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Apr 15, 2015 3:09 PM in response to StealthRocketby Alley_Cat,Dragging images/video to a Finder window reprocesses the original.
Using alt-drag exports the original to the Finder window.
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Apr 15, 2015 3:13 PM in response to Alley_Catby StealthRocket,I can confirm that dragging to the finder does work, not sure why it didn't do it the first time. However, dragging from Photos to a browser upload window or anywhere else does nothing, option key or otherwise.
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by Winston Churchill,Apr 15, 2015 3:25 PM in response to StealthRocket
Winston Churchill
Apr 15, 2015 3:25 PM
in response to StealthRocket
Level 10 (103,368 points)
Apple TVDrag to the desktop as an intermediate step before dragging the photo to the final destination.
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Apr 15, 2015 4:01 PM in response to Winston Churchillby StealthRocket,★HelpfulYeah, that works. Its just annoying that you could do it from iPhoto and now its gone. I'm not a fan of unnecesarry intermediate steps.
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May 10, 2015 6:14 PM in response to StealthRocketby peterfrombad homburg v.d.h.,★HelpfulI also just left that as a comment on the photos feedback page .. this is annoying as heck! My work flow relies heavily of dragging and dropping from iPhotos to iMovie / Photoshop / many other photo editing apps ... and now I have to do work arounds like exporting / drag to desktop (which then I need to clean up?) .. and even with desktop, if I drag a group of images, they will not stick together as a group .. have to then find them in finder window, drag from there ...
drag & drop and 'it just works' was something that made me fall in love with apple in the first place ... why oh why would they drop this? Or simply forgot? So un-apple ...
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May 10, 2015 6:17 PM in response to StealthRocketby LarryHN,Contact the vendor of the program you want to drag and drop to - it works to Apple products - other vendor have to update to new today's standards so it will work with their programs - Apple provides the hooks, the programs that want to allow it have to finish the job
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May 10, 2015 7:14 PM in response to LarryHNby peterfrombad homburg v.d.h.,I don't think that's it ... why would apple mess so much with the drag and drop system that every other program now has to be adjusted? what about iMovie, which is apple itself? no more drag / dropping possible ... that is IMHO something they missed in Photos ...
Just can't imagine that apple would rewrite the whole drag / drop code and NOT tell other programs that rely on that ... that's very un-apple ... also, why does it still work when you go via desktop?
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May 10, 2015 7:22 PM in response to StealthRocketby bjhardick,Please fix this, Apple!
While I completely understand the iOS intentions of exporting between apps, this is a desktop, and you've taught us to drag and drop for years! In fact, it's one reason most of us got iMacs over PC's in the first place, years ago!
Please bring the simplicity back to Photos. I just want to drag a photo to a Facebook page! grr.
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May 10, 2015 7:32 PM in response to bjhardickby peterfrombad homburg v.d.h.,Amen to that!
My childlike wonderment when I thought 'what happens if I simply drag and drop that over there' .. and it WORKED ... it was amazing .. and now they are taking it away from us ... boo ohooo
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May 25, 2015 4:01 AM in response to LarryHNby TechCF,@LarryHN The vendor you speak off is Apple. Even drag drop Photos to Safari doesn't work.
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May 26, 2015 11:08 PM in response to Winston Churchillby cadcliff,And what about us that need to upload 20-50 pictures to a third party photo site or Ebay. Its lovely to see 50+ pictures all over my desktop all scattered everywhere and I have no idea which ones I have moved.
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May 27, 2015 9:27 AM in response to cadcliffby Winston Churchill,A folder will save any unnecessary untidiness.
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Jun 6, 2015 10:24 PM in response to LarryHNby ThirdCultureTech,Hi LarryHN, do you know what the new standard is that Apple has moved to? Or what was wrong with the old standard? Dragging to finder "Open file" windows doesn't work either, and that's an Apple API. It seems like photos doesn't follow the standard behavior that photos in other Apple apps – from Mail to Safari.
It's a bit frustrating, because the lack of consistent drag and drop capability is my biggest peeve when I try to use Windows . . . and now I have to deal with it on my Mac.