The red eye removal feature only works on photos stored on my Mac orĪnother Mac OS Extended formatted drive on FAT file system external Think picasa is having issues with the format of the extension "jpeg". I renamed the file to newimage.jpg and everything is good to go. The thread Trying to fix error msg: Unable to write redeye due to a disk error goes further: Try to edit the photos in another way, maybe converting them to another format This seems to say that the error you are seeing may not really be a disk problem,īut only a Picasa general catch-all message. "Save XMP Data." The resulting file works ok in Picasa for me. In 2.8, Windows 7) use the "advanced options" and un-check the box Here's the workaround I'm using: when exporting a. it's not at all specific enough to be helpful. it is issued when some sort of error happens during anĮxport. The disk may beįull or readonly" error in Picasa seems to be a real "catch all"Įrror. That "Unable to write all files due to a disk error. The thread Picasa 3.8 can't edit JPG saved with Gimp 2.7.1 has more to say : (If it is Picasa that is locking the file against itself, this To which I add another : Some antivirus or disk-indexing product might be locking the file, Some computers (but clearly not on most computers, since most people
A programming bug or some non-optimum code that causes this issue on.You might be using a network file system that does not work.(especially likely on a slower computer) and you just need to give Picasa's internal bookkeeping may not have kept up with you.The folder you are trying to export to is set to "Read only".Īgain, try another location or change the permissions on that.The "Export location" (at the top of the Export to Folder window).The thread Unable to write all files due to a disk error sums up all the known reasons for that error : The error is saying that when Picasa tries to write to the disk where the photos reside, it is getting an error back from the operating system (or from itself). When you do a red-eye (or a retouch) fix, Picasa immediately re-writes the photo (while stashing the original, un-edited version safely in a hidden folder in the same folder as the original photo).