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Albums shown in Finder or on AppleTV not updating when changes made in Photos?

I'm using a current model iMac with latest Catalina updates and a new iPhone 11 Pro, and an Apple TV model A1625 with tvOS 13.3. I've been working on organising my photo collection in Photos, sorting things into albums and so on.


I want to sync some folders to my iPhone. I connect the iPhone to my iMac, open Finder, select the phone, and select Photos. I check the box for "Sync photos to your device from" and choose "Photos" from the drop down list. I choose "Selected albums".


However - the list of albums that Finder offers to sync is different to the list in the Photos app. Albums I've deleted are still listed. Albums I've renamed show with their old names. Albums I've created don't show up.


If I enable "home sharing" to view my Photos library on the AppleTV (via the "computers" app) the list of albums offered appears to be the same list as I see in Finder - not the list of albums in Photos.


Restarting the Photos application or rebooting the iMac makes no difference.


I'm sure I'm missing something obvious here, but I can't see what. Any suggestions?

iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Jan 18, 2020 3:17 AM

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Posted on Jan 18, 2020 9:02 AM

Has your Photos Library been enabled as your System Photo Library? The Media Browser and other applications can only show you the System Photo Library.

You can check this by launching Photos, then open the Photos > Preferences > General. If "Use as System Photo Library" is not grayed out, as it should be, click it to make the currentlyopen Photos Library your System Photo Library, then quit Photos and restart your Mac.


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Jan 18, 2020 9:02 AM in response to martinreilly

Has your Photos Library been enabled as your System Photo Library? The Media Browser and other applications can only show you the System Photo Library.

You can check this by launching Photos, then open the Photos > Preferences > General. If "Use as System Photo Library" is not grayed out, as it should be, click it to make the currentlyopen Photos Library your System Photo Library, then quit Photos and restart your Mac.


Albums shown in Finder or on AppleTV not updating when changes made in Photos?

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