IPhoto 2 Cropping Photo

I used the help feature on how to crop a photo. I loaded a photo from DVD, selected edit and cropped it. But when I dragged the cropped photo to my desktop so I could upload it more quickly, the photo that shows on my desktop is the original photo, uncropped, which isn't the photo I want to upload. How can I only use the cropped photo I want?
TIA!

the photo that shows on my desktop is the original photo
Have you actually opened that file to look at it, or are you making an assessment based on the thumbnail image of the file?
I just cropped a photo and exported it to the desktop like you described, then opened the file in Preview. The actual image was cropped just as intended.

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With the photo viewed in edit mode you draw a
rectangle with the mouse around the part you want to
keep. Then you select crop. Your cropped photo will
then appear in the edit window.A full size photo of
the area your selected.
That's it.
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Two Apple kbs for you to read
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Thx Much,
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2 - click on the advanced arrow to bring up the next window.
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