What Happened to ‘Save All Changes’, OS X Preview?
August 11, 2013 5:25 PM Subscribe
For years I opened dozens of photos at once in Preview on the Mac, cropped them all, and hit the button marked 'Save All Changes.' Since shifting to Mountain Lion I now have to hit the Save button dozens of times to accomplish the same thing. Is there a better way to do this, or a different, better program?
I'm not near a ML machine, but if you bring up the File… menu and hold down option or ctrl or shift, do any of the menu items change?
posted by hattifattener at 6:34 PM on August 11, 2013
posted by hattifattener at 6:34 PM on August 11, 2013
I'm not near a ML machine, but if you bring up the File… menu and hold down option or ctrl or shift, do any of the menu items change?
Yeah I thought about that, but "Save" saves all open windows whether or not you press 'option.' And no, the Save line in the menu doesn't change. (Duplicate turns into 'Save As' just below it.)
posted by phaedon at 6:39 PM on August 11, 2013
Yeah I thought about that, but "Save" saves all open windows whether or not you press 'option.' And no, the Save line in the menu doesn't change. (Duplicate turns into 'Save As' just below it.)
posted by phaedon at 6:39 PM on August 11, 2013
Best answer: Mountain Lion introduced a new save method. The files aren't saved manually anymore. If you're editing the files and you've made the edits just close the file. Cmd-w. or if you have a bunch of files open and you want to close them all, you hit cmd-option-q. Mac OS X keeps track of versions or the files so you can go back to earlier versions. It takes some getting used to but after a while it makes sense.
posted by birdherder at 7:39 PM on August 11, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by birdherder at 7:39 PM on August 11, 2013 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: I have tens of thousands of photos, and have tried to stay away from getting involved with the dual files created by iPhoto. Photoshop also asks whether or not to Save each individual photo after cropping, but I hadn't thought of automating the process.
As phaedon says, the option key doesn't change the Save option.
What birdherder explained looks like all I needed.
Thanks for the responses.
posted by LeLiLo at 9:27 PM on August 11, 2013
As phaedon says, the option key doesn't change the Save option.
What birdherder explained looks like all I needed.
Thanks for the responses.
posted by LeLiLo at 9:27 PM on August 11, 2013
I have OS X 10.8.4 and if you go into 'System Preferences' then click on the 'General' tab, there is a check-box that says 'Ask to keep changes when closing documents'. Will this give you the option of 'Save all changes' if you check it?
posted by Amalie-Suzette at 9:50 AM on August 12, 2013
posted by Amalie-Suzette at 9:50 AM on August 12, 2013
Response by poster: I've had that box checked all along; it doesn't seem to have anything to do with the Preview app.
posted by LeLiLo at 2:36 PM on August 12, 2013
posted by LeLiLo at 2:36 PM on August 12, 2013
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Import your photos.
Select a photo.
Click the 'edit' icon in the task bar at the bottom.
Select 'crop' from the 'quick fixes' column.
Select the constraints and ratios per your preferences.
Select 'done'.
iPhoto saves the original version of the file if you need it. Otherwise you can export/share the revised version.
Alternately, if you're batch cropping a bunch of photos (like dozens or hundreds) and want to automate it then Photoshop is great for this.
posted by quadog at 5:53 PM on August 11, 2013