Edit Photos In Acorn 7

I am trying to edit my photos that are in my Photo App in Acorn. Because I have so many images, I have created a New Library on my 4 Tb external hard drive. I then, in the Photo App, select the image to edit and open it in my Photo App. Once open I click Edit. In the Edit window I select Edit in the Acorn Extension. I then Make the edit I need to and save and close the Acorn window. Then I open the Photo App window where I see the Edit I made in Acorn. I click "Done" and I am faced with this window (see image). Any one know what is going wrong? I can do this if the Library is on my Desktop Hard Drive but NOT the External Hard Drive.

Mac mini, macOS 14.5

Posted on Jun 14, 2024 9:53 AM

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Old Toad

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Posted on Jun 17, 2024 11:50 AM

Try the following as it doesn't require any extensions:

1 - go to the App Store and down load External Editors for Photos and install.

2 - in the Photos edit mode click on the circle with three dots in the center and select External Editors.

3 - the next window will show all of the image editors available in the Applications folder.

4 - or you can click on the Favorites button and then on the Add Application button to add Acorn to the favorites and it will the top one listed when you Control (right) - click on the image thumbnail and select Open With.

My library is on an external drive and I can use external editors without issue.

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