Blue pictures

[Danzo321]

Up-to-date big Mac.. In Preview, I often crop photos and fairly often, the pic is saved as a brilliant blue rectangle! So I hit command-z and start again. Is there a fix? or an apology?

 

[Cory Cooper]

Hello.

-What format are the images in before editing?
-What is the source of the images you are editing?
-Does it do the same with all types of images - JPG, TIF, PNG, etc?
-Does it only happen when cropping?

C

 

[Danzo321]

C,
Generally I'm doing work on jpegs, some pngs.
Generally images I've gathered online.
I think it happens if I'm color correcting too but mainly cropping.

 

[Cory Cooper]

OK, thanks.

What happens if you import them into the Photos app and edit there?

C

 

[Danzo321]

I don't like iPhoto if that's the same thing. Doesn't work well for me. Now I have this window I don't know what to do with. The beachball is spinning endlessly? on iPhoto.

 

[Danzo321]

I keep hoping Apple will fix bugs in Preview.

 

[Cory Cooper]

Hmmm...

If you still have iPhoto, then what version of OS X/macOS?

You should be able to enter your user password and click Always Allow to clear that dialog box.

C

 

[Danzo321]

High Sierra 10.13.6
What is replacing iphoto, why don't I have it

 

[Danzo321]

Was not sure I wanted 'api.facebook' whatever that is.

 

[Cory Cooper]

Photos replaced iPhoto in OS X El Capitan 10.10.3.

The api.facebook prompt is probably due to you setting up your Facebook account at some point in  > System Preferences... > Internet Accounts, or in iPhoto to share photos to your Facebook account. I would guess the latter. If so, it is prompting you for your computer user password to access the stored Facebook account information in your keychain to make the connection.

C

 

[Danzo321]

OK, thanks, so I can 'deny' without problems.
I have Photos too, was not aware they were separate. Ooohh my head hurts.