Can't see why this is so complicated.
Yosemite, Photos and iPhone 5s - why I don't get anything to delete photos after import!
In iPhoto it would ask you just after import is done - here in Photos I see my iPhone on sidebar but none File, Edit menu etc does give option to delete these photos.
Select all doesn't seem to do anything... simple is ok but lack of basic functions not so much!
iPhone 5s, Mac OS X (10.0.x), null
"Delete after import" is still there on Yosemite and on newer system, provided you do not use iCloud Photo Library on the iPhone. If your iPhone is storing the photos in iCloud, trying to import via a USB connection and trying to delete phots from the iPhone, that are actually stored in iCloud and are only mirrored on the iPhone will just create a mess.
With iCloud Photo Library enabled on the iPhone, use only iCloud to transfer the photos, and delete only photos from the iPhone, that you want to delete everywhere, on all devices.
The "Delete items after Import" should only be missing if you enabled iCloud Photo Library on the iPhone; then the Mac simply cannot delete the photos, because it would have to delete them from iCloud and not from the device. And because of the syncing it cannot tell which photos are really new - photos may be synced back from iCloud and appear as new.
finally I got. I noticed this:
I have:
icould configuration as per attached pics
ciao,
gabriele
Gabriele!! Thank you for this workaround. Apple should thank you for posting this!
You are the first person I have seen to point out how to bring back the "Delete items after import" checkbox when importing photos from the iPhone into the photos app on os x.
Unlocking the iphone prior to connecting it via USB indeed brings back this checkbox for people who already have the "iCloud photo library" option turned off on all devices.
It works! Thanks you!
iBiM
I Don't have that option in iPhoto...
I have two phones, iphone 5 and the other are iphone5s. the screen "delete after import" is appear on iphone5s but not in iphone5. both phone has the same ios version. Can't someone help me ?
Thank you very much for your help Larry. Actually the 5 was my wife phone and yes she hasn't turn of the i cloud photo library on her device.
So it help so much.
We both use 10.2 ios
You are welcome
LN
Okay, but what if the "Delete after import" isn't checked? What then?
bseegmiller wrote:
Okay, but what if the "Delete after import" isn't checked? What then?
Then nothing is deleted after being imported
LN
It worked for me only after closing down Photos and re-opening. Until then though, the check box did not appear even after disabling iCloud Photo Library on the iPhone
This is what worked for me. Pretty classic Microsoft stuff - quit the program and then restart it so it will work right!
Thanks for the tip.
Equipment: iPhone 5S connected to MBA running El Capitan.
What is the most convenient way to download and delete photos from my iphone?
Amen, Sister!!
As well for me, all I had to do was close and reopen Photos. Sorry for bumping an old thread, just wanted to say it worked.
Did you figure out how to import pics from iPhone to computer and simultaneously have then deleted from the phone. This feature of delete imported pics has vanished and it's horrible.
Delete photos from iPhone after import - Photos
