Not all photos showing when attaching to email. In preferences, "Use as System Photo Library" is greyed out. My OS is Mac Monterey 12.6.
How do I ensure that photos are saved as jpegs rather than heics so they can be used across systems? Or can heics be used across systems?
New Mac Systems are annoyingly less user friendly than past ones. Apple seems to be slowly and inexorably sliding down the Microsoft hill....
MacBook Air
"Use as System Photo Library" is greyed out.
That means the Library is the System Library.
You can convert a heic to jpeg simply by exporting it as a Jpeg. File -> Export. If the are coming from your phone you can avoid them altogether by setting you phone to shoot egg, or maximum compatibility.
These things are quite simple, but technology advances and it sometimes requires a little learning.
There is your problem then.
Any photo optimised (stored only in iCloud) is not available for the photo picker to use. In this case the only option is to first export to a folder, and then attach from the folder.
If you turn off optimise mac storage, your photos will be stored on both your mac, and in iCloud. But then you will need enough space on your mac.
Thank you. Any clue as to why some photos (all taken three days ago and some within seconds of each other) are available for attachment and others are not?
Where is your Library stored?
Assuming it's the same thing as Photos, it would be in the icloud. If not, I have no idea. Where ever it is defaulted to be stored.
The default location would be in your Pictures Folder. Is there a Photos library there?
Yes, the photo library is in my pictures folder.
Do you have optimise mac storage selected in iCloud settings?
Thank you for walking through this. If I don't use the photo optimize option, will the photos still be stored in icloud or elsewhere, or on the cloud and on the phone?
Photos as Attachments
