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iPhone Photos Automatically Uploaded to MacOS Photos w/o iCloud Photos

Any photos I take on my iPhone are automatically uploaded to my MacOS photos tab against my will. I am also not using iCloud photos, so I am wondering why this is happening. I do have photo stream setup, but I even photos that aren't in my photo stream are showing up in my photos "all photos" tab.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jun 10, 2020 11:14 PM

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Posted on Jun 13, 2020 10:05 PM

If you have My Photo Stream enabled on both devices, that's almost certainly what is doing it. I believe that Catalina auto-imports pictures from My Photo Stream on receipt. (Catalina changed the rules. This I gather by reading reports here. I use iCloud Photos, not My Photo Stream.)

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iPhone Photos Automatically Uploaded to MacOS Photos w/o iCloud Photos

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