I took a picture several years ago and used it as the picture for one of my contacts. It is a GREAT picture. Unfortunatley the only copy I now have of that picture is on that contact list. I want to copy it back into my photographs. How can I do that? All of the answers I see to this question are several years old and they don't work anymore.
iPhone 12 Pro, iOS 15
Best I can come up with is to export the contact as a vCard.
Open the vCard with a Text Editor (BBEdit, TextEdit).
There will be a section named: "PHOTO;ENCODING=b;TYPE=JPEG:PHOTO;ENCODING=b;TYPE=JPEG:"
Select everything after that up to just before the == line.
Copy that and paste it into the Input Base64 field in this website (or find another that will convert Base64).
You can then download the image file.
Best I can come up with is to export the contact as a vCard.
Open the vCard with a Text Editor (BBEdit, TextEdit).
There will be a section named: "PHOTO;ENCODING=b;TYPE=JPEG:PHOTO;ENCODING=b;TYPE=JPEG:"
Select everything after that up to just before the == line.
Copy that and paste it into the Input Base64 field in this website (or find another that will convert Base64).
You can then download the image file.
What happens after I paste it into the Input Base64 field in this website ?
It converts the base64 encoding into a jpeg and displays it in the window next to the text.
Please explain how I can I then download the image file? And, download it from where?
The website image preview has a Save As button.
Your instructions say:
Select everything after that up to just before the == line.
Copy that and paste it into the Input Base64 field in this website (or find another that will convert Base64).
You can then download the image file.
I have two questions.
The quality stored is nowhere close to the original unless you took the picture at the beginning of the digital age.
It seems to be getting more and more complex… Everything I want to do. I remember when we could just drag a picture in and drag a picture out. Change it to a better picture or just a different picture. Apple is making things more and more difficult instead of easier and easier. Thanks for your help.
I did find an easier way after reading your suggestion. Instead of exporting it as a v-card just export it as a PDF file. Then open the PDF file and the picture is right there. Just take a screenshot of the picture and then you have it. The downside is it's not quite the quality of the original but maybe 80% is good. And it takes less than 60 seconds to do that.
Thank you very much barney-15E.
How can I make a copy of a picture in my contact list?
