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Apple photo format


 

In case you haven¡¯t noticed Apple has changed the format of its photos
from .jpg to .heic (high efficiency image file). The .HEIC files take
up half as much space on your iPhone as do .jpg files.

Before I upgraded my computer to Catalina from El Capitan I couldn¡¯t
view the the downloaded photos on my computer. In Catalin Preview will
open the files and so will Photoshop Elements. In preview you can
export the photo to .jpg and in Photoshop Elements you can save the
file in .jpg format. I found this article about the change in format
on the internet.



The article says OS High Sierra and above can handle the files
natively. In the article there is a link to download a converter app
for OS¡¯ below High Sierra. I haven¡¯t tried the app since Preview and
Photoshop do the conversions in Catalina (I didn¡¯t bother to figure
out what was going on before I upgraded to Catalina.


Harry

Harry Jacobson-Beyer
hejb44@...
502.417.4885


 

Harry,

Another advantage of Photo over iPhoto are photos with editing. The old iPhoto would save another photo with the adjustments, so more disk space was eaten. Photos saves the adjustments only which are a fraction of a duplicate photo.

John

On Apr 25, 2020, at 3:51 PM, John Robinson <profilecovenant@...> wrote:

?Harry,

Another advantage of Photo over iPhoto are photos with editing. The old iPhoto would save another photo with the adjustments, so more disk space was eaten. Photos saves the adjustments only which are a fraction of a duplicate photo.

John



Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 25, 2020, at 2:38 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <hejb44@...> wrote:

?In case you haven¡¯t noticed Apple has changed the format of its photos
from .jpg to .heic (high efficiency image file). The .HEIC files take
up half as much space on your iPhone as do .jpg files.

Before I upgraded my computer to Catalina from El Capitan I couldn¡¯t
view the the downloaded photos on my computer. In Catalin Preview will
open the files and so will Photoshop Elements. In preview you can
export the photo to .jpg and in Photoshop Elements you can save the
file in .jpg format. I found this article about the change in format
on the internet.



The article says OS High Sierra and above can handle the files
natively. In the article there is a link to download a converter app
for OS¡¯ below High Sierra. I haven¡¯t tried the app since Preview and
Photoshop do the conversions in Catalina (I didn¡¯t bother to figure
out what was going on before I upgraded to Catalina.


Harry

Harry Jacobson-Beyer
hejb44@...
502.417.4885



 

The more I use Photos the more I grow to hate it! Today it is driving me to the point I had to respond.
Yes some inPhotos is an improvement but....

Bring back iPhotos or at least let some of iPhotos works remain in this new super application.

Anne


 

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Couldn¡¯t agree more. Changes just for changing is not good.?

Tom

On Jul 19, 2020, at 5:06 PM, Anne Cartwright <cartwrig@...> wrote:

?The more I use Photos the more I grow to hate it! Today it is driving me to the point I had to respond.
Yes some inPhotos is an improvement but....

Bring back iPhotos or at least let some of iPhotos works remain in this new super application.

Anne


 

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Anne, what is it doing? ?

John


On Jul 19, 2020, at 6:45 PM, John Robinson <profilecovenant@...> wrote:

?Anne, what is it doing? ?

John


On Jul 19, 2020, at 6:17 PM, tom holloman <chubacha@...> wrote:

?Couldn¡¯t agree more. Changes just for changing is not good.?

Tom

On Jul 19, 2020, at 5:06 PM, Anne Cartwright <cartwrig@...> wrote:

?The more I use Photos the more I grow to hate it! Today it is driving me to the point I had to respond.
Yes some inPhotos is an improvement but....

Bring back iPhotos or at least let some of iPhotos works remain in this new super application.

Anne