When I select a photo, and choose File>Export 1 photo, the exported photo does not contain the edits. It's the same as if I chose export unmodified original.
The only way to export with edits, that I have found, is to share via email, actual size.
Photos.
It looks like the problem is the photo. I tried the same edits and export on other photos from the same camera, and it worked. So I duplicated the problem photo, made all the same edits, exported, and it worked.
Thanks léonie for all your help!
Photos.
It looks like the problem is the photo. I tried the same edits and export on other photos from the same camera, and it worked. So I duplicated the problem photo, made all the same edits, exported, and it worked.
Thanks léonie for all your help!
Yes. But holding both shift keys didn't work. I tried the Terminal command to boot into Safe Mode but that didn't work either. So I did the following:
However, safe mode didn't solve the photo exporting with edits. Thanks for your help!
You could try to repair the Photos Library.
Switch back to your main library by quitting Photos, then double-click your main library to open it in Photos. But hold down the key combination ⌥⌘ firmly, while double-clicking the library.
Photos should now try to repair the library. For a large library it may take several hours, even days, depending on the library size.
Things to consider before trying to repair a library:
It might help to know what has caused the damage to the library. Do you remember what happened between the time, when you last could export the edits correctly and when the trouble started?
Hi
Try:
1 - restart your mac then try.
2 - restart your mac in safe mode, try in safe mode, then restart and try again.
When you say it is like export unmodified, do you have non jpg images (eg heic, or raw) that export in their native formats and are not converted?
Where is your library stored? If on an external drive, what is the format?
What version of MacOS do you have?
What I mean by unmodified, is that there are no edits. The original files are jpg.
My library is stored in the default location: user/Pictures
MacOS 12.3.1
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll try that tomorrow.
Does your keyboard have two Shift keys? One on the left and one on the right? Try both.
Have you been running any cleaning apps to remove duplicates? Some of them are very dangerous and are destroying the Photos Library and Photos may longer be able to find the edited versions or the originals. Repairing the library may not be able to fix the damage done by duplicate cleaners. In that case you will have to restore an undamaged version from your backup.
Sorry for the misunderstanding. I meant "try both shift keys in turn", perhaps the other one will work.
But as restarting the Mac in safe mode did not help, you may want to test, if your Photos Library has a corruption.
Quit Photos, then hold down the options key ⌥ while restarting Photos. select to create a new library.
Import one photo for testing into this new library. Edit it, then try to export the edited version.
Does it work for a new Photos Library?
BTW, what kind of edits are you applying, that cannot be exported?
I ran the photos library repair. I also ran disk utility first aid. Then, restarted. Same issue.
It is an iCloud photos library.
I don't remember this being an issue. I I don't remember what may have happened, or if this issue has been around for a bit.
What are you using to edit the jpegs? Photos or an external image editor?
After restart, no fix. I can't figure out how to restart in safe mode with my Bluetooth keyboard. The Mac is not registering the shift key at restart.
retouch edits.
Your suggestion worked! So my library is corrupted? Now what?
Mac Photos app not exporting edits
