I've edited multiple pictures in iPhoto and most of the time I am able to simply drag the edited photos to my desktop and they save as I edited them. However, now after editing them, when I drag them to my desktop, they revert back to the original photo before I edited it. How can I fix this?
Are youo using iPhoto to edit? Do the edits show in iPhoto?
Exporting is better than dragging - edit one and export it (file menu ==> export) and see what you get
LN
What version of iPhoto? Assuming 09 or later:
Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Repair Database. If that doesn't help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. (In early versions of Library Manager it's the File -> Rebuild command. In later versions it's under the Library menu.)
This will create an entirely new library. It will then copy (or try to) your photos and all the associated metadata and versions to this new Library, and arrange it as close as it can to what you had in the damaged Library. It does this based on information it finds in the iPhoto sharing mechanism - but that means that things not shared won't be there, so no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your events, albums and keywords, faces and places back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
Regards
TD
Spot on! The rebuild (Option 1, variant) did the trick for me (repair did not).
After editing, edited picture doesn't save?
