Preparing to import on endless loop
I have tried the workarounds (airplane mode off and on/creating a new album) and I still get the preparing to import garbage message. It's been two months now not working. By toggling airplane mode, I did notice that Photos renamed my iPhone (no idea why). I originally bought an iPhone so that photos would work better from my phone to my computer. Now Apple has destroyed my trust in this (and other things). I'm not going to buy more iCloud storage, so that isn't going to be the correct answer to this issue.
iPhone 12, iOS 15