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BComplex

(9,037 posts) Sat Jun 20, 2020, 01:49 PM Jun 2020

Help! I can't figure out on my very old mac how to post a picture.

There is a picture I want to copy and paste that doesn't have a jpg or pdf or any of those picture labels attached to it.

How do I copy it, and paste it on DU? I'm not good at this, so I prolly need a step by step instruction.

Thanks to anyone who can lead me through this!

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Help! I can't figure out on my very old mac how to post a picture. (Original Post) BComplex Jun 2020 OP

Here's how you do it, from the Photo Group: CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2020 #1

Thank you so much, CaliforniaPeggy!! It worked! BComplex Jun 2020 #2

Aw, you just made my day! I'm so happy for you! CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2020 #3

... BComplex Jun 2020 #5

Just curios ... AirmensMom Jun 2020 #4

My dear AirmensMom! CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2020 #6

So it uses more than a link? AirmensMom Jun 2020 #7

I actually don't know the answer! CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2020 #8

Sending data from a server costs money. ManiacJoe Jun 2020 #9

CaliforniaPeggy

(151,888 posts)

1. Here's how you do it, from the Photo Group:

Reply to BComplex (Original post)

Sat Jun 20, 2020, 01:51 PM

Jun 2020

https://www.democraticunderground.com/103659987

BComplex

(9,037 posts)

2. Thank you so much, CaliforniaPeggy!! It worked!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 20, 2020, 02:01 PM

Jun 2020

I finally did it!!

Ok. It's a small victory for some, but a big one for me!

CaliforniaPeggy

(151,888 posts)

3. Aw, you just made my day! I'm so happy for you!

Reply to BComplex (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 20, 2020, 02:05 PM

Jun 2020

BComplex

(9,037 posts)

5. ...

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #3)

Sat Jun 20, 2020, 02:21 PM

Jun 2020

AirmensMom

(14,815 posts)

4. Just curios ...

Reply to BComplex (Original post)

Sat Jun 20, 2020, 02:20 PM

Jun 2020

Why doesn't DU allow us to directly post pics? Is it expensive or ... ?

CaliforniaPeggy

(151,888 posts)

6. My dear AirmensMom!

Reply to AirmensMom (Reply #4)

Sat Jun 20, 2020, 03:07 PM

Jun 2020

I believe it uses bandwidth and they want to have the bandwidth for our posts.

I think this is the case, but I'm not sure.

AirmensMom

(14,815 posts)

7. So it uses more than a link?

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #6)

Sat Jun 20, 2020, 04:28 PM

Jun 2020

I actually live with someone who could probably answer this, but we seldom talk shop.

CaliforniaPeggy

(151,888 posts)

8. I actually don't know the answer!

Reply to AirmensMom (Reply #7)

Sat Jun 20, 2020, 04:30 PM

Jun 2020

I'm not smart in tech matters.

ManiacJoe

(10,136 posts)

9. Sending data from a server costs money.

Reply to AirmensMom (Reply #4)

Sat Jun 20, 2020, 07:33 PM

Jun 2020

If your photo is 100K in size, every time a user wants to see it, 100KB is sent to the user's computer from the server. If 10000 users want to see it, that is 1 billion bytes of data sent from the server. The owners of the server get charged for all that data being sent.

DU does not want to deal with those bills above the text data being sent, so DU does not host pictures.
The sites that do host pictures usually make money by showing ads on their servers.

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