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Mac Os Catalina do not sync photos with iOS Devices

Im using Mac OS Catalina 10.15, I have my photos on the Photos App, (I do not use iCloud photos).

To sync the photos, I connect the iPad to the Mac, open Finder (Since iTunes is gone), select the iPad from (locations) go to the right and click on Photos, select the albums and then hit sync. All the photos are not synced and apparently it syncs the albums under the root "My Albums" but is not able to sync the albums that are inside a folder.

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Posted on Oct 8, 2019 3:04 PM

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dervatii Author

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Posted on Mar 24, 2020 8:36 PM

Hello All!

After almost 6 months this is finally solved.

Today updating to Mac OS Catalina 10.15.4 it worked with the following devices:

iphone 11 pro iOS 13.4
ipad ProiOS 13.4

Thanks for all that commented and try to help!

I hope it works for everyone!

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Thanks for this report. Sounds hopeful. Too bad I finally bit the bullet and purchased a 2TB iCloud plan. I could no longer stand the frustration of trying to sync the photos.

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And Javajack, that is probably why this issue has never been fixed - how many more have bought larger plans?

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Hi. What do you mean exactly by "clearing my iPhone library"?

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Aug 14, 2020 12:51 AM in response to Aldo N

Delete all pictures from synch process. My Mac seems to give this option after I have added new pictures to my library.

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Sep 16, 2020 11:35 PM in response to hoyhoy

Just tried again with iOS 14 and Catalina, and I'm now getting up to three copies of each photo on iOS.

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Sep 17, 2020 8:55 AM in response to hoyhoy

I just start syncing from finderfolders. That works just fine. I think syncing from Photos Lib will take an other year to fix...

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Oct 9, 2020 1:04 AM in response to Shooperman

Eureka.

Bit of a pain but it it has restored my pad to the selling tool it once was.

Huge thank yuo

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Oct 11, 2020 4:15 PM in response to Shooperman

Indeed, finally solved for me as well. I didn't have to reset the settings on my phone though. I think Update 10.15.7 on MacOS has it solved.

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Oct 12, 2020 6:05 AM in response to 7os

From 9300 photos there is 80 pics missing on iPad. No duplicates though. Not solved!

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Oct 12, 2020 6:12 AM in response to jiiwee

Agreed, NOT solved!

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Oct 15, 2020 11:06 AM in response to Nogee43

I completely agree!!! It is a shame for Apple.

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Oct 29, 2020 11:36 AM in response to Aldo N

:-) Censorship like in the former German Democratic Republic

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Nov 7, 2020 12:33 AM in response to marlozad

not working for me either - still not solves :-(

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Nov 10, 2020 6:21 AM in response to marlozad

Hi Marlozad, Are you syncing via iCloud or via Finder in Mac OS? Thanks, Eddie

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Nov 10, 2020 7:01 AM in response to Edwin Sanchez1

Edwin,

Im using the finder. I do not use iCloud.

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