Transferring Jpeg pictures from external HDD

My Mac can't see/recognise the hundreds of photos on my HDD but I can view them and save them onto Mac HD via 'Preview' - is there a quick way I can transfer/save them all across by this method as there are too many to do individually? Any help appreciated....
Thnx

If the images are all in one place (For example you see them all together when you open your External HD) then you can highlight all of the images at once and then use Edit > Copy to copy them. Then click on your desktop and go to File > New Folder. Name this folder something appropriate. Double click the folder to open it. Go to Edit > Paste. This will paste a copy of the images from your external drive to the folder on your desktop.
Hope that helps.

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