Q: Where is JPG file of photo in Photos app
The files for photos recently imported from my iPhone 6 to my Macbook Air do not appear when I search for them. I need the file for use in an online ad. For example, I click on a photo and click Get Info, and IMG_1234.jpg is the file name, but when I search in the Finder for that file ("This Mac") it does not appear.
MacBook Air, iOS 10
Posted on Sep 18, 2016 9:47 AM
The files you are looking for are packaged as a part of a package, the Photos Library. They are wrapped as a package to protect them. A Finder search will find them if you search starting from inside the package; if you open aFinder window of your Photos Library by ctrl-clicking it and using the option "Show Package Contents". Only, this will be futile, if your Photos Library is an iCloud Photo Library and the files are in iCloud and not on your Mac.
For example - searching the package:
I would only do it, if you need to trouble shoot a problem with the library. The standard ways to access the library pointed out by Larry are less error prone.
Posted on Sep 18, 2016 6:03 PM
