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How to sync pictures from iphone x to macos catalina?

Before I used to connect my iPhone x to my laptop, open Photos with the delete from phone option. This would move camera roll (new photos) off the phone and into my computer. I think pictures would be stored into the Photos Library in this step.


Then step 2, I would open iTunes, backup my phone to my laptop and that would sync them, which means the photos would move from the computer to my phone albums. I think pictures would now be taken from the Photos Library and onto my phone, specifically into the albums now.


This means in these 2 steps I would move pictures on my phone from Camera Roll to Albums and at the same time get a copy on my laptop as backup.


How do I do this on Catalina without iTunes?


I plugged in my phone, selected Delete imported items from device, the pictures got moved out of Camera Roll into mac Photos app. But how do I sync them back to my phone Albums?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jul 1, 2020 10:22 PM

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Posted on Jul 1, 2020 10:25 PM

Hi, thanks for posting on the support forums.


You can manage your devices in Finder now when they are plugged in. If you have purchased an iCloud storage plan, you can also use iCloud photos to back up your photos to the cloud.


Rikhil

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