# Export from the Photos App

<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Ensure the </span>**Photos**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> app is open.</span>  
<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">In the </span>**Photos** <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">app, select </span>****Library**** <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">from the left pane, then the </span>****All Photos****<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> tab from the top.</span>  
[![image.png](https://richerkb.ca/uploads/images/gallery/2026-05/scaled-1680-/9SdZvLNFeaOsqCgY-image.png)](https://richerkb.ca/uploads/images/gallery/2026-05/9SdZvLNFeaOsqCgY-image.png)

<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Press </span>****Command+A**** to select all photos.  
<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">From the </span>**Menu Bar**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">, select </span>****File****<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">, then </span>****Export****<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">, then </span>****Export**** *****X***** ****Photos****.  
[![image.png](https://richerkb.ca/uploads/images/gallery/2026-05/scaled-1680-/d9T4loePeXGUxDeu-image.png)](https://richerkb.ca/uploads/images/gallery/2026-05/d9T4loePeXGUxDeu-image.png)

<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">In the </span>**Confirmation Window**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">, leave the defaults as shown, and select </span>****Export****.[![image.png](https://richerkb.ca/uploads/images/gallery/2026-05/scaled-1680-/tLDDrwW9LjbwSjqp-image.png)](https://richerkb.ca/uploads/images/gallery/2026-05/tLDDrwW9LjbwSjqp-image.png)

<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">A </span>**Finder** window will open.  
<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Select </span>****Documents**** <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">from the left menu pane, then </span>****New Folder****<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> from the bottom left.</span>[![image.png](https://richerkb.ca/uploads/images/gallery/2026-05/scaled-1680-/wnjPdn8ZpqI0Stip-image.png)](https://richerkb.ca/uploads/images/gallery/2026-05/wnjPdn8ZpqI0Stip-image.png)

<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">In the </span>**New Folder** <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">dialogue, enter </span>****My Photos****<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> as the folder name, and select </span>****Create****.  
[![image.png](https://richerkb.ca/uploads/images/gallery/2026-05/scaled-1680-/arvW5RJZbZi2AJmT-image.png)](https://richerkb.ca/uploads/images/gallery/2026-05/arvW5RJZbZi2AJmT-image.png)

<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Select the newly made </span>****My Photos**** <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">folder within </span>**Finder**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">, and select </span>****Export**** from the bottom right.[![image.png](https://richerkb.ca/uploads/images/gallery/2026-05/scaled-1680-/9wBiQ4Ie3AJYId3r-image.png)](https://richerkb.ca/uploads/images/gallery/2026-05/9wBiQ4Ie3AJYId3r-image.png)

The MacBook will take some time to process the export of all photos.  
<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">When complete, view the newly made </span>****My Photos**** folder to verify the export's success.