Receiving Email Photos and Dragging to iPhoto
When I get an email with photos I want to save, I drag the photos to my iPhoto icon. It imports fine as a new film roll. However, when I right-click on a photo to "Show File", the location is some temporary spot such as: TemporaryItems/com.apple.mail.drag-T0x40a790.tmp.SWkEGJ/photo.jpg.
Why doesn't it place it my permanent folders such as when I import from my camera?
Should I worry about this? Will they be deleted since they are in a temp folder?
Thank you!
You don't want the photo to be in a temporary file. It should be in your originals file in your iPhoto library.
Whenever you put a photo into iPhoto you should let iPhoto import it rather than you dragging it in. Drag your photo out of the e-mail to your desktop. Then open iPhoto and go to File/Import to Library. Desktop should be indicated in the drop down menu window, and the import window will list the items on your desktop, including your photo. Select the photo from the list and click on import. The photo will then be imported into your iPhoto library, where you want it.
Hope this helps.
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