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Retaining image formats when exporting from Mac Photos

My Photos library on a Mac using macOS Monterey has JPG, TIFF, HEIF and raw files from Canon and Olympus cameras. I want to export the final edited copies of all the photos, but the options panel only shows a choice of JPG, TIF and PNG. How to export every photo in its original format?


MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.0

Posted on Apr 3, 2022 3:22 AM

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Apr 3, 2022 9:46 AM in response to LarryGoh

When RAW and HEIC files are edited the edits are saved to either JPEG, TIFF, PNG or, in the case of Photoshop, PSD files.


RAW files are just sensor dumps and can't be edited and saved as a RAW file. Apple's HEIC format acts similarly.


It's just the nature of the beast.


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Apr 4, 2022 5:20 AM in response to OldToad

Thank you. I understand about edited RAW files. As for HEIC, some are edited and some not. The "File > Export > Export (all) photos" command converts all these into JPG. I don't mind edited HEICs converting to JPG but want the never-edited ones to remain HEIC. I also don't want edited and unedited files in other (non-RAW) formats to be converted.

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Retaining image formats when exporting from Mac Photos

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