Live Photos are a fun feature of late model iPhones, allowing users to capture quick animated photos. But what about Mac users, can’t they enjoy Live Photos in all their animated glory too? The answer is yes!
1) Open the Photos app on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. 2) Select the Albums tab alongside the bottom. 3) Scroll down and tap Live Photos underneath the Media Types heading. 4) Choose a Live Photo you’d like to save as a video.
How to Play a Live Photo in the Photos App on the Mac
1.) Make sure you have some Live Photos copied into the Photos app on your Mac computer.
- If you receive a Live Photo through AirDrop or something, you first need to import it to the Photos app on Mac to view it. The Live Photo will automatically play when you click on it.
- When I try to use AirDrop to move a Live Photo from my iPhone 6s (iOS 10.2) to my MacBook (10.12.2), all that AirDrop transfers is the still image. However, if I use a USB cable to move the Live Photo from my phone to my Mac, the Live Photo is preserved. When I use AirDrop the photos automatically are sent to the Downloads folder.
- Once the call is live, click the shutter button when you want to take a photo. That’s all you need to do. When a live photo is captured, you will see an alert on FaceTime telling you that a live photo has been captured. To access the live photos you just took, open the Photos app and select ‘Recent’ from the column on the right.
- Converting a Live Photo to a GIF for use as a Mac Screen Saver The following instructions detail how to turn a Live Photo from your favorite iOS device into a GIF that can be used with the Animated GIF Screensaver. These are shamefully copied directly from our previous post on using a Live Photo or GIF as iOS wallpaper: 1) Launch the Photos app.
2.) Open the Photos app on your Mac, and open the album you have the Live Photos in. (A Live Photo is designated with a little concentric circle and “Live”shown in the corner of the picture.)
3.) Open any Live Photo by double-clicking on it. (Although they can be played by hovering your mouse pointer over the thumbnail. But, this “how-to” is all about viewing it in its full glory!)
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4.) Hover your mouse pointer over the “LIVE” icon in the upper right-hand corner of the Live Photo you just opened for viewing. The video portion will begin to play right on your Mac’s Desktop.
That was easy, now wasn’t it? Almost easier than viewing it on your iPhone, as there’s none of that 3D Touch stuff to deal with.
For more tips and tricks on how to make better use of your Mac, iOS device, Apple Watch, or Apple TV, be sure to visit the “How To” section of our website.
(Thanks to OSXDaily.com for the original tip.)
iOS devices keep your most recent 1000 photos in the My Photo Stream album to save the storage space. So, you need to move your photos to another album to keep then on your iOS device forever. You have another option i.e. you can download all of your photos to Mac or PC from My Photo Stream. You can automatically download all photos from My Photo Stream to Mac or PC.
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Automatically Download All Photos from My Photo Stream to Mac or PC using Photos app:
- Open 'Photos' app on your Mac or PC.
- Go to 'Preferences'.
- Select 'General' tab.
- Select 'Copy items to the Photos library' option.
How To Download Live Photo To Mac
Automatically Download All Photos from My Photo Stream to Mac or PC using iPhoto app:
- Open 'iPhoto' on your Mac or PC.
- Go to 'Preferences'.
- Click 'Photos' or 'Photo Stream'.
- Select 'My Photo Stream'.
- Select 'Automatic Import' option.
- All your photo stream photos will now be imported into your Events, Projects, Photos, Faces and Places folders in iPhoto.
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Quick Tip to Backup your Digital Photos
If you have treasured photographs, or you take photos of everything you like, you won't want to lose them. So, what is the best way to backup photos on an ongoing basis? In the back of your mind, you know you need to backup all of your photos. But where do you start? Here's how to backup your digital life: PicBackMan is the easiest and simplest way to keep your videos safely backed up in one or more online accounts. Simply download PicBackMan (it's free!), register your account, connect to your online store and tell PicBackMan where your videos are - PicBackMan does the rest, automatically. It bulk uploads all videos and keeps looking for new ones and uploads those too. You don't have to ever touch it.