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

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,

Factual error no. 1. The date of the Photo does not change. The date on the file might, but that's of no relevance. Take a second to learn the difference betwwen file data and photo data. (1)

We should be able to store them and locate them as we choose

Factual error No. 2: Read the thread. You can. Anyway you choose. Different decisions have different consequences, of course, but you can store your files any way you want.

(1) Remember a File is just a container. That Word file is not a novel. It's a box with your novel inside it. That Jpeg is not your Photo. It's not even an image format. It's a compression format designed for holding images. Your photo is inside it.

There are two kinds of metadata involved when you consider jpeg or other image file. One is the file data. This is what the Finder shows. This tells you nothing about the contents of the file, just the File itself. The problem with File metadata is that it can easily change as the file is moved from place to place or exported, e-mailed, uploaded etc. Photographs have also got both Exif and IPTC metadata. The date and time that your camera snapped the Photograph is recorded in the Exif metadata. Regardless if what the file date says, this is the actual time recorded by the camera. Photo applications like iPhoto, Aperture, Lightroom, Picasa, Photoshop etc get their date and time from the Exif metadata.

When you export from iPhoto to the Finder new file is created containing your Photo (and its Exif). The File date is - quite accurately - reported as the date of Export. However, the Photo Date doesn't change. The problem is that the Finder doesn't work with Exif.

So, your photo has the correct date, and so does the file, but they are different things. To sort on the Photo date you'll need to use a photo app.

Thank you! Thats great!

I agree. This is horsebleep.

The wife and I are actually looking at selling our Macbook because of this.
We had one for 8 years and loved it! But that was with iPhoto's where we could drag and drop whatever photo we had, imported or not.

I can't believe someone within Apple decided this was a great idea. I really hope whoever made that ridiculous decision was fired and then set on fire.

I've been very happy with both our Mac's for stability and performance.

But honestly, this may be a deal breaker. My wife is somewhat of an amateur photographer. She loved using the mac for uploading photo's and touching them up with Photoshop.

But now, it's nearly impossible to do so.
So now we import the files on my work Dell laptop, save them to a USB key and transfer to the Mac to work on.
Ridiculous.
Oh, and speaking of USB's, it's awesome how the Mac decides when it wants to recognize the external drive. Sometimes it works, others it decides to give me the finger.

Apple is so arrogant that it feels it can take 10 steps backward and expect its consumers to swallow it whole and ask for more.

You do know that the final version of iPhoto (9.6.1) can still be run if you don't like the new Photos application, right?

Well aren't you charming.

I can't believe someone within Apple decided this was a great idea. I really hope whoever made that ridiculous decision was fired and then set on fire.

Think the same standard should be applied to whatever job you do? That customers should be able to wish such things for you?

Why would you need to be able to find the file in the Finder to use it with Photoshop? That wasn't necessary - nor even desirable - with iPhoto and it's the same with Photos. Perhaps if you can describe the workflow you had with iPhoto we can point you in a direction.

And, of course, if you read the thread, simply running a referenced library gets back what you want.

I know, the Photos app *****. But what you can do is to export the photo to whichever directory you want by selecting the photo(s) and choose File --> Export --> Export photo(s)

It is not complicated at all - use the finder and access them or use any photos software you want including Preview and access them - nothing could be easier

LN

connect the iPad to the Mac and use image capture (in your applications folder) to import the photos to disk and use as you want

LN