Unable to Exporting Photos to External HD

Hi - I'm hoping for some guidance. I'm currently on MacBook Air 2019 on Sonoma 14.4 OS and trying to export my photos to an external HD. All of my options to export are greyed out. Has anyone encountered this issue before? I do have the photos synced on iCloud but I'm wiping all my machines to start over and want to pull the photos from the cloud. Any help will be greatly appreciated.


MacBook Air 13″, macOS 14.4

Posted on Jun 7, 2024 7:49 AM

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Posted on Jun 7, 2024 8:03 AM

How many pictures did you select before doing the export? This is what I see if I haven't yet chosen the pictures to export.


If you want to export all your pictures, you can make a Smart Album with something like this:

(I don't think that I have any pictures taken before 4/7/1776 ! )


If you select that album, then Export will look like this


Does this help?

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Jun 7, 2024 8:03 AM in response to iamterriann

How many pictures did you select before doing the export? This is what I see if I haven't yet chosen the pictures to export.


If you want to export all your pictures, you can make a Smart Album with something like this:

(I don't think that I have any pictures taken before 4/7/1776 ! )


If you select that album, then Export will look like this


Does this help?

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