(08-30-2022, 10:34 AM)rich2005 Wrote: Somewhat loathe to comment on this as: it is MACOS / it is Amazon Cloud and I do not have either
I think Ofnuts is correct, the file is 'stuck' on Amazon.
In theory Gimp File -> Open Location will take an URL and open it. This has not worked (various linux versions) for many years. Give it a try though. Strangely, using a flatpak Gimp 2.99.12, it does work and opens images straight from the internet.
Apart from the obvious and downloading to a local folder, you might get there using an intermediary program. This using LibreOffice to open the image from (my) cloud storage and then sending to Gimp. 40 seconds https://i.imgur.com/6PaD3CM.mp4
...but then you are only able to save / export locally anyway, somewhat redundant.
I download the file to my Mac then try to open it so it is not in the cloud
rick
How can I upload an example to see if someone can open it or try to see what the issue might be?
rick
Update...I did a massive cleanup on my Mac removing unused programs files etc.
Once it was completed, all of a sudden the editing started to work.
One of the applications was listed as Amazon photos which I never used as I access Amazon photos from a browser. I went to open it and it said" do not open this file as it will cause damage to your mac" Of course I did not open it and deleted it. I think this program was the cause of the editing issues as once it was deleted, all the Amazon photos could now be edited. Interesting as if I downloaded a photo that was not edited in Amazon photos I could edit it bit once I edited it in Amazon photos I could not.
Strongly suspect that program was the cause as all is workin wekk again
thanks to all who responded
rick