OS X Photos App: Remove Already Imported from iOS Device

Amaronee wrote:

What does"underpass the delete button" mean? I cannot find any delete button. Running El Cap.

That was an unfortunate typo. I meant to write "And press the delete button", but the spell checker messed it up.

There should be a toolbar at the bottom of the image Capture import window, with a button like a forbidden sign:

The links below have instructions for deleting photos.

iOS and iPod: Syncing photos using iTunes

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4236

iPad Tip: How to Delete Photos from Your iPad in the Photos App

http://ipadacademy.com/2011/08/ipad-tip-how-to-delete-photos-from-your-ipad-in-t he-photos-app

Another Way to Quickly Delete Photos from Your iPad (Mac Only)

http://ipadacademy.com/2011/09/another-way-to-quickly-delete-photos-from-your-ip ad-mac-only

How to Delete Photos from iPad

http://www.wondershare.com/apple-idevice/how-to-delete-photos-from-ipad.html

iPhoto for iOS (iPad): Delete photos from iPhoto

http://support.apple.com/kb/ph3137

How to: Batch Delete Photos on the iPad

http://www.lifeisaprayer.com/blog/2010/how-batch-delete-photos-ipad

How to Delete Photos from iCloud’s Photo Stream

http://www.cultofmac.com/124235/how-to-delete-photos-from-iclouds-photo-stream/

Delete Pictures from Your iPad

http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/delete-pictures-from-your-ipad.html

Cheers, Tom 😉😉

Furthermore, if apple doesn't actually read forums like this and fix some of their mistakes it shows even more how apple is lacking in customer care as well as customer satisfaction.

Do you have iOS 8.3 installed on your iPhone? And iCloud Photo Library enabled in the Setting > Photo & Camera?

Then you can no longer delete directly from the iPhone after import. That is only possible, if you disable iCloud Photo Library on the iPhone, see this discussion:

Re: Delete photos from iPhone after import - Photos

With iCloud Photo library disabled you should be seeing this checkmark in the Photos Imprt panel:

Tereis no substitute for this option in Photos.

However, you can delete all photos on the iPhone at once, by opening Image Capture, after you imported all photos to Photos. In Image Capture you delete all photos without importing again, or after importing to a folder for backup.

• Connect your iPhone to USB and launch Image Capture.
• Select the photos you want to delete and underpass the delete button.

iPhoto is well supported on MacOS X 10.10.3.

Why not continue to use iPhoto, if you prefer it? If you did not yet update to iPhoto 9.6.1, see this user tip: Get iPhoto 9.6.1 if you didn't update before OS... | Apple Support Communities

Send feedback to Apple with feature requests, and wait till Photos has matured and has overcome the inevitable teething troubles of a new system.

The feedback form is here: Apple - Photos - Feedback

is there also a way to go back with the library? I converted the iPhoto library to foto's and going back seems an option, but I have used it for a month now.

I can imagine it will be cumbersome to reverse without loosing the new pictures

The migration to Photos left your original iPhoto library installed. When you launch iPhoto, it will open this library (with a warning that the library has been migrated - click the "Open iPhoto" button).

Create a smart album based on the capture date to identify all photos, that are newer than the date of migration. Export these photos to a folder the Finder and import from this folder to iPhoto. There is no way to downgrade a Photos library to iPhoto format; it is only one-way, from iPhoto to Photos.

I just figured it out between my iPhone and my MacBook Pro!

Here are the steps. Very easy.

Note: Make sure you imported all your images before attempting this!

1. Plug your phone into your MacBook laptop and wait for the Image Capture to load.

2. Under devices, select iPhone and then go to Edit menu -> Select All.

3. Hit the Delete icon in red color in front of the "Import To:" word. That's it.

Note: Make sure you imported all your images before attempting this!

1. Plug your phone into your MacBook laptop and wait for the Image Capture to load.

2. Under devices, select iPhone and then go to Edit menu -> Select All.

3. Hit the Delete icon in red color in front of the "Import To:" word. That's it.

Right, this used to work very well, but if you are using iCloud Photo Library on your iPhone, there is no longer a delete button in Image Capture, because the photos are in iCloud and not on your iPhone.

The iPhone will show with a cloud icon in the sidebar, if you cannot delete from the iPhone.

When I disable iCloud Photo Library on my iPhone, the delete button will appear:

And the iPhone will show without the cloud icon in the sidebar:

Thanks Leonie for your words of wisdom!

How to run the Image Capture ? I'm in some sort of loop right now, because images are being imported by photo's into to cloud prior to connecting the phone to imac. Normally, this is great (automagically!)

But still cannot find a delete button that works after the import has taken place already.

Please advice!

I think this old method still works -- note that you do NOT need to import anything (just open the import window):

• connect iPhone to mac
• open preview
• file > import from iphone
• command + A to select all photos
• click the delete symbol on the bottom