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mrchntmarine Author

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Preview is all of a sudden changing images to .png

my workflow is I open a .jpg image contact sheet, drag over a selection, edit , copy , new from clipboard and name the image -> new image is now new_image.jpg.

Now , they are automatically .png when I go to rename the copy - Preview is changing the .jpg to .png after the copy.

I want them to stay .jpg - like the original.

I haven't made any OS changes or the like and cannot figure out whats changed.

Apple tech support says thats expected behavior - Preview is suppose to save as .png. They I ask, so what was it not doing that the past 2 years ive been doing this.

Is there a way to get it back to .jpg? Tks.

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 13.6

Posted on Nov 9, 2023 8:13 PM

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mrchntmarine Author

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Posted on Nov 10, 2023 7:19 AM

Please disregard the above - I got my Apps mixed up. scanner output vs Preview app. Preview is working correctly - its the scanner output thats in .jpg. Sorry!

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