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Exporting from Photos

When I try to export a photo from Photos on my iMac to the hard drive, which have been captured on iPhone 7 and loaded to the computer from iCloud, I don't get the 'Photo Kind' pop-up menu to be able to choose the file type to be exported.

Running OS X El Capitan Version 10.11.6

iMac, OS X 10.11

Posted on Sep 27, 2020 12:44 AM

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Posted on Sep 27, 2020 1:12 AM

Are you choosing export, or export unmodified original?


I notice you are using El Capitan - what version of IOS are you using on the phone? El Capitan can't process HEIC files, so you might need to upgrade your iMac to a later OS, or change your phone to use jpg images, if it is currently using HEIC.

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Exporting from Photos

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