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Usama AJ Author

Level 1

8 points

JPG files not opening on MAC

Hi Guys,

I went for a trip in the last month where I clicked a lot of pics. I initially transferred them to my windows laptop (JPG). After that, I transferred them to mac and when I view the same files in mac the pictures apear to be in .jpg.xml format (How is that possible?). Anyway, i converted them to JPG and still applications (preview and iPhoto) give me error in mac. I initially tried to open it from external hd itself and then even tried copying it on the desktop. But nothing happens. I was of the view that we can open jpg in mac and if i am unable to do so its going to be a big pain for me.

P.S I am new to Mac so I need your assistance with the same.

Thanks. Usama

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)

Posted on Oct 1, 2014 2:09 PM

18 replies

Usama AJ Author

Level 1

8 points

Oct 2, 2014 2:39 AM in response to Lexiepex

Already did that. When I do that the thumbnail say JPEG but iPhoto says cant open. Preview says the same thing.

Lexiepex

Level 6

14,158 points

Oct 2, 2014 2:56 AM in response to Usama AJ

What format has the external HD?

do you have the same issue when you do the copy/paste fromPC->external->mac when you use a USB stick instead of the HD?

Lex

Usama AJ Author

Level 1

8 points

Oct 2, 2014 3:23 AM in response to Lexiepex

Its in NTFS format. Same issue with the USB stick too.

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JPG files not opening on MAC