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Syncing deleting photos on iphone and Mac Photos

Hi there, I am finally submitting the Mac Photos after Apple left us with no real alternative (I am really not a fan of the whole blackbox Photos Library file management system, can't see how that is not going to be an issue in the future - I just want to see the files like every other process on a computer! but anyways, still seems like the least bad photo management tool for iPhone and Mac uses)


I have around 150GB of photos currently on my iphone (and a further 3TB of photos on external hard drives from previous iPhones as well as camera SD cards which I'll want to import ).


I estimate I'd want to delete around 30% of all the photos once imported onto my computer (both off my computer and off my iPhone) - out of focus pics, bad pics etc etc.


And in total I would want to delete 80% of the photos from my iPhone - just important/favorite photos.


I do not want to use/rely on iCloud - just doesn't seem feasible or viable when we are talking multiple TBs of files.


So is there a way to do this?

eg, once the photos are downloaded/imported into Photos, is there any way of syncing behaviour (if I delete a photo on the MacBook, that is automatically deletes on the iPhone)?

iPhone 12 mini, iOS 15

Posted on Jul 29, 2022 8:53 PM

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Posted on Jul 31, 2022 3:12 AM

Hi


The only way to sync is with icloud. If you dont want to use icloud then you cant sync changes.

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