what is the .AAE extension?

Sorry I posted twice!

Forget about the AAE files for now.

When importing photos from iOS 8 to your Mac:

– Importing them with 'Image Capture' will give you the original photos

– Importing them with 'AirDrop' will give you the edited photos.

So you can have both versions on the Mac should you so desire.

Don't know if anyone else is doing this, but, I was advised from support that the squeakier the wheel, the better the the chance for an oiling. If this is a big deal, like it is for me, please send in feedback via: http://www.apple.com/feedback/

I would like to at least have the choice as to which format to store photos and videos in.

Thanks in advance.

I guess you didn't read the thread before posting. The images are still JPG files. The AAE files store editing information about the image. For each JPG there is a matching AAE. If you import the images using the camera and scanner wizard in Windows or iPhoto or image capture on a Mac you will get both.

So glad I looked up what this wacky extension is and found out using the camera wizard with Windows is quicker than figuring out if I did something to the pictures myself or if this was another goofy Apple "hey look what we slipped in that we won't tell you about until lots of people start noticing it" type of things.

Thanks for pointing out the 3 colored circle setting!

IOS8.1.3 photos show up only as AAE files in Windows Explorer UNLESS

the 3 colored circle is set to "NONE" (middle-center choice).

If circles set to "none" then they show up as grey color when taking photos.

With 3 circles grey ("normal") jpg sucessfully showed up in Explorer when I took photos in these formats (tested on 3-1-2015):

1. normal Photo = ok

2. Square = ok

3. Panorama = ok

4. Burst in regular photo = ok

RECOVERY: if all photos are AAE on iPhone, then use Windows Scanner and Camera accessory to import the photos (clunky but it works).

Note: regarding the multi DCIM folders, I only see them on my Windows 7, when I use Windows XP, DCIM looks like it always has! I wonder if there is a way to make Win 7 mimic XP when viewing iPhone photos?

AAE files do not contain images. They are XML files that contain the editing instructions for the raw image. You can tell they are not images because they are much too small.

HHate to change The subject but I got a problem with the volume on my iPhone it seems like it's stuck in headphone mode and I can't hear YouTube videos or things like that does anybody know what that could be

IIt's like the headphones are plugged in but they're not

Please post a new message rather than tagging on to this totally unrelated thread.

ussafety1029 wrote:

HHate to change The subject but I got a problem with the volume on my iPhone it seems like it's stuck in headphone mode and I can't hear YouTube videos or things like that does anybody know what that could be

You don't get to 'change the subject'. Start your own thread with your own question instead of hijacking someone else's thread.

Is it safe to delete the AAE files? Why would I need them/want to keep them? I'm a newbie to iPhoto; I just want know if I delete them, does that mean that the .jpg image each one refers to will be deleted too? How is the .jpg version related to the AAE one? Thanks for clarifying...

It depends what you mean by "safe." The AAE file has the same name as the associated jpg, but with the aae type. It contains all of the formatting information for the image. So if you edited the image, or rotated it, zoomed it, cropped it, changed the color balance, etc, or you had the camera app do that automatically, and you delete the .aae file you will lose all of this information, and you will have to re-edit the file. The aae file should be copied, along with the image, to whatever photo app you plan to use to managed your photos. Ideally, you will use a photo app to import the image; then you will never need to see the aae file, as it will be managed by the photo app on your computer.

Thanks Lawrence.

By "safe", I mean, if I delete the AAE does that delete the associated .jpg? By the sounds of it, it does not; it only deletes any formatting I've done (I don't tend to edit my photos or videos; I'm an amateur:). I use iPhoto; is this a Photo "App"? If not, I don't think I use a Photo App. I take photos on my iPhone 6 and import them to my external hard drive. That's about all I do. The AAE files that I have all seem to be in my Trash; for every file # there seem to be 2 AAE files associated with it:

Trash:

They also seem to be videos: (under "Kind" it says Slow motion Video Sidecar). *Are* these videos, or photos? Would this suggest I edited the videos? I don't think I did, at least, I've not done so to my knowledge.

If these are in the trash, can I delete them, and assume the "viewable" format (not .jpg but whatever the video extension is for videos)-is in my iPhoto library? Or does the above suggest to you that both formats have been deleted? I only see AAE files in the Trash.

Also-just a quick observation: the file names in my Trash (the # that corresponds to each file: 5195, 5196 etc.) don't necessarily correspond to the files/videos I see in iPhoto library; the same can be said for my .jpg files too). Some do have corresponding "matches" in my iPhoto library, but some do not. Do these numbers (file names)? get changed as files get deleted? I've been trying to look for 5195 in my iPhoto library album, for example, but the numbers I am looking for aren't there. The only 5195 I have is a photo (not video) in my iPhoto library (on external drive); see below:

I'd like to see if it *is* the same file as the AAE but obviously can't view the AAE version. Is it possible the numbers get modified when you delete files, etc? or am I to assume the AEE 5195 file in my Trash *is* the same file as the one in the iPhoto library?

Many thanks.....

LAWRENCE: please read this reply and not the one above: I hadn't finished writing and it wouldn't allow me to continue...this is the final, and good copy:

Thanks Lawrence.

By "safe", I mean, if I delete the AAE does that delete the associated .jpg? By the sounds of it, it does not; it only deletes any formatting I've done (I don't tend to edit my photos or videos; I'm an amateur:). I use iPhoto; is this a Photo "App"? If not, I don't think I use a Photo App. I take photos on my iPhone 6 and import them to my external hard drive. That's about all I do. The AAE files that I have all seem to be in my Trash; for every file # there seem to be 2 AAE files associated with it:

Trash:

They also seem to be videos: (under "Kind" it says Slow motion Video Sidecar). *Are* these videos, or photos? Would this suggest I edited the videos? I don't think I did, at least, I've not done so to my knowledge.

If these are in the trash, can I delete them, and assume the "viewable" format (not .jpg but whatever the video extension is for videos)-is in my iPhoto library? Or does the above suggest to you that both formats have been deleted? I only see AAE files in the Trash.

Also-just a quick observation: the file names in my Trash (the # that corresponds to each file: 5195, 5196 etc.) don't necessarily correspond to the files/videos I see in the iPhoto album where my photos are located; the images *are* however in Finder, sitting under iPhoto library. So, if I go into Finder, and look for the corresponding AAE file # (but as .jpg-not AAE) I can see the same # (5195) as the ones in my Trash. But if I open up the iPhoto App and look in my album for 5195; 5195 isn't there.

Another observation: in iPhoto, the missing file #'s that aren't in my album, *are* in "Photos" under the heading "Library" in the iPhoto App.

So, am I understanding correctly, that if I delete a photo from an album, the corresponding file # will disappear, with the photo, but that the photo remains "live" (it exists) in Photos under "Library"? In other words, the files that are in my Trash, *can* be seen as .jpg's in Photos under "Library" in the iPhoto App, but they are no longer in the album (I think I deleted them from the album as I had many duplicates). Am I correct in thinking that the Photos under "Library" in the iPhoto App correspond to the .jpg's that I see in Finder, that sit directly under iPhoto Library?

This is what I see on my External hard drive....

and:

I'd like to see if the 5195 *is* the same file as the AAE in the Trash, but obviously can't view the AAE version. Is there any way to view the AAE files to check which .jpg's they correspond to, or am I to trust that the # is accurate and corresponds to the .jpg with the same number? Am I to assume the AEE 5195 file in my Trash *is* the same file as the one in the Photos, under "Library"?

Many thanks.....