Safari

Hi Popjacq

First of all, you probably should have posted your query in the Technical Problems forum otherwise it may not get noticed by the techies. However, I do sympathise as it's not easy for a new member to navigate this forum.

Generally, it is recommended that photos are in Jpeg format and under 4 Mb in size. I usually keep mine down to 1 Mb or less just to speed the uploading.

Just as an experiment I converted one of my Jpeg's to to png format. What I noticed was that it increased the file size fourfold but I was able to upload it albeit rather slowly. Have you checked the size of the files you are trying to upload?

I have no experience of Safari or Apple products but other users who use them may be able to comment.

I've got a Mac, but use Google Chrome!

I'm using Safari at the moment (am at a Mac fanpeople's house) but usually use Firefox on a Windows or Linux machine. So I'll try uploading a pic now, one of the same jpgs I've uploaded before:

Well, that was fine, just the same as on my PC. So maybe it's the png format that's the problem.

Well this is a png file that I've converted from a jpeg. As I said earlier it increased the size massively up to 3.2 MB. I use Windows and Firefox.

Yep, that loaded but it was slow.

I suspect the problem may lie with iPads, iPhones etc.

EDIT  Gosh aiki, isn't that lynx wonderful.

Thanks TJ for the guide on appropriate forum placement - as you rightly surmise I'm new here. Having become accustomed to seemless upload from iphone/ipad to other sites I was surprised to find things creaked a bit here. It's simple enough to convert png to jpg but just a slightly irritating additional step.

Regards,

popjacq

Looks like Apple is at fault then for making png the default format for photos taken on iPhones and iPads. Have to say, though, that I have no problem with the quality of pics taken on an iPhone 4S (not that it would ever be likely that close ups of birds would be acquired with one).