PDF to JPEG

[fielker]

I have imported a PDF picture into Photos and I am trying to convert it to JPEG. I have tried exporting as JPEG to my desktop, but then the coloured wheel carries on spinning and the only way I can stop it is to quit Preview.

Strangely I can edit it in Photos, which is why I put it there!

David

 

[ferrarr]

Try doing that in same thing in the Preview app.

 

[toMACsh]

I have imported a PDF picture into Photos and I am trying to convert it to JPEG. I have tried exporting as JPEG to my desktop, but then the coloured wheel carries on spinning and the only way I can stop it is to quit Preview.

You tried this within Preview?

P.S. I think I figured out what that foreign word is there.

 

[fielker]

I was exporting from Photos/ Now I've just tried opening Photos to try again, but a window comes up saying "Closing the library ...", and nothing happens.

Help!

David

 

[ferrarr]

Restart your Mac.

 

[fielker]

Why didn't I think of that?! However, since restart wouldn't work because of Photos I force quit Photos, and now of course it opens!

So now I'm back to the original problem of exporting from there as JPEG.

David

 

[IWT]

David

I just tested this on my Mac.

Imported a Test Photo as a PDF into the Photos app.

From within Photos, I clicked on the pdf to highlight it

Then File - Export. Brought up a window. Top choice “Photo Kind”. Clicking on the arrowheads offers the choices -

JPEG, TIFF, PNG. I chose JPEG and it exported the previous pdf as a JPEG.

As simple as that.

Ian

 

[pm-r]

I have imported a PDF picture into Photos and I am trying to convert it to JPEG.

Not an answer sorry, but I'm just wondering why???

Considering that a .pdf is a type of image in the first place.




- Patrick
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[fielker]

Ian

That's exactly what I was doing!

David

 

[ferrarr]

Then give it time to complete the export. How long did you leave it the first time? Did you restart your Mac and try again?

 

[fielker]

It seemed like a very long time. How long should I give it?

 

[ferrarr]

That’s a subjective question with a lot of information missing? Is a long time an hour or five minutes?

I don’t know what Mac or model year you have?
I don’t know what processor is in it?
I don’t know what drive type is in it?
I don’t know how full the drive is?
Did you restart and try again?
Do you use OnyX, https://www.titanium-software.fr/en/onyx.html, just get the version for your Mac OS X/OS X/macOS version. It says Mac OS X Lion under your avatar?

 

[IWT]

All I can say is that my pdf exported as a JPEG in seconds; as fast an ordinary photo.

My specs are shown on the left.

Ian

 

[fielker]

Not sure how long; certainly at least half an hour, but later when I tried to restart and had to force quit Photos it was still exporting.

I have High Sierra on a 21.5 inch iMac, 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 with 8GB memory. HD has over 800 GB available out of 999.35 GB.

Must alter my details on this forum - thanks.

 

[fielker]

Just tried again and it exported immediately!!!

Can't understand it, but as I always say, computers have ends of their own and they are spiteful with it!

Thanks to you all for help and patience.

David

 

[IWT]

David, you’re welcome.

They have a mind of their own like a certain species of humankind - can’t live with them; can’t live without them

Ian

 

[ferrarr]

Excellent, good job.

 

[pm-r]

Not sure how long; certainly at least half an hour, but later when I tried to restart and had to force quit Photos it was still exporting.

I have High Sierra on a 21.5 inch iMac, 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 with 8GB memory. HD has over 800 GB available out of 999.35 GB.

Must alter my details on this forum - thanks.

Update those specs and maybe things will then speed up drastically.




- Patrick
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[fielker]

Another problem - how do I change my specs?

 

[ferrarr]

Another problem - how do I change my specs?

Along the top of the page, click on Settings, then click on Profile in the sidebar. Edit anything you want changed.