User level: Level 1 (19 points)Nothing happens when trying to save picture frames from video in Photos. Tried some workarounds, like first doing a little edit or a rotation, handled the video from "All Photos" not from within an album, ... nothing works.
MacBook Air Apple M2.
Posted on Oct 19, 2026 10:57 PM
User level: Level 1 (19 points)Oct 20, 2026 12:26 AM in response to léonie
Latest Golden Gate.
But I've found it.
Apparently, now the photos are saved directly into your Photos photo-roll, whereas before (only days/weeks ago?), they were saved to the Pictures folder on your hard drive.
Feel kinda stupid not seeing this in time, but then again... these kind of choices, although an improvement this time, typically have to be 'found out'.
Thanks for your kindness though.
User level: Level 10 (205,585 points)Oct 20, 2026 12:34 AM in response to WimLas
Which system version is running on your Mac?
On macOS27 Golden Gate the behavior of "Save video Frame as Photos" ist very strange. It is working silently in the background, without any feed-back.
When I open a video in edit-mode and position the cursor at the frame I want, then ctrl-click and use "Save video frame as photo", the still frame will appear in the "recently saved" album after a few moments, but silently, without any prompt to "Show in Library" or similar.
But otherwise it is much better than before. The new saved frame is no longer saved to the Pictures older but added to the library, and it is already tagged with the same metadata as the video, with the same capture date and location, so it will appear in "All Photos" right behind the video. But the camera and lens tags and title and keywords are missing.
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256379345