exporting photos

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exporting photos

When I export to a folder on desk top ---
I get the thumbnails ok but if I click on the thumbnail instead of the photo
opening in Preview -- colorsync utility comes up and gives me a message that
it can not open. What gives??

iphoto 6.0

Doug

emac, Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Posted on Jan 6, 2007 4:17 PM

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Answer 1

Old Toad

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Jan 6, 2007 5:47 PM in response to Douglas Amsbury

Doug:

Select one of the files and bring up the Info window (Command-I). Then select Preview as the default application to open that file. If it works for that file, do it again and select the Apply to all button.

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Answer 2

Jan 6, 2007 6:52 PM in response to Old Toad

Old Toad
Thanks for suggestion. However, since posting my question I have found that
when I export from iphoto some of the photos (same export) are jpeg and some are exported as documents and those that are documents are the problem. I am totally baffled by this since the photos were taken at the same time with the same camera etc. If burned to a CD the problem prevents proper display on a PC.
One additional piece of info -- photos that were scanned into iphoto as opposed to coming from a camera - work fine. All others even from different cameras are exported with some as jpeg and some as documents.

Really confused
Doug

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Answer 3

Old Toad

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Jan 6, 2007 9:29 PM in response to Douglas Amsbury

Do those documents have an extension? If the extension got stripped off that could be the problem.

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Answer 4

Jan 8, 2007 4:33 PM in response to Old Toad

solved the issue. When you go File>Export then get the Export Photos menu you must check the "Use Extensions' box.

Sorry for being so dense.

Doug

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