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  1. T

    Photos: Import All New Items doesn't work

    I have 30 000 photos on my iPhone 8 Plus. My Photos library on the MacBook Pro is currently empty. I tried to import all photos from my iPhone to the Photos app, but had a lot of problems. First few times it was stuck at around either 13 000 or 15 000 photos, now the "Import All New Items"...
  2. T

    Apple Photos: Not all photos available to import from iPhone

    I wanted to finally import all Photos from my iPhone to my Mac. I have 32 435 Photos and 659 videos on my iPhone = 33 094 items. However, when I connect my iPhone to my Mac, it only shows 33 127 items available to import. Where are the missing 33 items? ? Please help ?
  3. R

    Photos was unable to open the library “Photos Library”. (4302)

    MacOS Big Sur 11.5.1 update - Photos was unable to open the library “Photos Library”. (4302) So today i ran the MacOS Big Sur 11.5.1 update from the last as i always keep up to date. When i rebooted after the update i was unable to access my Photos library from my external hard drive. I got...
  4. J

    Backing up your Photos Library

    These past 7 or 8 months I have been exclusively using my iPad after my old iMac gave up the ghost. I used to use Photos on the Mac with everything synced through the iCloud Photo Library and my basic arrangement hasn’t changed - all my pics come from my iPhone and sync with my library where I...
    • jcmc
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    • photos app
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: iOS 14
  5. Q

    Photos app stopped displaying videos and photos after upgrade from High Sierra/Mojave to Catalina on MacBook7,1

    Hi, on Macbook7,1, using dosdude1 patcher, i upgraded from High Sierra to Catalina.Most of stuff went smooth and mac works quite ok with one big exception. Photos app doesnt work as expected, as photos and videos became not available. Thumbnails are grey and after clicking on them, I can see...
  6. N

    Universal Gallery view for iCloud Drive files app

    I’m looking for an app that can let me browse my iCloud Drive files in a gallery/grid view similar to the Photos app? I like to keep my drawing reference photos on iCloud Drive so I can put them into folders and use tags to better organize them. It would be awesome if the Files app had a gallery...
  7. M

    Photos app not showing "new imports" on iPad Air 4 with IOS 14.2

    I'm trying to import a large number of photos from a USB stick into my iPad Air 4th generation running the latest IOS (14.2). The photos on the USB are from a wide range of dates, so I need to be able to easily identify them once they've been imported, before moving them into various albums...
    • Midahed
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    • files app ios 14.2 ipad air 4 photos app
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: iOS 14
  8. patearrings

    icloud is deleting photos from my mac - Help!

    I got a new phone the other day and have set it up on my mac eco system at home. At this point I cant remember which settings i have changed in photos on the iphone, possibly i turned off "icloud photos" on my phone. I did this because when i opened photos for the first time on my phone i saw...
  9. hello(again)

    Green lines on random images in Photos app

    Does anyone else see this? For reference I'm on an M1 MBA. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to which photos this affects. It didn't bother me much at first until I realized they also upload to websites that way :(. Thoughts?
  10. Jay-Jacob

    Portrait Mode Export and Import (from and to Photos app)

    Hi I probably be unusual about this. I use Photos app on my Mac. I have 2 library. iCloud library and Mac library. End of year I export photos/videos from iCloud and save it on Mac library as backup copy with files names changes I do in Finder. I get new iPhone 12 Mini so that first time I get...
    • Jay-Jacob
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    • aae export heic import photo library photos photos app portrait portrait mode
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Photography
  11. N

    Copying folders of photographs from Mac to iPads, iPhones, ATV

    I want to share my experience, potentially to help others and hopefully to get advice myself. On my iMac I have a collection of about 25,000 photos and perhaps 100 short videos amounting to 175gb. They are organised into about 250 folders, a few of which have sub-folders. The folders are sorted...
    • Notechy
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    • icloud photos photos app
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  12. tiimmbe

    Enable iCloud photo's - impact to storage & original photos

    Hi all I have iCloud Photos sync enabled on my iPhone & iPad. Total storage is taking 53GB out of my 200GB plan. I have a lot of pictures (close to 500GB) on my old Macbook which are stored locally in the Photos Library. My Macbook is not synced to iCloud Photos. What will happen if I...
  13. Merode

    iCloud Photos Library duplicates

    I have recently enabled iCloud Photos library on my iPhone and my Mac. To my surprise, I noticed duplicates are generated for each picture. I sync my iPhone with Photos app on Mac by opening it and importing pictures. Could this be the reason? I remember there was a way to just sync select...
  14. C

    Pics on iPhone not showing up for import in MacOS Photos

    On my iPhone 7 I have Photos turned on in iCloud setting (with "Optimize iPhone Storage" ON because my 32GB iPhone does not have enough room to store originals). On my MacBook Pro (Mojave) I have iCloud turned OFF (because I want to be able to be selective about which images I import to my...
    • camner
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    • photos app
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: macOS
  15. O

    iPhone 11 Pro iPhone 11 Pro Max: color/contrast problems in a camera roll pictures

    Hello! I noticed a weird problem today that never happened to me on all my previous iPhones. I started shooting on pro max and noticed that the final image on a screen in photos app looks somewhat darker, earthier and more contrast than usual. and then I found out that when opening the...
    • OlexandrIgnatov
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    • camera roll color accuracy contrast issue contrast shift iphone iphone 11 iphone 11 pro photos app preview
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: iPhone
  16. immanence

    Graphic Design workflow: Syncing mac folder via iCloud into Photos app?

    I'm a graphic designer. This is what I want to do: 1. I have a folder on an external drive where I keep stock photos. 2. I want that this folder is automatically available -- and remains updated with any changes I make to it -- in Photos app on my iPad Pro. What I'm having problems with: 1...
  17. Rigido

    Photos.app - Where did Master folder go with Catalina?

    Hi, I wrote a small command to "sync" the Photos.app Masters folder with a "normally" accessible folder (Pictures/iPhone), something like: alias Synciphone='find ~/Pictures/Photos\ Library.photoslibrary/Masters -type f -ls -exec cp -pn {} ~/Pictures/iPhone/ \;' I'm using Catalina PB build...
  18. A

    iPhoto & Photos library

    I recently moved my entire iPhoto library to Photos and now I have two photolibary files: one for iPhoto and one for Photos. Both are 70+ GB. My MacBook only has a 250GB hard drive and is 9 years old, I'd like to free up some disk space. I know that for some files Photos links back to the...
  19. jusacruiser

    I would like to ADD Blue Tint to a Photo

    All of the HELP and TROUBLESHOOTING apps assume that if you have Blue Tint, then you want it removed. I don't want to remove Blue Tint from a photo.......I would like to ADD Blue Tint to a photo. I'm on a creative tare and I want to see what special effects I can get by adding Blue Tint. I...
  20. mrfabio

    General iOS Photos app, how to disable Live View preview while sliding?

    Hi, I have a light healthy issue (feeling nausea) when I slide my photos with Live view in the stock Photos app. I really like the Live view and I want it. I just want to disable this annoying short preview while I slide my photos, is there a way to disable it but leaving the possibility to...
    • mrfabio
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    • ios 12 apps photos app usability
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: iOS 12
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