Why created albums in Photos in Mac are not showing in iPhone, when iCloud storage is allowed in all devices

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Why created albums in Photos in Mac are not showing in iPhone, when iCloud storage is allowed in all devices

Hi guys, I am sure that I am not the first one, but I didn't find satisfying answers on internet.

I have quite a lot of albums, most of them are smart (dynamic) albums, sorted in folders in my Macbook Pro Photos app.

Under same Apple ID I have also my iPhone with a enough storage and I can't see all of the albums nor folders.

same Apple ID
enough storage in both
iCloud storing ON in both

So, where is the hack, please? Thank you

iPhone 11 Pro Max

Posted on Mar 4, 2022 10:49 PM

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léonie

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Mar 5, 2022 2:18 AM in response to Mustang_Shrek

Smart albums are a problem. They are syncing to iCloud and can be seen on other Macs, but not on an iPhone or iPad. They are not shown, because Photos iIOS does not support smart albums and cannot display them. I hope this will soon change. Currently we have to double the smart albums as regular albums to be able to see them on the iPhone or iPad.

My iPhone Pro 11 Max with iOS 15 is showing all folders in Photos, but the folders with only smart albums are empty.

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Mar 5, 2022 3:31 AM in response to léonie

Thank you so much, somehow I was thinking about same :).

sometimes those little misalignments between devices can be tricky.. Anyway, thank you

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Why created albums in Photos in Mac are not showing in iPhone, when iCloud storage is allowed in all devices

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