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As a blogger, it’s an ill-fated day when I come across an inspirational picture that I failed to catalog correctly. I blithely named the image below “CakeTable.” Terribly useful when I need to credit a photo, no? Now, I’m in luck if I happened to save the image on my MacBook. I can Ctrl + Click on the file, click on “Get Info,” click on “More Info,” and most of the time the URL where I acquired the photo is conveniently listed under the “Where From” heading. If I saved the image to my PC desktop, however, I found myself stuck. Enter the TinEye reverse image search.
I uploaded the image from my computer, and in two seconds I had my source (the eye-candy packed Style Me Pretty, and photographer Suthi Picotte). The search engine isn’t fool-proof; it has to periodically “crawl” the web to add images to its library. There are still a number of sourceless photos sitting abandoned in a folder on my desktop, but TinEye has rescued a great deal more.
Any tech-savvy bees out there know how to trace an image to its source once it’s been saved to your PC? Has anyone else been saved by TinEye?
Another lovely bee @Julies1989 opened my eyes to Tineye!! Amazing!
Thank you for the tip! Now my blogging will go so much easier. I started my file never intending to blog about my ideas.
How embarrassing that I didn’t know this about my own Mac. You, my dear Tarlet, have just saved me HOURS of searching to find sources. Godsend! (TinEye doesnt work for me b/c I relabel photos.)
Does this only work if you save as the original name? I have a Macbook Pro and there is little help to be had under “more info.” I would love if I could retrace these things!
Darn, the “Where From” thing isn’t showing up on my MacBook Pro … but OMG on this whole TinEye thing! I am about to blog 18,000 images that have been sadly unused because of my file-naming ignorance. THANK YOU!
@Miss OBG: I always rename my files, but it looks like the MacBook Pro may work differently than the MacBook. I would be crushed if this were the case!
@Miss Panther: I hope you have a good success rate! After I found TinEye I stayed up far too late running my images through. 
I use tineye all the time - I found it a couple years ago and have used it for so many things (both wedding and nonwedding searches!)
@Miss OBG: @Miss Panther: I have an MBP too and I’d never seen that field under More Info before — I googled and apparently Mac OS only saves “Where From” if you saved the image while using Safari.
Tineye searches for the image. It doesn’t matter if you have re-labelled it.
Don’t get too excited though because it doesn’t always work.
There are other reverse image search engines out there also.
I totally have those white lanterns for my reception table centerpieces. I’m in love with them and am really excited to use them on my deck after the wedding!
I’ve never used TinEye! But that is seriously awesome! Thanks for the tip!
@Miss OBG: It works for my MacBook Pro (circa Feb ‘10). The only thing I’ve noticed is it won’t tag websites for screenshots - something I do frequently for flash only websites.
@julies1949: It never finds my images so assumed it was because I’d relabeled them.
Great tips! Thanks for the info! I didn’t know about either of these tricks
@Sophia: Thanks for the tip! I only use Safari on my MacBook, so that possibility didn’t even cross my mind. Now I’ll have to test whether I can back-track a URL on my PC if I install the Safari web browser…
Holy cow that is awesome! I got pretty diligent about making sure things were probably labeled and identified, but that little tool would’ve saved me quite a few hours of searching and forum posts about, “DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE THIS PICTURE IS FROM OMG?!?!” early on 
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Mrs. Tartlet, Rochester, MI Age and Occupation: Age & Occupation: 27, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Fiance's Age and Occupation: 28, Medical Student Engagement Date: May 2, 2009 Wedding Date: May 2011 Venue: The Royal Park Hotel About Me: I'm an exuberant gal from the Midwest with a penchant for Neuroscience and anything sparkly. I'm not afraid to poke fun at myself, and I'm a believer that given the right pair of shoes, a girl can conquer the world. While an interest in the sciences threw Mr. Tartlet and me together (again, and again, until it finally stuck), we share a love for many things---food, video games, car dancing, food, bad puns, travel, did I mention food?---that ultimately led us to where we are now, less than five months from becoming Mr. and Mrs. We're planning a laid-back, romantic, garden-inspired affair with organic and quirky touches that reflect our love for the unexpected!
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