My Photos library on a Mac using macOS Monterey has JPG, TIFF, HEIF and raw files from Canon and Olympus cameras. I want to export the final edited copies of all the photos, but the options panel only shows a choice of JPG, TIF and PNG. How to export every photo in its original format?
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.0
When RAW and HEIC files are edited the edits are saved to either JPEG, TIFF, PNG or, in the case of Photoshop, PSD files.
RAW files are just sensor dumps and can't be edited and saved as a RAW file. Apple's HEIC format acts similarly.
It's just the nature of the beast.
Then create a smart album with these criteria:
and export them first. You can also do the same for jpegs, tiff and any other image format you have.
Then delete them and export the rest as originals.
Thank you. I understand about edited RAW files. As for HEIC, some are edited and some not. The "File > Export > Export (all) photos" command converts all these into JPG. I don't mind edited HEICs converting to JPG but want the never-edited ones to remain HEIC. I also don't want edited and unedited files in other (non-RAW) formats to be converted.
Thank you for the suggestions. OSXPhotos seems impressive and is free but I don't know Python or command line usage. I did a small test export with Photos Takeout and it worked well for me.
You can do this with third-party apps or utilities such as Photos Takeout and OSXPhotos.
When you want to export edited photos that is the only option.
If you select Export Unmodified Original you should keep the original format
Thanks, this is what I tried initially but is too much work to export each format and editing status (edited / never edited) separately. The app arvindfromgurgaon suggested made it much simpler.
Retaining image formats when exporting from Mac Photos
