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Q: Transferring selected photos to iPhone from the Photos app, albums not showing

Hello Everyone,

 

I have a 16gb iPhone 5s and as you can guess, I cannot keep much photos on my phone due to the storage. Since the Photos app came out, I've been storing all my photos onto my Macbook and delete all imported photos from my iPhone, and so far all is fine. I have two problems with the software:

 

 

 

1) I am an artist and I keep collecting some pictures into one of the albums I created on my iPhone. But I cannot see my album name on Mac and it directly imports all the photos uncategorised. It is taking me years to recollect them into a single album. As I said, I cannot enable iCloud photo library because both my iCloud storage and iPhone storage is not enough. I just want to import my photos on my Mac just the way they are organised on my iPhone (at least albums) without enabling this iCloud thing.

 

2) Another annoying thing is that I cannot manage to import some of the selected photos from my Photos app to my iPhone. It is supposed to be so simple, but I couldn't figure it out and I cannot believe how this Photos app making things so complicated.

 

Thanks in advance,

MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012), OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Jan 14, 2016 1:22 PM

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  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jan 14, 2016 2:51 PM in response to staywatchful
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    Jan 14, 2016 2:51 PM in response to staywatchful
    I just want to import my photos on my Mac just the way they are organised on my iPhone (at least albums) without enabling this iCloud thing.

    iCloud Photo Library is the only way you can see the albums on your iPhone from your Mac. 

    You could use Shared Albums on the iPhone, but they will reduce the size of the photos, so they will not suffice.

     

    2) Another annoying thing is that I cannot manage to import some of the selected photos from my Photos app to my iPhone. It is supposed to be so simple, but I couldn't figure it out and I cannot believe how this Photos app making things so complicated.

    To upload selected photos to your iPhone use iTunes Photo Sync: 

    See:  Sync photos to your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch in iTunes - Apple Support