Weird photos (gifs. jpg.) appearing in images that are not mine

When I look in images on my desktop mac there are weird gifs and jpgs that are not mine. Where did they come from and how do I get rid of them?

They may belong to the system, or to applications. The "All Images" search shows you images all across your hard drive, not just in your personal pictures folder. When you scroll down and click on an image in that search list, the status bar at the bottom of the window will tell you the path for that image. That will tell you what application it belongs to. Most of the time, you don't want to delete images that belong to the system or apps, since it can prevent things from working correctly.
Matt

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Thanks for the question. If your iPod is setup to manually manage content, you can add content from multiple libraries:
Managing content manually on iPhone, iPad, and iPod
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1535
When manually managing content, you can add content from multiple libraries to your iPod or iPad. Even when manually managing music, some content may be available from only one library at time. This includes all content on iPhone and video content on iPod and iPad.
You can also learn which content you can import to your new computer from your iPod:
iTunes: Transferring media from your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or iPod
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1209
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527
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Thank you for using Apple Support Communities!
I have a couple of recommendations for you here. First for the purchases that you did not authorize, I would reach out to the iTunes store support directly.
How to report an issue with your iTunes Store, App Store, Mac App Store, or iBooks Store purchase
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1933
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Click Report a Problem under the app that is having the issue.
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Click Report a Problem next to the item you are having an issue with.
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Click Submit to have your issue reviewed.
You may also want to change your Apple ID password.
Apple ID: Changing your password
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5624
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mabehr1234 wrote:
I know that Photoshop is not the premier pdf creation software. I do have InDesign as well, but I'm much more familiar and comfortable with Photoshop (I have the CC versions of both) so I prefer to use it as my design and layout tool.
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Downstairs is a Macbook Air. When opening up iTunes there, it doesn't see my library (it's always been iffy at best), but it's showing me 115 albums on my Macbook. In my entire life I've probably purchased 4 or 5 albums max from iTunes. In browsing through the other 111, these are albums I've never seen, never owned, and for the most part would never listen to. They are not physically on the Macbook or any other computer in the house.
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To clarify, how many computers do you have ?
Windows 7, MacBook and MacBook Air?
Steve_Logan wrote:
My main computer (i.e. where all of the physical files are) is Windows 7. I've turned on home sharing on that computer.
Sharing or Home Sharing?
Downstairs is a Macbook Air. When opening up iTunes there, it doesn't see my library (it's always been iffy at best), but it's showing me 115 albums on my Macbook.
So you’re on your MacBook Air and you open iTunes on it and view the Home Shared library of the MacBook?
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Weird photos (gifs. jpg.) appearing in images that are not mine

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