How to move Image Capture scanned documents?

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How to move Image Capture scanned documents?

I have scanned several documents to my Desktop that appear as a dropdown called Images, which shows each document separately when I click the dropdown arrow. I would like to move these Image Capture scanned documents into a folder, or App , to Save them to include as an attachment to Email. I have tried moving them into a New Desktop folder, but that didn’t work. I tested sending some directly to an email, but it sent one individual scanned document immediately, without an option to add anything else to the email.

I would like to move the documents into Google Docs, or Pages, but I can’t find a way to do that either. This really shouldn’t be so hard to do! Please, HELP!

MacBook Air, macOS 26.2

Posted on Feb 7, 2026 8:04 AM

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Answer 1

Barney-15E

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Feb 7, 2026 3:58 PM in response to DCJKY

It sounds like you have Stacks turned on for the Desktop. Stacks will pile up like documents into a "stack" of files. That sounds like what you are describing, but it's hard to tell.

Use the Desktop folder instead of the actual Desktop to move them around, or turn of Stacks on the Desktop.

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Answer 2

Feb 7, 2026 11:35 AM in response to DCJKY

Use the Finder on Mac - Apple Support

Create a new folder on the Desktop or open a Finder window and navigate it to the folder that you want to enclose those Image Capture docs - your Documents folder, for example.. Then click and drag them into that folder. There's nothing tricky about it.

You won't be moving those images into an app for storage and use later. Apps are not storage locations for that purpose. Google Docs may be an appropriate file storage location - I don't use it.

If you wish to use those images in the Pages app, then open a Pages document and add them using the appropriate tool in the Pages tool bar.

Pages User Guide for Mac - Apple Support

Add attachments to emails in Mail on Mac - Apple Support

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Answer 3

Feb 7, 2026 4:13 PM in response to Barney-15E

+1

For the author: Use desktop stacks on Mac - Apple Support

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