Save Pictures to Your MacBook

This article teaches you how to save photos from a message, a document, or the Internet to your MacBook.

10 Second Summary

1. Go to the photo you want to save.
2. Hover the cursor over the image.
3. Press control and click on the image.
4. Click on Save Image As.
5. Select a folder.
6. Click on Save.

Steps

Using the Control-Click Menu

  1. Go to the photo you wish to save. Open the message, document, or web page that contains the photo you'd like to save on your MacBook.
    • Not all web pages permit images to be saved or downloaded.
  2. Hover your cursor over the image. Using your trackpad or mouse, move the cursor over the picture you want to save.
  3. Press Control and click on the picture. Doing so opens a pop-up menu.
    • If your mouse has a right-click function, you can also right-click on the image to invoke the pop-up menu.
    • Yet another option is to activate "Secondary Click" in the "Trackpad" menu of System Preferences. Once enabled, a two-finger click will also bring up the menu.
  4. Click on Save Image As. It's near the bottom of the menu.
    • Click on Save Image to "Downloads" to automatically save it to your Mac's "Downloads" folder.
    • Click on Copy Image to save it to your clipboard so you can paste in a document.
    • Click on Use Image as Desktop Picture to make it your Mac's wallpaper.
  5. Select a name. Type a name for the photo you'd like to save in the text field at the top of the dialog box.
  6. Select a folder. Using the "Where:" drop-down menu at the bottom of the dialog box, locate and click on the folder in which you'd like to save the image.
  7. Click on Save. It's in the lower-right corner of the dialog box. The picture will be saved to your MacBook in the folder you specified.

Using Drag and Drop

  1. Go to the photo you wish to save. Open the message, document, or web page that contains the photo you'd like to keep on your MacBook.
    • Not all web pages permit images to be saved or downloaded.
  2. Resize the window. Click on the yellow button in the upper-left corner of the window that contains the image. This makes the window smaller so that your Mac's desktop is visible.
  3. Hover the cursor over the image. Using your trackpad or mouse, move the cursor over the picture you want to save.[1].
  4. Click and hold on the picture. Use your trackpad or mouse to do so.
  5. Drag the image to your desktop. While holding the click, use your trackpad or mouse to slide the image out of its current window and onto your Mac's desktop. A thumbnail of the image will follow the cursor.
  6. Release the click. When you see a white + in a green circle appear over the thumbnail of the picture, release the click you were holding. Now the picture has been saved to the desktop on your MacBook.

Tips

  • Creating folders on your computer is a great way to organize photos and make them easier to find.
  • Rename photos when you save them. Doing so will make the images easier to find when you want to locate them on your Mac.

Related Articles

  • Import Pictures Into iPhoto from a Digital Camera
  • Organize Digital Pictures Without Any Software

Sources and Citations

  1. ↑ https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1585113?start=0&tstart=0
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