Exporting high or maximum quality can be important for printing. If it is only going to a smartphone or tablet, it's not so important unless the viewer needs to expand the image on that device to look at the small details. This is a bit off-topic, but the quality setting used to export the image from Lightroom into Photos will fix the upper quality limit of the image in Photos. My best photos are exported at 70-80% quality so one can see fine detail on an iPad. These can be are large files that can eat up lots of memory so it's not for everyone. Love your channel, Craig.
Thank you for the very informative advice. I'd like to add one thing about how to get the original file from Photo. Just Click (select) the photo you wat to take out, holding "option" button and drag it to your desktop.
I think it‘s important to mention that if you don‘t export the original, you are actually creating a JPEG copy of the original and the quality settings are only refering to the quality of this copy. That means even if you set it to maximlum with hugh files size, it will not contain more details than the original.
Every time I have a need you pop up with a video answering my question. I’ve been starting this big search on how to back up all my stuff and do it on a regular basis. It seems simple enough. I have time machine running, but I want some other backups and I want separate drives with separate things like a drive for my photos. A drive for my documents and I’ve got a ton of CDs. I need to get the data off of them and probably get onto or at least get onto an M Disc or a digital drive for a while
Yes, I usually backup all my data to two different locations. I backup first to faster SSDs to use when I need them and archive to spinning drives (like traditional HDDs) for longer term storage.
Awesome video I do have one question and it may be outside of the scope of this video but let’s say I wanted to take all the photos and make a copy of them on a separate drive. I want to leave them in iCloud. That’s OK but I want a separate copy that’s a complete back up. Is there an easy way to do that all at once question
I would do a small test first but you can just select all photos and export to a location and then backup to an extra drive I would assume. It would leave them in iCloud as well.
Good piece, Tks. Helpful clarification for me if I have made edits as I typically export unmodified. Topic change, any recommendations on how to merge Lightroom Classic digital SLR photos from circa 2001 with Apple Photos and share library with spouse? I need a go forward strategy. Aware I can easily import from Lightroom to Apple Photos. However, Lightroom is better for sharing with spouse. Exporting from Apple Photos is a huge lift. Do not think a massive Shared Apple Photos Album is feasible. I can document the entire workflow if you think this will be a good topic for you.
Thanks for watching. I'm not yet sure how to do that since I don't use Lightroom too much any longer especially one that old (2001). I would maybe start the search on Google and see where it ends up. Good luck with everything.
@@craigneidel Tks, my library started in 2021 and in the past few years don’t use the digital SLR much as the iPhone is so good and Apple Photos awesome and simple. My Lightroom Classic software is current. Perhaps my better question is how to manage a good Lightroom Classic library with along Apple Photos and enable my spouse to also manage. Sharing Lightroom Classic on a Mac or Windows works well. I will search for a resource on this.
usefull to know, although i doubt ill use it , i used photo app once to take a photo out and that was a wallpaper but since mac wont allow you to keep that photo as default it will reset during each restart or update so i stoped bothering unlike iphone where it remains like so, what i do not know how to do is take data from icloud on my iphone and store it on device, i could download the data yes but it self removes itself after some time.
Use ChatGPT to get a better and faster answer. UA-cam it for a video of it. I did this for using OBS and surprisingly it gave me a good answer and worked out really well in video quality.
@@petehboy2 Google has an Android File Transfer software for Macs, you can plug in your phone and the software will show your phone’s file system. All the photos you take would be under the folder called DCIM, however screenshots and images saved from third party apps would not be in this folder. You could look for other phone managers for Android on Mac, they usually can export photos way easier.
Keep in mind that if you shoot in RAW, you should always edit in RAW. Any lossy compressed format shouldn’t be edited. Every time you open one, the file contains the losses. If you just look at it and close it, it remains the same next time you open it. But if you edit it in any way, when you close it, it’s a different file, even if you don’t change the name. In that case, when you close it, it’s recompressing that new file with the edits. It causes quality loss. When you open it, it’s a second generation jpeg. If you edit it again, even to go back to the original, it recompresses that file, which again is considered to be a new file, with more generative loss, and so on. Since jpegs throw away much information in the first place, you don’t want this to happen. So, if you’re going to edit outside of Photos, save and export as a tiff, or as the original Apple RAW.
OMG! I'm such an idiot! This process has irritated me so much over the years that use my Linux machines to extract photos from my cameras and also my iPhone! All that silly rubbish Apple Photos has done has frustrated me for so long that I've abandoned it. Mahalo for bringing clarity to this process. If I'm ever forced to use my Apple Photos again to dump out the contents of my iPhone (haven't done this in many years) or ANY of my DSLRs...I no longer have to fret about where the HELL Apple put them! Right-clicking on that stupid PKG file and trying to find the original picture is no longer the nerve-wracking chore. What a relief that Apple Photos isn't just a black hole of doom and misery! Aloha!
I hate how Apple hides OUR files from us. In previous versions of the app there was a menu entry: go to original location. This showed the original file in the original folder, where the OS has saved it. Now even this is gone. They create an intransparent system, where preferably our own stuff is kidnapped into their „cloud“.
What’s the best way to backup all of the photos from the iCloud Photos app? I want to save the photos at highest quality to an external storage device. Also how long will it take?
iCloud will dump the actual original image once its up on iCloud, and make a duplicate image with medium quality only, so a replacement (where one will be loosing a lot of detail), but icloud will keep the same width and length in pixels. Unless you from the beginning had the setting, to keep originals on your local drive as well , which is the only scenario your Original actual is on your drive. ...But.... if you ever turn that option off, to save space or gain space, and upload these images to icloud, that uploaded image will be duplicated up in icloud, the original will be dumped, and a medium quality (same pixel width and pixel height) will then download on your computer as a copy with medium quality only . This quality loss is visible ..... You would be in for a huge surprise, were you printing such files in a bigger poster size for your wall ..... and You had an image with such images loss form this icloud "duplication and dump the original" process, .....when icloud duplicates your uploaded image, and makes a new one with only medium quality. if You Never need to print A3 or A2 Posters..... well, then a consumer would not notice this.
That was helpful. I dragged and dropped some photos the other day. Good thing they weren't important photos.
Thanks for watching the channel.
Thanks for explaining this! I don’t have a Mac computer but it is still useful to me to be more mindful of settings when exporting.
Thanks for watching.
Very interesting and good to know. Thank you.
Thanks for the feedback.
Very useful information to have. Thanks for the video Craig!
Thanks for watching the channel
Exporting high or maximum quality can be important for printing. If it is only going to a smartphone or tablet, it's not so important unless the viewer needs to expand the image on that device to look at the small details. This is a bit off-topic, but the quality setting used to export the image from Lightroom into Photos will fix the upper quality limit of the image in Photos. My best photos are exported at 70-80% quality so one can see fine detail on an iPad. These can be are large files that can eat up lots of memory so it's not for everyone. Love your channel, Craig.
Thanks for all the useful info and great post. Appreciate it for sure as it helps others.
Thank you for the very informative advice. I'd like to add one thing about how to get the original file from Photo. Just Click (select) the photo you wat to take out, holding "option" button and drag it to your desktop.
Thanks for the nice tip
I think it‘s important to mention that if you don‘t export the original, you are actually creating a JPEG copy of the original and the quality settings are only refering to the quality of this copy. That means even if you set it to maximlum with hugh files size, it will not contain more details than the original.
Yes, you can only have as much data as the photo was originally created with. Thanks for watching and the post.
Every time I have a need you pop up with a video answering my question. I’ve been starting this big search on how to back up all my stuff and do it on a regular basis. It seems simple enough. I have time machine running, but I want some other backups and I want separate drives with separate things like a drive for my photos. A drive for my documents and I’ve got a ton of CDs. I need to get the data off of them and probably get onto or at least get onto an M Disc or a digital drive for a while
Yes, I usually backup all my data to two different locations. I backup first to faster SSDs to use when I need them and archive to spinning drives (like traditional HDDs) for longer term storage.
Will transfer to my Windows PC. Do you have the opportunity to show how it is done in the best quality??
Thanks for a good video.
I would just watch the video and I hope that helps with moving the images. The image format will work both on Mac and Win PCs if something like JPG.
Awesome video I do have one question and it may be outside of the scope of this video but let’s say I wanted to take all the photos and make a copy of them on a separate drive. I want to leave them in iCloud. That’s OK but I want a separate copy that’s a complete back up. Is there an easy way to do that all at once question
I would do a small test first but you can just select all photos and export to a location and then backup to an extra drive I would assume. It would leave them in iCloud as well.
Craig Neidel Thanks for posting this video
Thank you again for the support and watching them.
@@craigneidel Thank you, Craig!
Good piece, Tks. Helpful clarification for me if I have made edits as I typically export unmodified.
Topic change, any recommendations on how to merge Lightroom Classic digital SLR photos from circa 2001 with Apple Photos and share library with spouse? I need a go forward strategy. Aware I can easily import from Lightroom to Apple Photos. However, Lightroom is better for sharing with spouse. Exporting from Apple Photos is a huge lift. Do not think a massive Shared Apple Photos Album is feasible. I can document the entire workflow if you think this will be a good topic for you.
Thanks for watching. I'm not yet sure how to do that since I don't use Lightroom too much any longer especially one that old (2001). I would maybe start the search on Google and see where it ends up. Good luck with everything.
@@craigneidel Tks, my library started in 2021 and in the past few years don’t use the digital SLR much as the iPhone is so good and Apple Photos awesome and simple. My Lightroom Classic software is current. Perhaps my better question is how to manage a good Lightroom Classic library with along Apple Photos and enable my spouse to also manage. Sharing Lightroom Classic on a Mac or Windows works well. I will search for a resource on this.
Good luck with everything and thanks again for watching the channel.
usefull to know, although i doubt ill use it , i used photo app once to take a photo out and that was a wallpaper but since mac wont allow you to keep that photo as default it will reset during each restart or update so i stoped bothering unlike iphone where it remains like so, what i do not know how to do is take data from icloud on my iphone and store it on device, i could download the data yes but it self removes itself after some time.
Yeah, just a tip in case you need it. The photos app isn't the best I agree.
How do I get my content from samsung phone to mac? I'm tankin here
I would do a search for that on Google as I don't use Samsung myself but I'm sure it's on Google somewhere.
@craigneidel the mac doesn't even show the device. They want me to buy a fancy schmancy iphone
Use ChatGPT to get a better and faster answer. UA-cam it for a video of it.
I did this for using OBS and surprisingly it gave me a good answer and worked out really well in video quality.
Samsung has software called Samsung Kies for the Mac.It's off their web site.
@@petehboy2 Google has an Android File Transfer software for Macs, you can plug in your phone and the software will show your phone’s file system. All the photos you take would be under the folder called DCIM, however screenshots and images saved from third party apps would not be in this folder. You could look for other phone managers for Android on Mac, they usually can export photos way easier.
Keep in mind that if you shoot in RAW, you should always edit in RAW. Any lossy compressed format shouldn’t be edited. Every time you open one, the file contains the losses. If you just look at it and close it, it remains the same next time you open it. But if you edit it in any way, when you close it, it’s a different file, even if you don’t change the name. In that case, when you close it, it’s recompressing that new file with the edits. It causes quality loss. When you open it, it’s a second generation jpeg. If you edit it again, even to go back to the original, it recompresses that file, which again is considered to be a new file, with more generative loss, and so on. Since jpegs throw away much information in the first place, you don’t want this to happen. So, if you’re going to edit outside of Photos, save and export as a tiff, or as the original Apple RAW.
Thank you for the follow up on this.
OMG! I'm such an idiot!
This process has irritated me so much over the years that use my Linux machines to extract photos from my cameras and also my iPhone! All that silly rubbish Apple Photos has done has frustrated me for so long that I've abandoned it.
Mahalo for bringing clarity to this process. If I'm ever forced to use my Apple Photos again to dump out the contents of my iPhone (haven't done this in many years) or ANY of my DSLRs...I no longer have to fret about where the HELL Apple put them! Right-clicking on that stupid PKG file and trying to find the original picture is no longer the nerve-wracking chore. What a relief that Apple Photos isn't just a black hole of doom and misery! Aloha!
Thanks and good luck with everything you are trying to do. I'm glad the video helped you a bit.
I hate how Apple hides OUR files from us. In previous versions of the app there was a menu entry: go to original location. This showed the original file in the original folder, where the OS has saved it. Now even this is gone. They create an intransparent system, where preferably our own stuff is kidnapped into their „cloud“.
You can turn on setting to see all hidden files
What’s the best way to backup all of the photos from the iCloud Photos app? I want to save the photos at highest quality to an external storage device. Also how long will it take?
You can follow the video and backup the photos edited or in the original format. The time will depend on how many photos you have.
iCloud will dump the actual original image once its up on iCloud, and make a duplicate image with medium quality only, so a replacement (where one will be loosing a lot of detail), but icloud will keep the same width and length in pixels. Unless you from the beginning had the setting, to keep originals on your local drive as well , which is the only scenario your Original actual is on your drive. ...But.... if you ever turn that option off, to save space or gain space, and upload these images to icloud, that uploaded image will be duplicated up in icloud, the original will be dumped, and a medium quality (same pixel width and pixel height) will then download on your computer as a copy with medium quality only . This quality loss is visible ..... You would be in for a huge surprise, were you printing such files in a bigger poster size for your wall ..... and You had an image with such images loss form this icloud "duplication and dump the original" process, .....when icloud duplicates your uploaded image, and makes a new one with only medium quality. if You Never need to print A3 or A2 Posters..... well, then a consumer would not notice this.
Thanks. Yes I don't move any pics to iCloud.
Last I heard, apple compresses all photos you upload.
Maybe if you upload it to the cloud but you can still export the originals with the data in the original.
You just create data that isn't in the jpeg.
When you export original you get all data present in original