Unable to manually sync photos from iPhone to Mac
I need to be able to connect my iPhone to my Mac via a usb-lightning cable (not a problem) and manually sync photos from the phone to the laptop.
I see the following message when attempting to do so:
You can access every photo and video you take from any device. To sync photos from this Mac, turn off iCloud Photos.
I have de-selected Photos in iCloud in System Preferences:
as well as in the Photos app Preferences:
That did not change the message when attempting to sync photos from my connected iPhone, so I restarted both the Mac and the iPhone, reconnected the iPhone, confirmed the above settings are still set, and I still get the same message.
Please let me know how to resolve this.
FYI, my ideal situation would be to keep all devices connected to iCloud, disable any syncing when using cellular data (done on my iPhone) or when the Mac is tethered to the iPhone hotspot (can't see how to do that...?), and have the option to manually sync photos from the phone to the laptop during times when they are not syncing due to only having a cellular / hotspot connection.
If anyone can see a way to make that scenario work, then the disabling of iCloud Photos becomes moot.
Thanks!
MacBook Pro (2020 and later)