The option revert to original is not highlighted or showing on my Mac or iPhone. I read that one of the reasons is that the photo is in the cloud and I have to wait for it to be downloaded, but do I have to do something to get it downloaded? because I wait and nothing happens.
MacBook Air (M2, 2023)
Are you using iCloud Photos o your Mac?
To force a download from icloud, double click the thumbnail to view it enlarged.
If nothing happens, check, if something is preventing the download from iCloud.
Many thanks for your answer.
I have checked all your suggestions but nothing worked for me.
Please any other suggestions?
Thanks for your suggestions again but they are not working for me.
As for your question about the kind of edits: I cropped and made adjustments to the photos I am trying to revert to original.
In order to check what you mention, now I have tried the following:
Therefore, my conclusion is that "revert to original" works with all cropping, filter and adjustments, but somehow it is not working with the photos I edited a few days ago.
On the other hand, the photo library is not shared.
What kind of edits do you have applied? "Revert to original" is not available, if you only applied edits with the Crop tool or applied a filter. "Revert to original" is only available, if you have applied adjustment from the "Adjustments" tab in Photos or have used a third-party editor. To revert a cropping or a filter, open the Crop tab or the Filter tab.
Could it be that the edits you want to revert are cropping or filters?
Or is your iCloud Photos Library a shares iCloud Photos Library? I had occasionally problems to revert the shared photos to the original or to apply further edits to them.
It is behaving differently on my Mac. When I use "Revert to Original", the adjustments are reverted, but the cropping persists. We may have different system versions installed.
Can you export the photos, where "Revert to original" is not available? If you have not yet tested it, Try to use "File > Export > Export unmodified original".
Can Photos export the original or can Photos not access it at all?
I have checked some other photos and the revert to original option works.
after giving it some thought, I think I might have used another photo app to make the edits to the photos that don’t revert.
I will pay attention from now on to check if this is the cause of the problem.
Many thanks for your help anyway
I have ventura.
I tried the export unmodified original and it exports it but actually it is not the original. It is the same edited photo
photos revert to original not showing
