How to get lightroom adjustments to be applied to original file?

So I'm new to the lightroom platform and I've tried searching around to figure this out but can't quite get the answer I'm looking for. I added some files to a new folder in my lightroom library. They are all JPEGs that I just wanted to learn the system with. When I make changes to a photograph (shadows, exposure, lens corrections, etc.) the photograph looks good in lightroom, but when I go to where the original image is stored and try to open that image in mac's preview it shows the original image with none of the adjustments I have applied in lightroom. Is there any way to get the changes that I'm making to the added photos in Lightroom to appear on the original images on the desktop or external hard drive when I open them outside of lightroom? Or do I need to export another copy of that image and then have 2 of the same images in my folder? (one original, and one processed?)

You need to export. That is how LR is designed. All adjustments are non-destructive and stored in the database (catalog). adjustments are applied when you export a version to the desktop or a selected folder.

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