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

See you've not quite grasped how it works either.

Unless you specifically want to share the original version of an edited photo, this is simply not true.

This discussion proves to me I'm NOT crazy for thinking that Apple makes it wayyyyy too effing difficult to do simple things like accessing and using an actual photo. Why do we need PICTURES, iPHOTO LIBRARY, & PHOTO LIBRARY?? I should be able to access all my photographs on my Mácd FINDER.

Huh? I'm not sure that it proves that at all. Your post might demonstrate something else though, and that's worth pointing out. Let's try see if we can express it clearly.

If you want to access the photos in the Finder then use the Finder.

See, not too difficult.

Photos, iPhoto, Aperture - none of these apps are compulsory. You don't have to use them. Put the photos where you want and do as you will.

Seriously?

Terence Devlin wrote:

Huh? I'm not sure that it proves that at all. Your post might demonstrate something else though,

If you want to access the photos in the Finder then use the Finder.

See, not too difficult.

Photos, iPhoto, Aperture - none of these apps are compulsory. You don't have to use them. Put the photos where you want and do as you will.

Seriously?

Seriously, why don't you tell us how you get photos off your iPhone then?

For the past 10 years it has been easy to access a photo in the Finder, right click and show in finder, now it is not. what are forums and feedback for if not to voice our complaints for removing features that we use?

Seriously, why don't you tell us how you get photos off your iPhone then?

Seriously? Easy. Image Capture (in the Applications Folder). It's on every single Mac that ever shipped with OS X.

Seriously.

Yes, I agree with Loavenbruck, Apple is making it inordinately difficult to access our own information, as a long term Mac user the "find file in finder" function was one of my most used functions in iPhotos. Photos were stored within the library in quite easy to access folders, organised by year and import, they then became hidden in unintelligible folder names (however still discoverable by the iPhotos program) but now with Photos we have lost the link between our photos and where they are stored.

I think that it is part of a transition/push to make the majority of personal data and information cloud based and subscription accessed. Millions of people on the planet paying 1.49 per month for quasi compulsory iCloud subscriptions is big business.

Unfortunately, backing up my photo library is not simply a matter of drag and drop to a hard drive, however I am working up the courage to export and organise a large volume of data and leave Photos to what it appears to be designed for, backing up an iPhone.

RCR, the reason I want to see the photo location in the finder is to discern where my photos are and other information when I find a duplicate. I am leery of deleting a duplicate unless I understand what is going on.

I think that it is part of a transition/push to make the majority of personal data and information cloud based and subscription accessed

It's not. But there is a good reason why the option is not available in a managed library. If you use this command you risk corrupting not only the Photos Library but also the iCloud Photo Library and any libraries on linked devices. So, whereas with iPhoto if you broke one library that's all you did. With the iCloud Photo Library the consequent damage is much greater. So it's not about pushing you anywhere, it's about protecting the data from an inexpereincd user.

Any experienced user can access the data on the disk quite simply - but why would you?

Unfortunately, backing up my photo library is not simply a matter of drag and drop to a hard drive

Yes it is. That simple. But from this I'll guess that you don't want to back up the Library, only the original photos? If so, exporting will achieve exactly the same thing. This:

leave Photos to what it appears to be designed for, backing up an iPhone

suggests that perhaps you haven't quite grasped what the app is for and what it does.

the reason I want to see the photo location in the finder is to discern where my photos are and other information when I find a duplicate

Where are you seeing these supposed duplicates? Basically, if they're in Moments then they duplicates. Not necessarily the case in Albums.

I completely agree. Whenever I used the iPhoto Reveal in Finder feature, it was only so I could easily and instantly drag the file's icon to another app. Perhaps to Photoshop, or Quicktime 7 or some other application. If I ever manipulated the image, I just saved as to a file in my home directory. Never once had a problem with library corruption, and if that is indeed the case - they could very easily set the file's permission to read only! Problem solved! No library corruption possible and we get the number one feature I used in iPhoto: Reveal in Finder.

It is super frustrating when "upgrades" are more of a downgrade.

Whenever I used the iPhoto Reveal in Finder feature, it was only so I could easily and instantly drag the file's icon to another app. Perhaps to Photoshop, or Quicktime 7 or some other application

So, you never knew how to use iPhoto either, particularly the External Editor feature.

If I ever manipulated the image, I just saved as to a file in my home directory.

So, you had a photo manager that you didn't use? And duplicates all over the place?

Learn how to use the app. Install the External Editors extension. Use any app you want to edit the images and manage them in the Photo Manager - using it for the job it's designed to do.

Or:

Use a Referenced Library (tho' you can't use the iCloud Library if you do this). Then that command works like you want it to.

Or: File -> Export does exactly the same job...

Or... just don't use the app. It's clear you don't understand what it does and what it is for. Your usage is just making life unnecessarily complex for yourself.

Terence Devlin wrote:

Whenever I used the iPhoto Reveal in Finder feature, it was only so I could easily and instantly drag the file's icon to another app. Perhaps to Photoshop, or Quicktime 7 or some other application

So, you never knew how to use iPhoto either, particularly the External Editor feature.

Well I was aware of the external editor feature, however, I preferred the flexibility of dragging the icon to the application of my choice. It was far more flexible (external editor was fixed to only one application choice). And what makes you think I didn't know how to use it? I was using a feature of the application "Reveal in Finder". If it wasn't meant to be used, why would Apple have it there in the menu?

Ever since the Mac was conceived, dragging an icon to an app icon has been a fundamental feature. Now in Photos, it lets you drag a photo icon to an app icon, it acts like it is going to open, but doesn't. That is just un-Mac like. I have been using and developing for Macintoshes professionally for over 20 years so I think I have a feel for drag and drop.

If I ever manipulated the image, I just saved as to a file in my home directory.

So, you had a photo manager that you didn't use? And duplicates all over the place?

Ummm no - the photo manager part worked just fine for me. It allowed me to import all my photos in one place, create collections, view by dates and events, search, etc. etc.

And no I didn't have duplicates all over the place either. Most often I would just *view* the image in an external application. In the rare event that I made changes, it was likely saved as a new file format that would be likely be incompatible with iPhoto (eg Photoshop document perhaps with layers etc) and was not an identical duplicate at that point.

Use a Referenced Library (tho' you can't use the iCloud Library if you do this). Then that command works like you want it to.

Or: File -> Export does exactly the same job...

File -> Export does not do the same exact job. For one it creates a duplicate, and most the time I just want to *view* the image in a different application. Why is that so wrong? And for two, it is far more tedious and time consuming compared to just revealing the file.

There was all this talk in this thread that it can't be done because of data corruption. That is just hogwash. Again - the originals permissions could be set to read-only, then it would make people like me happy. (apparently I am not the only one out there that did it all wrong according to you and would very much like the feature back).

I was using a feature of the application "Reveal in Finder". If it wasn't meant to be used, why would Apple have it there in the menu?

And by exactly the same logic if Apple removed it then it is meant NOT TO BE USED - which is exactly the case - it is not a valid way to access photos and with Photos because of many background processes and iCLoud Photo Library it will not even work correctly

The reason it was removed is because IT IS NOT TO BE USED - you need to use the correct, support methods to access photos in Photos

LN

So, rather than viewing the images in iPhoto you dragged them from the Finder to view them in other apps?

Yes, that workflow makes a lot of sense.

Definitely agree and support what 3DTOPO is saying as I'm sure would all the other people that started this thread.

Exporting a file does not give you the original, it changes the date which is probably the most important detail when searching at directory level, our photos are going to be around with us our whole lives, bigger than a single hard-drive or an iCloud subscription and around longer than my loyalty to a brand or operating system. We should be able to store them and locate them as we choose.

As Photos no longer serves its purpose as a photo library in that respect I have returned to the tedious task hand sorting them into years and folders. Looking into other applications that will do the job and I'm sure there are a few. So long iPhotos, you were good while you lasted.