Photos: can't "Show Referenced File in Finder"

I'm not sure what you are saying was never supported.

No sure I follow Larry. It was a feature Apple had in their software before. Apple put it there, we used it. Could you point out how we're supposed to be able to tell which features are 'supported' and which aren't? (I'm being facetious with that question... 😉)

Pretty clear - it was never supported - show me a single place in Apple documentation that said to access photos that way- it was not supported

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Weird logic. Apple's removed all documentation of iPhoto from their main resource center. iPhoto isn't even an option to look up support on as a primary category. Does that mean, ergo, NONE of the features should be expected going forward? 😝

Or was I supposed to go through ALL of Apple's documentation on iPhoto before they replaced it with Photos, compare it to the features inside of iPhoto, and make notes of the stuff Apple DID include in the program, but DID NOT mention in the documentation, and then extrapolate which features would thusly be supported going forward? Surely that's not what is being implied here.

chirpie wrote:

Or was I supposed to go through ALL of Apple's documentation on iPhoto before they replaced it with Photos ...

iPhoto Help is still on your Mac, accessible from within the app, unless you removed it. There is a section about editing photos in an external app, including the fact that non-destructive editing does not apply to photos edited in an external app. Additionally, in the "If a photo is missing" help topic is this:

WARNING: To avoid permanently deleting or corrupting your iPhoto library, do not attempt to alter the contents of the iPhoto Library folder in your Pictures folder.

I appreciate the reply. I actually don't need any help with iPhoto. This all started with me lamenting a menu item having been removed in the program Photos, that's it, that's all. Someone else suggested that I was using feature in iPhoto that, due to Apple not mentioning it in most of it's official documentation, I should not have relied upon it and therefore shouldn't have been surprised to see it excluded from Photos. I was just stating that it was an odd position to take, and why.

Thanks!

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No reveal in FINDER? This is crazy. They're completely blocking us off from the original files now. Come on Apple, bring this feature back please.

nolanpaulstanley wrote:

No reveal in FINDER? This is crazy. They're completely blocking us off from the original files now. Come on Apple, bring this feature back please.

1. You aren't talking to anybody from Apple here. To do that, use the form at https://www.apple.com/feedback/photos.html

2. Apple makes it non-obvious how but not impossible to access the original files stored in the Photos Library (as opposed to referenced files, which are not stored in it) because, as it says in this help topic:

WARNING: To avoid accidentally deleting or corrupting a Photos library, do not alter the contents of a library in the Finder.

If you need a copy of an original file stored in the library, there are several ways provided in the app to make one without use of the Finder, & a way to access it directly from supported apps without opening Photos at all. There are at least eight or nine replies a day in this forum explaining how to do these things, & the built-in help also describes how to do them. Some are essentially the same as methods provided in iPhoto, so there isn't much of a learning curve involved.

<<If you need a copy of an original file stored in the library, there are several ways provided in the app to make one without use of the Finder, & a way to access it directly from supported apps without opening Photos at all. There are at least eight or nine replies a day in this forum explaining how to do these things, & the built-in help also describes how to do them. Some are essentially the same as methods provided in iPhoto, so there isn't much of a learning curve involved.>>

I'm not looking to copy the file, only access it in the finder. This was a feature in iPhoto and the feature doesn't exist today. There may be 8 or 9 replies but not for what I'm trying to do.

the problem stems from importing videos into Final Cut Pro X. I don't want the material to copy into my FCP X library, but rather remain in the Photos library (to avoid doubling my storage). It seems that importing from Photos in FCP X, the material is automatically copied. (no matter the setting in FCP X )

One workaround I found is that within FCP X, you can Command+Shift+R the file and it will reveal the location in the Photos library 🙂

nolanpaulstanley wrote:

I'm not looking to copy the file, only access it in the finder.

Why do you need to access it in Finder? Like it says in the help topic, if you change it in any way you could corrupt the library.

There may be 8 or 9 replies but not for what I'm trying to do.

What are you trying to do that can't be accomplished using the Media Browser?

nolanpaulstanley wrote:

One workaround I found is that within FCP X, you can Command+Shift+R the file and it will reveal the location in the Photos library

🙂

So what workaround have you found for avoiding possible corruption of the Photos database when you make any changes to the video that are saved back to its library?

I appreciate your concern. I'm not altering the files. I just want to see if they were being duplicated (they were).

As far as creating possible corruption, nothing in FCP X alters the actual video file. I've been editing with Photos / iPhoto linked videos for a while now with no problems.

I understand the need to keep common users from f-ing up the database. I get it. I'm also an Avid editor and the database is king. However, when programs inadvertently start duplicating your data hungry files, the only people that benefit are hard drive manufacturers and now Apple with iCloud photo/ video storage.

I think i answered this in the other post, but simply trying to see if the file is being duplicated (without me wanting it to be duplicated)

nolanpaulstanley wrote:

I appreciate your concern. I'm not altering the files. I just want to see if they were being duplicated (they were).

How can looking inside the Photos Library where you already are storing the originals tell you if the copy you find there is a duplicate? A duplicate of what? It isn't a duplicate of whatever is in your iPhoto or Aperture Library files unless those libraries are not on the same drive as the Photos one.

See Photos saves disk space by sharing images with your iPhoto or Aperture libraries - Apple Support or this more detailed explanation before you jump to conclusions about what you think Finder is telling you.