Hidden RAW files in Photos

1. You're not forced into anything. You can still use iPhoto.

2. In edit mode you have the option to use the Raw as Original. It's in the View menu.

3. Every time you import a Raw iPhoto (and Photos) makes a jpeg preview of it anyway, so shooting in Raw+Jpeg is a bit redundant.

but I cant find that option in the view menu? I

The option is in the "Image" menu, when you have opened the photo in "Edit" View: Image > Use RAW as Original.

How can I get iPhoto back? It says it is no longer available in the UK and all the updates online have been discontinued.

The update just removed the iPhoto icon from the Dock. iPhoto should still be in your Applications folder, if you did not uninstall it intentionally.

If your iPhoto version is iPhoto 9.6.1, just drag iPhoto from the Applications folder back to the Dock, then click it to launch it.

You will see a prompt, that the iPhoto Library has been migrated, but just click the "Open iPhoto" button and iPhoto will open the old library.

If you not yet have 9.6.1, update as described here:

Get iPhoto 9.6.1 if you didn't update before OS... | Apple Support Communities

The main idea is to move the iPhoto app to the Trash, so Spotlight does not see it as installed, reload the AppStore, and then to try to download again from the App Store - from your Purchases tab, not from the main page, since you can neither buy iPhoto nor update it, but you can reinstall, if your AppleID is associated with it.

I found it in the Images menu, Is there any way to set this as default as I dont want to have to do this every time?

We have been cross posting. 😁

No, I do not know of an option to set RAW as the default, but once you set it for a RAW&JPEG pair, it should stick for that pair.

I got a brand new mac as to work from scratch. Can I copy across from my old mac?

What do you want to copy?

If you want to setup the new Mac exactly like your old mac and migrate everything, the easiest way is to connect both Macs by thunderbolt or Firewire and then use the Setup Assistant. When you first setup the Mac, right after installing the system, the setup Assistant will prompt you to transfer the apps and documents from another Mac.That will copy photo libraries and iTunes libraries etc. quite well.

If you miss that Moment and use Migration Assistant later, it will work well for documents and data, but there have been problems, that photo libraries did not transfer correctly and had permission issues. Also GarageBAnd did not migrate well this way and instruments were missing.

If you already migrated your Mac, copy the photo libraries manually by connecting the two macs and simply copying the library over.

Any idea how you get rid of that redundant (and disk consuming) JPG? Other than don't take it in the first place!!!

select it and delete it

LN

Larry - can you do me a favor and upload a jpg and raw pair to check out your suggestions because I don't think its possible to delete just the jpg.

thanks

Help. I cannot use the option for Image- Use Raw as Original. It's not highlighted and unaccessible.

Anyone else have that problem?

when you select a photo for editing that has both RAW and a JPEG available then the option is available under the view menu

LN

Take a look at the image menus earlier in this thread, noting that you have to be in edit mode to see the "Use RAW" option.

The only way I've found to delete the JPG copies is to select all relevant photos, export unmodified originals to an external folder, delete selected photos, delete the JPG files in the external folder and then import the remaini RAW files.

TED