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problem importing photos from my iPhone 12 Pro to my Macbook air m1

When I try to import photos to my Mac, the photos app stuck on "preparing to import from iPhone 12 Pro". what can I do???

I have the latest ver of iOS and macOs

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jul 3, 2022 9:12 AM

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Posted on Jul 3, 2022 10:30 AM

If that for some reason fails, a workaround is to import with /Applications/ImageCapture.app and then import that to Photos.app.


That is my normal workflow anyway because I edit all metadata in 3rd party apps before importing to Photos.

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problem importing photos from my iPhone 12 Pro to my Macbook air m1

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