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Q: Photo sharing options missing

Several photo sharing options are missing from the drop-down menu in Photos. I assume it's an El Capitan related problem. Is anyone else having this problem?

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.1)

Posted on Dec 3, 2015 6:11 AM

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  • by wales34,

    wales34 wales34 Dec 3, 2015 6:16 AM in response to wales34
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    Dec 3, 2015 6:16 AM in response to wales34

    I just updated my profile to show I have OS X El Capitan 10.11.1, not Mountain Lion.

  • by léonie,Solvedanswer

    léonie léonie Dec 3, 2015 6:57 AM in response to wales34
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    Dec 3, 2015 6:57 AM in response to wales34

    Try this fix - see the link below:

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203129

           If Share options or Markup is missing after upgrading to OS X Yosemite or El Capitan - Apple Support

     

    Just be careful, when using the Terminal. Typos in the Terminal can be dangerous.

    Open the link and copy and paste  the Terminal command exactly as it is into the Terminal window, don't try to type it yourself.

    It is a harmless command, but spelling errors in the Terminal can change the Terminal command into something dangerous.

     

    This command does the following: It will reset the launch services database, so the installed applications and the services, document types, etc. supported by the applications can be found, i.e. for the Share menu.

    Paths are searched for applications to register with the Launch Service database.

    Valid domains are "system", "local", "network" and "user". Domains can also be specified using only the first letter. The parameters in the command are the following:

     

      -kill     Reset the Launch Services database before doing anything else

      -seed     If database isn't seeded, scan default locations for applications and libraries to register

  • by wales34,

    wales34 wales34 Dec 3, 2015 6:59 AM in response to léonie
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    Dec 3, 2015 6:59 AM in response to léonie

    Thank you!  This worked.  Is this problem El Capitan-related? Will I have to use Terminal each time to share photos?

    I never had the problem before with Yosemite. 

  • by léonie,Helpful

    léonie léonie Dec 3, 2015 7:12 AM in response to wales34
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    Dec 3, 2015 7:12 AM in response to wales34

    Will I have to use Terminal each time to share photos?

    I never had the problem before with Yosemite.

    Yes, the problem occurred first with El Capitan.  Some forum members reported, that they had to repeat the fix after restarting the computer.

    If that should happen, it might help to repair the permissions on your system drive. You can do that by booting into the Recovery partition and then using Disk Utility from there.  See this link:   https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201314

  • by wales34,

    wales34 wales34 Dec 3, 2015 7:15 AM in response to léonie
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    Dec 3, 2015 7:15 AM in response to léonie

    Thank you.  Hopefully an El Capitan update will resolve this problem with missing "share photos" options.  Until then, I have your link as an alternate solution.

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Dec 3, 2015 7:25 AM in response to wales34
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    Dec 3, 2015 7:25 AM in response to wales34

    You're welcome.   Good Luck.