Bridge won't show items, only opens other program

[sturg80]

I'm very new to Bridge, just going through the first few modules of the class. But when I try to look at my photos contained in the Photos library on my iMac it just opens up the Photos program instead of showing me the photos from within Bridge. I got Bridge to avoid using Photos as I am not a fan. The same thing happens when trying to look at documents. It just opens them in the Preview program.

[Damien Symonds]

3 hours ago, sturg80 said:

But when I try to look at my photos contained in the Photos library on my iMac it just opens up the Photos program

Can you explain this a bit further?  How are you looking at the photos, exactly?  Are you double-clicking them?

[sturg80]

I have added the Photos library to my favourites window, but when I single or double click on it, it just opens the Photos program instead of showing me the pictures from within Bridge. Was there an import process I missed? I haven't come across anything like that in the class yet. Do I need to move the photos to an area that Bridge can access?

[Damien Symonds]

Yes, of course you can't view another program's library in Bridge.  You have to navigate to where the photos are actually stored on your hard drive.

[Damien Symonds]

http://osxdaily.com/2017/02/23/where-photos-files-located-mac/

[Damien Symonds]

How did you go, @sturg80?