Thank you so much, Jason. Hugely helpful and appreciated. Would have assumed macOS Messages could read/show that format inline (as in Photos App can solve it) but doubtless more technical than I'll ever understand.
Thanks again On Thursday, 18 May 2023 at 17:17:23 UTC+1 Jason Davies wrote: > try this: > > 1. > > Open the Settings app. > 2. > > Go to Settings > Camera > Formats. > 3. > > Select Most Compatible, and you are done. All future images or videos > you take will now be saved in JPEG. > > (taken from > https://www.laptopmag.com/features/a-guide-to-heic-files-on-iphone-and-other-apple-devices > ) > > the files will be larger so if you take a lot of photos and have a small > memory capacity, you might want to find ways to save space/delete > unwanted/etc. > > I'm surprised it's still a thing but something in this chain may not be > reading the photos in HEIC format (the article has details about which OSs > support them) > > Cheers, > J > > On 18 May 2023, at 15:23, mac98aop wrote: > > Thanks, Jason. On this occasion I was simply taking photos on iPhone from > within iMessage (ie, in the conversation, instead of typing I tap the small > camera button and take and send inline). > > Then when looking at same conversation on Messages Mac, just get > unopenable thumbnails?! > > > On Thursday, 18 May 2023 at 15:16:30 UTC+1 Jason Davies wrote: > >> I suspect this is the HEIC (or not) settings. How are you getting them >> *into* iMessage? Presumably they're arriving like that too? >> >> On 18 May 2023, at 14:56, mac98aop wrote: >> >> Friends >> >> I've asked before but never got too far so trying again. >> >> Why in sending some photos in Messages (iMessage, not SMS) do they appear >> as per the attached image on macOS (latest iOS and macOS) >> >> I can't find any setting and it's jolly irritating. >> >> Adam >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to smug+uns...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/3faa47b3-98cb-4702-801c-2f1b72998f45n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/3faa47b3-98cb-4702-801c-2f1b72998f45n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> Cheers, >> >> Jason >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to smug+uns...@googlegroups.com. > > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/615e964f-04c1-4ec5-a084-a5e57a5a88fbn%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/615e964f-04c1-4ec5-a084-a5e57a5a88fbn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > Cheers, > > Jason > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/b30adeb4-c766-47f8-a451-4711842df6efn%40googlegroups.com.
