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

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Sep 18, 2016 10:28 AM in response to Paul Carver

Why? Because

You never directly access the photos in Photos - you


1 - use the media browser (scroll down the source pane on the left to media ==> photos ==> Photos)


2 - or select the photos in Photos and export (file menu ==> export) to a desktop folder


Very simple - you do not have to export anything if you use the media browser - you have (as posted) two options


One option you do not have is to use the finder to directly access the photos as that is not the way Photos works - if that is what you want to do then you need to use other software that works like you want - Photos is the wrong software for you



LN

Sep 18, 2016 6:03 PM in response to Paul Carver

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:

User uploaded file


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.

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