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Level 1

5 points

Add to iPhoto not working from Mail app

I have Mac OS 10.8.2 installed along with iPhoto '11 (v9.4). When I receive an email that has photos then try to use the "Add to iPhoto" feature from the save menu in the email, nothing happens. I have tried repairing iPhoto and even rebuilding the iPhoto but it is still not working.

I can save the attachments to a folder - that works - but the save directly to iPhoto simply does not work.

Any ideas?

Jeff

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion, Early 2009 24" Model 2.93 GHz

Posted on Sep 24, 2012 12:33 PM

59 replies

Jan 7, 2013 7:20 AM in response to Pyrran

Thank you for all your trouble, that is a very reasonable explanation and a helpful tip. I guess that is what most of all expected when we try to find some help from experienced people in these forums. Thanks again

Ludwig77

Level 1

4 points

Jan 21, 2013 5:07 PM in response to icemantx

I didn't read all 4 pages of post before submitting this so it might already be on here, but Apple's suggestion is to drag each photo down to the iPhoto icon in the dock. You can also select all photos at once in the email (click on the first one, scroll to the bottom, hold down shift and click on the last one) and then drag all the photos from the email to the icon on the dock and they'll all import without an issue. I just tried this and it works perfectly. (However, I'd still prefer to just be able to click the "Add to iPhoto" button directly from the email.)

Feb 15, 2013 4:06 AM in response to icemantx

Same problem

Feb 23, 2013 9:59 AM in response to icemantx

Great discussion. An automator routine can make this an easier task. If you'd like to see how to make an automator routine to do this, there is a YouTube video here:

http://youtu.be/8b-D4ZKbEgY

Mar 1, 2013 8:52 PM in response to Robert Jones4

This worked for me! Thanks RobertJones4 🙂

Mar 2, 2013 12:06 PM in response to icemantx

This is terrible.

Apple - either fix the bug, or remove the feature. You've had a link to a feature that doesn't work of almost 9 months. That is totally embarrasing.

Steve is probably rolling over in his grave.

- Chad

JDfunky

Level 2

229 points

Mar 12, 2013 4:35 PM in response to Pyrran

Pyrran wrote:

... simply drag an image directly from Mail to the iPhoto icon on my Dock. If you have multiple photos, you can shift-click or command-click as necessary and then drag them as a group to iPhoto's icon (or directly into the iPhoto application if it is open and you have enough screen real estate).

@Pyrran, thank you for giving me a workaround that works for multiple photos!