Exporting photos to the desktop

I want to be able to email photos from the iphoto area and drag them to the desktop. Will they be gone from the iphoto area if I do this and will I have to drag them back to iphoto?

Johanna
Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
My guess is that - somehow - the chess app has been made the default for viewing pic. To correct this, export a pic to the desktop, and then select it and go File -> Get Info
On the 'Open With' Pane Select Preview as the app, and then click on the 'Change All' button. This will make Preview the default app for viewig the pics.
Regards
TD

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Diana
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