How do I move my .jpeg files on my iMac to my hard drive?

I'm trying to move the .jpeg files  that are currently on my iMac to my hard drive (MyPasswport) but when I try to copy or even to export, I get a message that says the file cannot be moved or copied or exported.  Help!!!!!!!!!

Are these files managed by any app - iPhoto or similar?
What format is the external drive?

Similar Messages

  • How do I move my iTunes music or videos to my second hard drive on my iMac?

    How do I move my iTunes music or videos to my second hard drive on my iMac?

    This appears to have worked, but I how can I be sure?  If I transfer to the recycle bin, I have to permanently delete the files because they are too large.  I did not do this.  The files seem to be on the external hard drive.

  • How can I copy all the files from my iMac to an external drive so they remain as 'regular accessible files'? I want to clean my dive

    How can I copy all the files from my iMac to an external drive so they remain as 'regular accessible files'? I want to clean my dive

    You can use a program like Carbon Copy Cloner.  It will clone your HD to the external.  The format is the same as your internal drive and you can boot from it using Option key at boot time.
    http://www.bombich.com/
    Regards,
    Captfred

  • How do I move iPhoto pics to external HD to free up hard drive space, then how to back up external HD

    I currently have 2 iPhoto Libraries on my 2010 MacBook Pro.  Photo count is in tens of thousands, and hard drive needs them to go away so it can work faster.  Nervous about moving photos to external HD.  I currently back up entire computer to 1 external HD via Time Machine.  Just purchased another bigger external HD for purpose of moving iPhoto libraries to it. 
    However, Genius Bar told me to drag and drop folders to folders I create on new HD and NOT move iPhoto Library file itself because those were only "copies" of the images.  If I want to keep the real images, I should move folder by folder and group by year. 
    I'm just totally confused.  I still want to be able to use iPhoto to organize and edit my photos.  I THINK I can do that by moving the entire iPhoto library folder from my Pictures folder to the external and then launching iPhoto by holding down Option key.  But, how do I back up the back up?

    However, Genius Bar told me to drag and drop folders to folders I create on new HD and NOT move iPhoto Library file itself because those were only "copies" of the images.  If I want to keep the real images, I should move folder by folder and group by year.
    Genius bar is not very genius in this case.
    Make sure the drive is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
    1. Quit iPhoto
    2. Copy the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
    3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
    4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.
    Backing Up.
    Remember a back up is a copy on another disk (at least). So, you'll need one disk to hold your Library and another to back that up to. You can use Time Machine if you want to. Chronosync or SuperDuper are also excellent alternatives.
    Regards
    TD

  • How do I move my iTunes media/install to a new internal hard drive?

    The Seagate hard drive that stores my Windows 7 OS and my iTunes media library is dying a slow death.  I list the hard drive manufacturer because of my frustration with that company right now.  (Buy WD !).
    Anyway, I fresh installed iTunes and Windows 7 on another hard drive.  Since I can sometimes get to the Seagate drive, I copied my existing iTunes media library from the dying Seagate drive to the new WD drive.  I went in to iTunes preferences->advanced and changed the location of the iTunes media folder location (C:\iTunes\iTunes Media) to where I copied the original iTunes media folder.  Everything is fine so far.
    My two problems are these:
    1. iTunes doesn't show me ANY of the audiobooks that I have purchased.  Although, I haven't gone through all the music to verify, it does seem as though all purchased movies and music is accounted for.  (movies and tv shows are available for streaming anyway).
    2. When I check to sync my iPhone 4S with the iTunes library I get the nasty message that says "are you sure you want to remove your existing music, etc...fro this iPhone"?  Even though I have reinstalled iTunes, it is still the same PC.  How can I get iTunes to recognize that my iPhone syncs to the iTunes library "normally".  Am I the only one who thinks iTunes shouldn't be so troublesome (like Windows is) ?
    Thanks in advance for helping me with these issues!

    Does anyone know how / if I can get an Apple support person to help with this problem?  Do I need to go to the Apple store?

  • How do I move my large iTunes collection from a case-sensitive hard drive to a case-insensitive hard drive?

    I currently keep my iTunes media on an external hard drive because it takes up too much space on my machine. I recently discovered that it was formatted as case-sensitive when I bought it, and now months later I'm having issues. When attempting to back up my files on a case-insensitive hard drive, the operation failed due to conflicting file/folder names (Artist and artist are now considered the same file name and one would have to overwrite the other). I now have a large iTunes file collection that is stuck on the case-sensitive hard drive, and I want to save a backup on a case-insensitive drive. 
    Is there a way to identify all cases where multiple files/folders have the same title/album/artist but different spelling so there will be no conflicts? The folder/file names would have to be crossed referenced to highlight any cases where File/fiLe/file  would cause a problem.
    I imagine there is a way to do this using iTunes script or Automator  or a command in terminal or something rather than going through and checking/fixing all the information for thousands of songs by hand. I'm at the limits of my minimal development skills, so any help would be appreciated.

    You should be able to use either "Carbon Copy Cloner" or "SuperDuper" (free for this purpose) to copy your case-sensitive volume to an empty case-insensitive one. Make at least two such copies on different drives. One is not enough to be safe.
    If there are any name conflicts—that is, files in the same folder with names that differ only in case, such as "File" and "file"—then you will either get an error or one of the files won't be copied. You must ensure either that no such conflicts exist, or that the consequences are not important. How you do that is up to you. Unless you went out of your way to create conflicts, they probably don't exist.
    Then erase the source volume in Disk Utility as case-insensitive. This action will remove all data from the volume.
    Restore from one of your backups using the same application you used to create it, or use the "Restore" feature of Disk Utility, which will be faster. Search its built-in help for the term "duplicate" if you need instructions.

  • I just started with Lesson 1. Can I use iPhoto for jpeg files I've downloaded to my hard drive?

    I'm using Mavericks on my MackBook Pro, and I'm new to iPhoto. I do not have a camera and would like to organize images I have received in emails or have downloaded to my hard drive; most are jpeg formats.
    Lesson 1 only adresses digital images from a camera, and so on. Should I be discouraged, or can iPhoto be of help to me?
    Thank you for any assistance!

    Yes iPhoto will work with these images.
    You can drag them the the iPhoto Window
    or
    Drag them to the iPhoto Dock icon
    or
    Use the File -> Import to Library command.

  • How can I move my itunes library from pc onto an external hard drive for use on a mac

    I have a large itunes library on my PC (roughly 200gb) and I want to transfer this to an external hard drive to then use on my new mac. I have tried this before using software which converts from NFTS to mac, but this didn't work properly (songs kept disappearing), so I also want the external hard drive to be mac formatted. Any suggestions? It seems much harder to do this than I expected.

       Yes you can go to > Music > iTunes folder and copy the whole iTunes folder and drag the folder to your external and then on the new Mac click and highlight the iTunes folder and then in iTunes click on the button at the top (add folder to library) and you should see all your songs transfer from the external to the Mac and all songs start filling up in your iTunes library on the Mac.
      This is the easiest method all songs and other media such as songs, movies, apps will be transferred over however you may not be able to keep ratings & last played counts using this method.
      To keep all metadata including ratings & play count use the Apple method exclusively for this if you have to have your metadata, play counts and ratings saved.
      I used scenario one above because it one of the simplest methods and I was just satisfied enough just to transfer all media over.

  • How do you move the iphoto application off macbook and onto lacie hard drive?

    I want to move iphoto onto a stand alone hard drive, so I can free up space on my macbook. I have tried dragging it into the hard drive but all that seems to have done is duplicate the library. I want a new target position on the Lacie drive.

    1. You don't move the application, you only move the Library.
    Make sure the drive is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
    1. Quit iPhoto
    2. Copy the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
    3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
    4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.
    Regards
    TD

  • I need to move my ITunes files and library to an external hard drive as my C drive is getting loaded. Nothing under the move files topic adresses that except to say it is not reccomended.

    Move files and library to external hard drive

    Hello North Laurel Don,
    The following article provides step-by-step directions for moving your iTunes Library to another location.
    iTunes for Windows: Moving your iTunes Media folder
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1364
    Cheers,
    Allen

  • How to I transfer my music from my ipod to the new hard drive?

    My windows laptop crashed two months ago and I lost everything on it.  I was able to get the hard drive replaced but all of my music is on my ipod (nano - 2nd edition, I think).  Only a small percentage is purchased via itunes.
    I have been googling how to now move my music from my ipod to my new hard drive but most solutions assume that I still have the old laptop/hard drive.  I know I was able to do this previously when the hard drive crashed, but I can't seem to remember now as it was about 5 years ago.  I'm afraid to do anything just now as I don't want it syncing to an empty library and have my ipod wiped clean.
    Is there any way of moving the music from my ipod to my itunes library on the new hard drive??  Please help as I don't want to have to reload over 100 cd's

    See this older post from another forum member Zevoneer covering the different methods and software available to assist you with the task of copying content from your iPod back to your PC and into iTunes.
    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2452022?start=0&tstart=0
    B-rock

  • How can I move an icon/file from one screen of my ipad to another?

    How can I move an icon/file from one screen on my ipad to another?

    Press and hold the icon until they start to wiggle. Then while holding it, drag it to the edge of the screen and wait for the page to switch, then let go of the app

  • How do I move all my files from one User Profile (account) into another? I needed to create a new account and want all of my files accessible in the new one.

    How do I move all my files from one User Profile (account) into another?
    I needed to create a new account and want all of my files accessible in the new one.

    ok, what you're learning right now is 101 unix, which is good. Unix is a good thing
    now: the way unix works, and macos (which uses unix underneath) the files and folders work like a hierarchy.
    the start of that tree is /
    so, if you were to do:
    cd /
    (cd means change directory)
    it will bring you at the highest branch of the file system.
    cd /Users
    will bring you to where all the users are.
    to see whats in /Users you can use your friend ls command
    ls means list files/directories
    so:
    cd /Users
    ls -la
    (the -la here means show all (even hidden) and long format (very verbose))  this flag is very optional.
    you will see
    fred
    user2
    for example.
    if you want to see the desktop of user2 you would change directory to it then list the files.
    for example:
    cd /Users/user2/Desktop
    Note that the files and directory are case sensitive, so, desktop is NOT the same as Desktop, or DESKTOP
    ls -la
    you should then be able to see everything in users2 desktop
    you could have done as well the same thing in smaller steps, for example:
    cd /
    cd Users
    cd user2
    cd Desktop
    this is the equivalent of cd /Users/user2/Desktop
    So, for your file, i don't know where it was, but know that if you log in as user2, it will directly put you in
    /Users/user2
    which most likely the file you had created from the other user was in /Users/user1
    if you copied all the files from /Users/original_user to /Users/secondUser
    most likely yes, all your mail, bookmarks etc would be copied over.
    so in your case.
    sudo chown -R seconduser:staff /Users/secondUser
    should work
    Remember that if you start a path with the character /  it means start from the root of the file system, at the highest top you can ever get.
    so
    cd /Users/fred
    is not the same as
    cd Users/fred
    unless you were in / already
    i know it may be confusing at first but it's actually very logical if you play with it.
    to simplify, think of it that / means C:\  on windows
    you can't go any higher than C:\  (in a way)
    if you're unsure which directory you're currently in, you can always type:
    pwd
    it will tell you where you are.
    for example:
    cd /
    pwd
    this shows  /
    cd Users
    pwd
    this now shows /Users
    cd /System/Library
    pwd will show /System/Library
    cd /
    cd /Users
    cd fred
    cd Library
    pwd will show /Users/fred/Library
    unix can look very scary but it's actually vital and very necessary to do tasks sometimes that would take for ever to do via the windows. This is good learning.
    so for the myfile you had created, i can't tell you where it is, at the time you created, if you can do a pwd command you'll know the path,
    ls -la  (this shows all the files where you are)
    if you see myfile in the list
    do a pwd
    whatever is return, the real location of the file would be:
    whatever pwd returned / myfile
    I hope that makes sense.

  • How do I move a keynote file from my computer to my ipad?

    I have a Mac OS X version 10.6.8 and an Ipad version 7.0.6. How can I move a Keynote file from my Mac to my Ipad? I do not have Icloud on my Mac.

    Have you tried e-mailing the Keynote file to yourself? You can then press and hold on the attachment in Mail and choose to open in Keynote. However the results may depend on your version of Keynote.

  • How do I move my OS files from one drive to another on a Mac Mini server

    My main drive on my Mac mini is dying so I need to move all my files, including the OS, to the other drive.  Do I just copy all the files over then delete the old ones and reboot?

    The disk that was the "Lower" is the one you cloned to. When you clone, the name of source disk is copied with the contents to the target disk.
    The lower HD is the one closest to the bottom of the Mini.
    http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Installing+Mac+Mini+Late+2012+Dual+Hard+Drive+Kit/11 713Thus if you cloned the bad drive, the bad drive is in the lower location.
    This says how to replae the lower drive.
    Are both drives identicatal drives (except for SN)? If not maybe y could comfirm by that.
    Also, how was it failing? The If it SMART errors you can tell in there are any SMART errors idenfied for that disk in Disk Utilty.
    Further, if you go to Disk Utility and click on the HD itself, not Server HD, that will say upper or lower in bottom left

Maybe you are looking for