How to copy and paste a picture on a mac from facebook

I really like Safari and just started using it to avoid the memory issues associated with Chrome, but this is a deal breaker for me. Does anyone know why this happens or how to fix it?

Posted on Oct 30, Page content loaded. Oct 31, 6: When attempting to paste do you insert the cursor in the desired location before attempting to paste? Nov 2, It still does not work, and yes the cursor is in the desired location. When I right click and hit "copy image" and paste, it pastes the link to the image, whereas in Chrome, it would paste the image. If it helps, this issue was also sort of documented in this Reddit thread: This behavior is not unique to Facebook, but also occurs in gmail - another place where I would expect that pasting an image would work.

It is a little bit different on gmail though - the same thing happens when copying a screenshot to the keyboard and pasting nothing , but when I right click an image and select "copy image" then paste, an odd box comes up that says imgres. The image does not show up if I were to send the email too. So it isn't Facebook specific but rather some feature of Safari that does not allow the copy pasting of images into a text box.

I can't seem to edit the title to reflect that, unfortunately. The question might get more traffic if I could.

Release the mouse button. The Mac plays a camera shutter sound and the selected area of the screen is copied to the clipboard. Place the cursor where you want to paste the photo and press "Command" and "V" to paste it. A published author and professional speaker, David Weedmark has advised businesses and governments on technology, media and marketing for more than 20 years.

He has taught computer science at Algonquin College, has started three successful businesses, and has written hundreds of articles for newspapers and magazines throughout Canada and the United States. Skip to main content. Drag to Copy 1. Partial Screen Shots 1.

Use Screen Capture Software to Copy the PIcture

Tips To save partial screenshots to your desktop instead of the clipboard, press "Command," "Shift" and "4" without the "Control" button. Using the "3" instead of the "4" button takes a screenshot of the entire screen. It may vary slightly or significantly with other versions or products. References 3 Apple: OS X Keyboard Shortcuts. How exactly are you doing the Copy to clipboard?

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Also see my answer. Copy image. Chrome pastes then the image not the url. But safari pastes text url instead of the picture.

If I do this: Matt Sephton Matt Sephton 3, 13 I tested the Safari Technology Preview —basically early access to the next version of Safari—and you can paste images into Facebook there. Unless something has changed recently? I'll look into it. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name.