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MacRumors published a story that a newly discovered macOS image capture bug can fill up hard drives with empty data.



Newly Discovered macOS Image Capture Bug Can Fill Up Hard Drives With Empty Data

A bug has been discovered in Apple's macOS Image Capture app that needlessly eats up potentially gigabytes of storage space when transferring photos from an iPhone or iPad to a Mac.

Discovered by the developers of media asset management app NeoFinder and shared in a blog post called "Another macOS bug in Image Capture," the issue occurs when Apple's Mac tool converts HEIF photos taken by iOS to more standard JPG files.

Newly Discovered macOS Image Capture Bug Can Fill Up Hard Drives With Empty Data