Hello, I have tried to upload a photo album which is on my MacBook Air M2, in the Photo App, on a website to create my own photo album. I cannot select the "Photo" application-they are all grey and cannot be selected. I have tried two different site, the problem seems to come from my computer.. Is there a protection to unlock or something else to do? thanks a lot for your help
MacBook Air, macOS 14.5
It's hard to be sure what to say without knowing what browser or what app you're using, and just how you're attempting the upload.
But here's what I would do: I'd make a new album in Photos named, maybe, Family Picture Album, or something, and I'd drag all the pictures I want into that album. (Albums in Photos are just lists of pictures, really, so it takes no extra storage to have a picture in multiple albums.) Then I would use the menu choice "File>Export>Export nn Photos" to export those pictures to a Finder folder on the Desktop. (The Export dialog lets you set the size and quality and even the names of the files that would be created.) And then I'd point the website or app or whatever to that Finder folder. Once satisfied that all went well, I might delete that Finder folder that's still on the Desktop.
What do you think?
It's hard to be sure what to say without knowing what browser or what app you're using, and just how you're attempting the upload.
But here's what I would do: I'd make a new album in Photos named, maybe, Family Picture Album, or something, and I'd drag all the pictures I want into that album. (Albums in Photos are just lists of pictures, really, so it takes no extra storage to have a picture in multiple albums.) Then I would use the menu choice "File>Export>Export nn Photos" to export those pictures to a Finder folder on the Desktop. (The Export dialog lets you set the size and quality and even the names of the files that would be created.) And then I'd point the website or app or whatever to that Finder folder. Once satisfied that all went well, I might delete that Finder folder that's still on the Desktop.
What do you think?
In some websites and apps you can load directly from Photos. Photos has "Projects" (File>Create) which use 3rd Party apps that you load (and pay for) to do albums and calendars and such. They probably work more smoothly with Photos. Those sites may offer a "media-picker" icon of some sort
that lets you access Photos.
But, honestly, the best deal is to Export to a Finder folder. "File>Export>Export nn Photos" pops up with a dialog box
that gives options about exporting privacy information, for instance, even the ability to rename files,. And you can control the image size and quality, and it gives the option of naming files sequentially so they will come out in the order you want. Using the Export dialog gives you the control instead of the app or website. And you can keep that folder until you're sure the site has what you want, and then delete it later. (I see that I'm repeating some of what I said, earlier...)
hello Richard, thanks a lot, your solution works. So I understand that there is no way of using the "photo" app album we create to print a photo album.. I've tried on the appArtifact and also printique.
Upload photos from MacBook Air to photo album creation website
