I edit my photos in the Photo app and wish to move the edited version to my desktop for uploading online. It usually works fine, but lately I can't move any photos out of Photo--the progress indicator shows the export stops at 16% every time. I have plenty of hard drive space and have restarted my machine and run a repair on my Photos app to no avail.
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 14.7
As a test: Create a new library and import some images into it. See if the problem is repeated there/ If it is then we know the issue is systemic, if it's not then we know the issue is local to that library.
Do you have an up-to-date back up?
earthshipvintage wrote: …move the edited version to my desktop Drag-and-drop exporting
Drag and Drop is not supported. Use File>Export. See this:
Should you use Drag & Drop in Photos" - Apple Community
Are there any error messages?
Where is your library stored? If on an external, then is that drive formatted Mac OS X Extended, Journaled or apfs?
Can you view the images at full size in Photos?
No error messages. The library is stored on the internal hd. I can view the images fine in Photos.
Drag-and-drop exporting just randomly started working again yesterday, but it's quit again today. When I try to restart Photos lately, it asks me if I want to interrupt the exports (which aren't actually progressing); then I usually have to force quit.
This is actually the very simple answer I needed lol. For some reason, drag and drop worked great for a long time (and I wish it still did because exporting involves extra clicks), but now that it doesn't, exporting is doing the trick. Thank you!
Same group of images each time, or is it just any images?
Any images
Drag & Drop is so tempting, but we can't possibly know what form of "export" this will take. I'm glad "File>Export" is doing what you need!
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