Image capture - no option to import, only download

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Image capture - no option to import, only download

Hi, I'm using Image Capture on a Mac Mini with Big Sur and have noticed that the option to Import photos using Image Capture is gone and I can only Download and even that is not working properly.

Previously I have used Image Capture to drag photos to various folders on my MM and when it does that it normally deletes them off the iPhone but this isn't working even if I have "Delete after Import" ticked.

If I select a photo and then Download it downloads it to the nominated folder and then changes the blue tick on the photo to green but does not delete it off my iPhone.

Any ideas?

Posted on Jun 3, 2021 4:25 AM

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Answer 1

Jun 3, 2021 9:28 AM in response to Fritzzz

Yes - don't use delete after import. If anything goes wrong during the transfer, and you end up with no file or a corrupted file on your mac - AND that file is also deleted on your phone by delete after import, then it is gone with no way to recover it.

Much better to download from your phone, import into photos from the folder (and check that everything has transferred successfully, then manually delete from the phone.

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Old Toad

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Jun 3, 2021 9:53 AM in response to Fritzzz

Now you'll have to manually delete the photo using the Delete button after the download is completed and verified as successful.

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Fritzzz Author

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Jun 8, 2021 6:07 AM in response to TonyCollinet

OK, as I randomly pick photos from the Recents stream they have a blue tick on them, drag them to the folder in Finder that I want to store them in and that works but then the blue tick disappears and I have to go and select them all before I delete them. Any way of making the selection stay on?

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Fritzzz Author

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Jun 8, 2021 4:46 PM in response to Fritzzz

Worked out last night if you look at the images in list view the blue ticks change to green ticks once the images are downloaded so at least I can delete the files that way. Go figure why it doesn't work in image view...

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Fritzzz Author

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Jun 8, 2021 5:49 AM in response to TonyCollinet

OK, thanks, I never had issues doing it the old way with it automatically deleting the file but am happy to do it this way for now although it does seem a bit inefficient!

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Image capture - no option to import, only download

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