MarkC2007

Q: Only a few photos are syncing from Photos to my Iphone

  I recently imported photos from my iPhone into Photos in order to better organize them. When I go to sync the albums to my iPhone only about half of the pictures actually sync up. Has anyone ever experienced this issue before?

iPhone 6, iOS 9.3.5

Posted on Aug 30, 2016 8:45 PM

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Q: Only a few photos are syncing from Photos to my Iphone

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  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Aug 30, 2016 9:21 PM in response to MarkC2007
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    Aug 30, 2016 9:21 PM in response to MarkC2007

    Maybe but with that amount of information no one really knows

     

    What version of the OS and Photos do you you have? How exactly are you syncing to your iPhone? What else can you tell us?

     

    LN

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Aug 30, 2016 11:54 PM in response to MarkC2007
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    Aug 30, 2016 11:54 PM in response to MarkC2007

    Are you syncing the albums with iTunes?

     

    iTunes will use the System Photo Library to sync. Is your current Photos Library where you imported the photos to enabled as the System Photo Library in the Photos > Preferences  > General pane?

  • by MarkC2007,

    MarkC2007 MarkC2007 Aug 31, 2016 8:54 AM in response to LarryHN
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    Aug 31, 2016 8:54 AM in response to LarryHN

    My Macbook Air is running OS X Yosemite version 10.10.5 and the version of Photos is 1.0.1. I'm using a lightning cable to sync the photo's between my Iphone 6 and Ipad Air 2.

  • by MarkC2007,

    MarkC2007 MarkC2007 Aug 31, 2016 8:55 AM in response to léonie
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    Aug 31, 2016 8:55 AM in response to léonie

    I am syncing the Albums with Itunes and the photo library is enables as the system photo library in photos.

  • by léonie,Apple recommended

    léonie léonie Aug 31, 2016 9:01 AM in response to MarkC2007
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    Aug 31, 2016 9:01 AM in response to MarkC2007

    MarkC2007 wrote:

     

    I am syncing the Albums with Itunes and the photo library is enables as the system photo library in photos.

    Have you tired, if removing the iPod Photo Cache will help?  Sometimes this cache has a corruption and then the albums you selected in iTunes will not sync.  See this support document:  https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203156