How can I stop Auto Sync in Finder with new Iphone?

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How can I stop Auto Sync in Finder with new Iphone?

Running Catalina 10.15.4

I just bought a new Iphone and at my first attempt to Sync by plugging into my Mac, the Finder window has All Photos being backed up along with my whole music library, and I'm unable to stop it.

I cannot turn off the Auto Sync when I connect the phone.

As I watch the Progress Bar try to sync 15000 photos, I just end up pulling the cord to stop it.

I've read many other post about the same issue.

It did not happen on my old phone last week, so I'm thinking something on this new SE is making it happen.

Any Ideas?

iPhone SE

Posted on May 4, 2020 7:25 AM

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leroydouglas

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May 4, 2020 7:44 AM in response to firebc

firebc wrote:

Running Catalina 10.15.4

I just bought a new Iphone and at my first attempt to Sync by plugging into my Mac, the Finder window has All Photos being backed up along with my whole music library, and I'm unable to stop it.

I cannot turn off the Auto Sync when I connect the phone.

As I watch the Progress Bar try to sync 15000 photos, I just end up pulling the cord to stop it.

I've read many other post about the same issue.

It did not happen on my old phone last week, so I'm thinking something on this new SE is making it happen.

Any Ideas?

Change your preferences to manual—

Sync content between your Mac and iPhone or iPad - Apple ...

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May 4, 2020 9:18 AM in response to firebc

firebc wrote:

That would work,

but as soon as I plug in my phone, Finder shows my phone Syncing with the choices of: Automatically Sync when Iphone is connected and the All Photos checked.

I cannot Stop the process in any way other than just unplugging the phone.

Any other suggestions?

I need a way to adjust the setting in Finder before I plug the phone in.

When connected, from the Finder interface you have an option:

and form the Photo app

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firebc Author

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May 4, 2020 9:09 AM in response to leroydouglas

That would work,

but as soon as I plug in my phone, Finder shows my phone Syncing with the choices of: Automatically Sync when Iphone is connected and the All Photos checked.

I cannot Stop the process in any way other than just unplugging the phone.

Any other suggestions?

I need a way to adjust the setting in Finder before I plug the phone in.

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firebc Author

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May 4, 2020 9:26 AM in response to leroydouglas

As soon as the Iphone is plugged in, Finder starts with a Sync.

All Photos is selected to Sync, I don't know why it has this selection because I have never done this before.

Also, Automatically Sync is selected also.

I do not know how to stop this Sync.

I can change the selection of both All Photos and Auto Sync but it does not stop the process of Finder Syncing when the phone was plugged in. I then unplug the phone and try again. My new settings for All Photos and Auto Sync have retuned to where they were before.

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firebc Author

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May 4, 2020 10:03 AM in response to leroydouglas

I went ahead and let the Sync complete.

It synced all my photos.

I then was able to de-select Auto Sync and uncheck Sync Photos.

After that I let it Sync again, thinking all the photos would be removed.

My phone still has all the photos on it.

How do I remove all the photos from my iphone now?

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firebc Author

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May 4, 2020 10:45 AM in response to firebc

After it synced all my photos I was able to re-sync it and only have the last 2 months selected. It did remove a bunch of the photos but it now has the last 2 years not months (as I selected) I'll settle for this.

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