When I import pictures from my camera into iPhoto, does it import the original photo size?

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When I import pictures from my camera into iPhoto, does it import the original photo size?

I've been importing pictures from my camera & my phone into iphoto, but I'm not sure if it's automatically importing it as the original file size and not changing it into a smaller photo... Is there a way I can check this?

Thanks in advance for your help 🙂

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Aug 7, 2013 2:31 AM

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Yer_Man

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Aug 7, 2013 2:42 AM in response to leslier7

Yes it imports a byte by byte copy of the photo.

What do you mean by 'size'? Do you mean file size? Or the dimensions of the photo (length by breadth)?

You can compare simply by exporting the original out of iPhoto

File -> Export, and set the kind to Original

For help accessing your photos in iPhoto see this user tip:

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4491

This User Tip

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4921

has details of the options in the Export dialogue.

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