mateuschwarz
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Mac OS X

Q: iOS Photos to OSX Photos favorites sync

Hello everyone,

 

I've been using iOS and OSX for a long time now. One of my most used features is using the favorites (heart) function in iOS. I always export my photos to OSX via Photos.app, but my marked favorites on my phone doesn't go straight up to the favorites of the Photos.app. Is there a way to fix this?

My only solution is to manually favorite the photos I recently imported.

 

Any workarounds?

OSX Photos, OS X El Capitan (10.11.5)

Posted on Jun 14, 2016 7:11 AM

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  • by sarah_s1,

    sarah_s1 sarah_s1 Jun 15, 2016 8:07 AM in response to mateuschwarz
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    Jun 15, 2016 8:07 AM in response to mateuschwarz

    Hi mateuschwarz,

     

    Welcome to the Apple Support Communities! You've come to the right place to get answers about maintaining the favorites indicator for pictures between your iOS device and your Mac.

     

    I'd recommend that you enable iCloud Photo Library across your devices. By using iCloud Photo Library to sync your photos, that will automatically keep the pictures marked as favorites on each device. If you import the pictures using USB, you will need to manually favorite the pictures again.

     

    Here's a couple of great articles about iCloud Photo Library to get you started:

     

    iCloud - Photos

     

    iCloud Photo Library FAQ

     

    Have a wonderful rest of your day!

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jun 15, 2016 8:31 AM in response to mateuschwarz
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    Jun 15, 2016 8:31 AM in response to mateuschwarz

    When you import the photos from your iPhone to Photos on your Mac, it will import the unmodified originals, not the edited versions from your iPhone.

     

    The same will happen, if you transfer the photos using my Photo stream.

     

    If you sync your iPhone with Photos on Your MAc using iCloud Photo ibrary, the favorites heart will be transferred.

    But the problem would be, that all photos from your Macs Photo Library would sync to iCloud and then back to your iPhone. You would need enough storage in iCloud and on your iPhone for that to be possible.

     

    Sorry Sarah, I did not see your post!