Turn on Live Photos - Greyed Out

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remedy005 Author

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Turn on Live Photos - Greyed Out

Hi,

Does anyone know how to turn on Live Photo's in Photos on Mac OS Mojave 10.14?

I have the option under Image > Turn on Live Photo in the toolbar but it is greyed out.

MBP 13" 2014

3GHz i7 16GB RAM

Thanks

Posted on Nov 5, 2018 9:39 AM

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Answer 1

léonie

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Nov 5, 2018 10:07 AM in response to remedy005

The option "Turn on Live Photo" will be available, if you have a Live Photo selected, where the Live Effect has been turned off. This will allow you to revert back to the Live Effect.

If the image is not a Live Photo at all, then "Turn on Live Photo" will be grayed out.
If the image is a Live Photo and the Live effect is already turned on, you will be seeing "Turn off Live Photo" instead.

Did you transfer Live Photos to your Mac, that cannot be animated? If you transfer your iPhone Photos with My Photo Stream, they are only transferred as still frames and not as Live Photos.

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remedy005 Author

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Nov 6, 2018 2:48 AM in response to léonie

Hi Léonie,

Thanks for the response.

All my photo's have been imported via My Photo Stream so that is the problem.

I can't remember when I last plugged my phone into the computer! I wonder if it will overwrite existing images or duplicate, I guess I'll find out.

Thanks again!

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Answer 3

léonie

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Nov 6, 2018 4:50 AM in response to remedy005

You may need to remove the still frames for the partially imported Live Photos from the Photos Library on the Mac, if the Live Photos will still not allow to be animated. photos may not be able to pair the still frame and the video component on import, if there is already a still frame in your library.

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