather than drag/drop to the desktop.
Ok, I optimized mac storage in the icloud tab in photos preferences.
My library is stored in Photos.
I tried your suggestions.
1 - revert to original is greyed out
2 - file>export results in an unreadable file
They already have .HEIC as a file name in Photos app on both my iPad (which is new) and my desktop. I think my desktop Photos just can't read HEIC because it's older and it looks as though there is no way to convert them. Exporting them will have to be done from the iPad until I can update my desktop, it looks to me like. Thanks for help!
You are right - if you are still on 10.10, your mac can't work with HEIC.
Jpegs sometimes lose their .jpg suffix if they are stored on FAT formatted disks and are recognised as exec files instead. The solution is to add the .jpg suffix back to the filename.
I tried adding .jpg and it is unreadable
Sorry, yes the app is "Photos". Yes, I use ICloud but I do not see an option for "optimise mac storage". I have it set up to access the iCloud photo library from all devices.
What format are the files on your ipad - are they jpg there?
It says it's an HEIF image
Try adding HEIC to the file instead of jpg
photos changed to exec files
