Transferring edited pictures from iPhone to Mac

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Transferring edited pictures from iPhone to Mac

I have a Mac Studio running the latest OS, and a iPhone 15 Pro Max also up to date. For the 1st time I edited a bunch of pictures on my iPhone before transferring them to my Mac. Usually I edit them on the Mac. I'm talking about simple edits like cropping and rotating.

However, the UNEDITED ORIGINAL photos are the ones that have transferred, not the EDITED ones.

I use a USB-C cable to transfer pictures. I do not use the PHotos app at all - I have my pictures saved in various folders. I do not use iCloud to transfer pictures. I use Image Capture.

.AAE files are also transferred along with the edited photos and appear in my picture folder.

Is this a known bug, or am I doing something wrong? Would this also happen if I used iCloud to transfer the photos?

Any advice greatly appreciated before I re-edit all the photos on my Mac again. Thank you.

Mac Studio, macOS 14.6

Posted on Sep 15, 2024 10:51 AM

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Answer 1

Squiddz Author

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Sep 15, 2024 4:11 PM in response to Squiddz

I just discovered something else - all of the edited images ARE on my Mac (transferred by cable) but have an "E" in the item number (IMG_E5018.HEIC instead of IMG_5018.HEIC) - so it actually transferred both the original AND edited versions.

Hope this helps someone some day!

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Sep 15, 2024 12:16 PM in response to Squiddz

I tested this and indeed using Image Capture I got the original unedited version.

An alternative that sends the edited file:

select the photos on the iPhone and use the Share button to send them to your mac. I used AirDrop for this. This way I got the edited version.

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Squiddz Author

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Sep 15, 2024 12:20 PM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Oh gosh thank you. It isn't just me!!

I don't usually use AirDrop because I don't have my Mac on Wifi, it's through a hardwired Ethernet cable. But I can easily remedy that and I appreciate your response, thank you.

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