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How do I know if the photos are downloading?

I am trying to download photos to my Mac laptop from my iPhone, because it says 428 photos synced from Finder will be Removed if I sync my phone photos to the cloud. When I plug my phone into the laptop and open Photos, it shows 25,777 New Items. When I click the Import All New Items button nothing happens and the photos don't seem to be importing. What am I missing?

iMac 27″, OS X 10.10

Posted on Aug 30, 2023 2:55 PM

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Aug 31, 2023 12:25 PM in response to MercerFive

Hello MercerFive,


Do you normally synchronize your photos to your Mac from your iPhone using Finder? It sounds like it. Enabling iCloud syncing would then stop that synchronization and convert to iCloud. Bear in mind that the photos in question will still remain on the computer. You can then set up iCloud sharing in Photos on the Mac to allow that content to synchronize as well.


Details about iCloud Photos can be found at Set up and use iCloud Photos - Apple Support


Cheers!

How do I know if the photos are downloading?

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