Import from Photos library to Powerpoint

This just solved the issue for me. I feel like an idiot that I wasn't able to figure that out on my own. 😊 I just upgraded to El Capitan and all my pictures moved into Photos from the old iPhoto. Like others, when I would try to insert or upload a photo my library was grayed out. For me I was unable to upload images onto my Etsy page or my website. Well, duh. I wasn't able to see the "Media" because of the view I was using in the file browser. I could choose my hard drive, default, etc. but they all led me to the same "Pictures" that would then have the grayed out Photos icon. But there is a button on the left of the file browser window that either shows or hides the "Sidebar". Clicked that, "Media" is at the bottom of the list. From there I can access everything the way I did before the upgrade. No more dragging photos to the desktop! Thank you!

I am having the same issue. As you mention Old Toad, I checked and my Photos Library is setup as you say. I clicked the media option and still all I get are the pictures from Photo Booth with no way to switch.

I'm have the same problem, spoke to Apple help desk and they couldn't provide a solution only work rounds. I am unable to access my photos from PowerPoint or Word, I am also unable to access the photos from Safari based applications where I need to attach a photo to a report for uploading. All very frustrating. It is clear that Photos is not a clever nor compatible with other applications. I moved to Apple to avoid these very problems! Apple have said they will look at it further, so if I get anywhere I report back.

From what I can tell, after reading through this entire thread, the issue is still unable to be resolved. It appears to me to be a problem with Office 2011 communicating with the newer Mac OS, where you cannot see photos anywhere other than those from Photo Booth when you are trying to insert photos into a PowerPoint presentation.

The only thing I see here is the workaround of dragging photos from Photos to your desktop and seeing those in Finder.

Has anyone else found any setting that allows you to see photos within PowerPoint to insert them directly from Photos? Or is this just an unresolvable issue due to Microsoft and/or Apple not making Microsoft Office 2011 compatible with the newest OS?

Seems to be the case but I'd welcome any other solutions that people have found that aren't just file dragging workarounds.

You either use the media browser in PowerPoint (on the lower left of the import or open window) under media ==> photos ==> Photos if owerpoint is up to date or export the photos from Photos to a desktop folder and use from there

LN

Thank you for your reply, and LarryHN also. Unfortunately this issue has only happened after updating my MS Office Suite to the most recent version. When I go to the media drop down, only Photo Booth photos show. I find the desktop workaround slow. I might go write some feedback to MS then 😉

Well - after reading the MS forums - it seems they think it's an Apple problem. This is very frustrating. I'm running Yosemite 10.10.5, and Office 2011 version 14.6.2 - do you think it would make a difference if I bought the upgrade to Office 16? Thank you for any advice.

I appreciate you replying, but I don't find that very helpful at all, only elusive. I updated my Office package only a few hours ago, so it is the most up to date version of 2011. If you mean that Office 2016 is the most up to date, that's what I was asking in my previous comment - do I need to pay for the upgrade to fix this issue? Thank you.

Wow. You could have used your far superior knowledge of this topic to help me out with a direct question that I asked three comments ago - instead you've been smug and made me feel like an idiot. Thanks a lot. A simple "you will need the 2016 version" would have sufficed.

What version of MS Office are you running? For the media browser to work you'll need a version newer than MS Office 2008.

You don't have this?

Try using the Insert ➙ Picture ➙ From File menu option in Word and Powerpoint instead of the Media browser pane.

It doesn't matter which way I try to insert photo I'm no longer able to insert from my iphoto like I use to be able to do.

It looks like you're clicking on the Pictures icon in that window and not the Media/Photos icon. Click on the Photos icon under Media:

Word, pages, email I can't insert photo.