Here's me staying on macOS 10.14 to avoid all the bugs in 10.15
Article says it affects everything from 10.14.6. Sorry.
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macOS Image Capture Bug More Pervasive Than Originally Thought
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Article says it affects everything from 10.14.6. Sorry.
Well, I posed it as a question, not a theory. Here's another question: Have you tested whether this is actually limited to Image Capture? Has anyone compared the files and file sizes, of a photo taken on an iPhone, then synced (for many people automatically) to iCloud Photos, and in turn synced via iCloud Photos to a Mac? Has anyone compared the 3 instances of a photo synced in the various ways Apple does? Apple does charge a premium for storage in iCloud and on devices - so I simply asked the question. I'm happy if I'm wrong - but the question is legit.
Is it a bug in the human psyche that many people cannot accept randomness ('**** happens') and always have to find malicious intent behind anything undesirable? Or is it a feature that lets them feel superior for 'having figured things out'?
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- HEIF was introduced to iPhones with iOS 11, ie, 2017.
- Photos was introduced to OS X as an update to Yosemite (10.10.3), ie, in 2015.
Therefore, if I insult you in the form of a question, that's fine then?
And in case you hadn't noticed, one often poses a theory in the form of a question. Your excuse is just as bad as simply saying something was meant to be sarcasm whenever one has said something stupid or offensive. A question mark might help with avoiding libel laws, but it is not fooling anybody.
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I don’t understand how changing your iPhone to shoot in JPG vs HEIF resolves this issue, as the issue effects JPG files. Wouldn’t shooting in HEIF fix it as they will import as HEIF?
also, who is importing from an iPhone via image capture? Use photos app or iCloud,
also, who is importing from an iPhone via image capture? Use photos app or iCloud,
I will never use HEIF again. Last year I shot an entire project with it because of the smaller file size... mistake! The compression is less quality than JPEG even if they deny it, you see a lot of edge sharpening but loose detail by weird smoothing in other areas.
On top of that, I lost compatibility with many software and people I work with was also unable to view photos and videos without codecs and converters. The hassle was massive, I learned my lesson.
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There is a reduction in quality too. Apple says there isn’t but if you study them carefully side by side in a proper monitor you will see the difference. I cannot stress enough my recommendation to sticking to JPEG for regular jobs.
What additional functionality does iCloud offer? In fact it is the least functional of all the services you mention. Paying for One Drive gets you a whole lot more, including professional software, G Drive as well brings a suite of functionality.
iCloud could not even drag and drop until recently, and only a couple of weeks ago implemented the ability to share folders. The only positive thing is that it is integrated directly into iOS, but that is it.
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Image Capture has been the best option ive found, other that using airdrop to slowly move thousands of images, but who wants to do that continuously?! However as of at least 6 months maybe way more, it started only being able to transfer 90% of my images and 10% of my videos... for you guessed it, failure to convert. So hopefully the fix to the bug will also fix this.
Have you tried it on a Mac, as a comparison?
If the same thing (or near-same thing) happens on there, then it may be an inefficiency of printing straight to PDF format (unless you make the images smaller first, they're likely still very large resolution, perhaps?).
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No. The solution is to keep using them, as they're the future and offer better functionality, while jpg (while still used) is legacy. See others posts above as to why.And the solution is don't shoot in HEIF or HEVC
I selected the three photo files on (macOS Catalina 10.15.4) Finder, then right clicked on the trackpad, then "Quick Actions ---> Create PDF".
The pdf created has 38 MB.
But even worse than the huge size of the pdf: there are blank spaces in between the photos on the pdf (maybe to fit to the A4 format?), this makes the pdf unusable.
When I want to create a pdf from selected photos, I just import the photos to the Scanbot app on iOS/iPadOS.
I can't rely on Apple's Files or Finder on this!
EDIT: at least the photos on the pdf created on Finder are in the right order: 1, 2, 3!
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Have you seen Apple's prices for SSD upgrades recently? It's not just about iCloud. I smell some class action lawsuits coming.
Bingo. It's seems some people can't be at peace and try hard to find something to get a case of the shakes about.
But if this "bug" artificially makes JPG files far larger, suddenly when taken into consideration, HEIC/HEIF doesn't save close to as much disk space as claimed. And therefore the benefits to using a new and largely incompatible image format are lessened.
How many class action suits have you been the target of after having made a mistake.
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Conversely, given human nature and it's best friend: greed, I'm a VERY big fan of "trust, but verify".
Blind acceptance is equally bad.
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That's one way of looking at it.
Personally, I'm glad there's "those" people out there double-checking to make sure we're ACTUALLY good to go, and not just HOPING we are.
I mean, Apple DID get caught slowing down older devices, so this doesn't seem so far-fetched.
A company has one goal: make money. Whether or not it's done ethically or responsibly is secondary, which is why the SEC, the FBI, and other government agencies stay busy putting white-collar criminals in their place.
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I have had repeated issues in which my iPhone 11, iPad Mini 5, and iPad Pro 2018 have all reported no storage space available after importing RAW files from SD cards. Despite confirming that all the RAW files have uploaded to iCloud and always having Photos set to “optimize device storage,” the space is still held by iOS and iPadOS. The kicker is that Settings shows the appropriate amount of space is available, but then I get insufficiant storage errors when attempting to ise the “free space.” I have report the issue to Apple multiple times, going back to early February. The only fix I have found is to restore the device.
Three problems with this:
- The vast majority of people import their photos via iCloud Photo Library, not Image Capture.
- The majority of people who do use Image Capture likely don’t convert from HEIC to JPEG.
- “Apple is apparently aware of the bug, but until a patch arrives, one short term workaround for future transfers is to prevent your iPhone or iPad from using the HEIF format when taking photos: To do so, launch the Settings app, select Camera -> Formats and check Most Compatible.” is bad advice for >99% of people based on the above.
iCloud 50Gb $1
Microsoft OneDrive 100Gb $2
Google Cloud 100Gb $2
iCloud 200Gb $3
Google Cloud 200Gb $3
Microsoft OneDrive 1Tb $7
iCloud 2Tb $10
Google Cloud 2Tb $10
Dropbox 2Tb $10
Microsoft OneDrive Unlimited $10 (as part of Office 365 subscriptions)
Apple's iCloud is pretty competitive compared to some of the other large providers for consumers. In addition iCloud offers functionality to Apple users which the other do not.
I am all for double-checking. But pure speculation based on that human bug/feature doesn't really add anything. It rather represents FUD and is the same method actual misinformation campaigns employ (like Russia did after rebels supported by them shot down a passenger aircraft over Ukraine, flooding the airwaves with all kinds of wild theories to create the impression that it is impossible to know the truth, in that case the Russian population as well as the Russian-speaking population in neighbouring countries were the main target).
No, this is not the same thing. At all. Converting any 12 megapixel image to a PDF will result in exactly the same thing on any platform (iOS, Windows, Mac) unless you create the PDF with proper image compression settings and other settings that you’ll need to customize with either Preview or Adobe Acrobat DC/Pro or something similar.