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Mountain Lion: May be unable to save from Mail directly to iPhoto

Posted in Apple Mac OS

Symptoms

Photos received as attachments in a Mail message may not save directly to iPhoto.

Resolution

Follow these steps to import the photos into iPhoto.

  1. Open iPhoto.
  2. Return to the Mail message with the photo attachment(s).
  3. Drag and drop each photo onto the iPhoto icon on the Dock.

Read more http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4435