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Asiel Norton

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Oct 4, 2020
12
7
i downloaded catalina and now i can't delete photos off my sd card. i have a photo card with thousands of pics that I've already downloaded elsewhere, and need to clear off card to use. when i select a photo or group of photos and go into the image menu, i literally can't click on anything, but add to and location. generally this is where i hit delete, and can just delete anything and everything if i want.
 

chrfr

macrumors G5
Jul 11, 2009
13,701
7,264
i downloaded catalina and now i can't delete photos off my sd card. i have a photo card with thousands of pics that I've already downloaded elsewhere, and need to clear off card to use. when i select a photo or group of photos and go into the image menu, i literally can't click on anything, but add to and location. generally this is where i hit delete, and can just delete anything and everything if i want.
Are you sure that the write protect switch on the card hasn't been turned on?
 

Dave Braine

macrumors 601
Mar 19, 2008
4,000
359
Warrington, UK
When you say that you are using the Image Menu, is that in Photos? If so you can't delete photos from a card from within Photos. You have to do it from Finder.
 

Asiel Norton

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Oct 4, 2020
12
7
please explain. I've been deleting pics from within the image menu in photos for years. meaning in the photos app, i select image, then select delete. now almost every option within the image menu is whited out, but "add to" and "location." this is very odd to me.
 
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