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  1. MiniApple

    Solved: manually adding location data to photos afterwards?

    Is there a way to add location data (whether it's just a city or exact GPS coordinates) to photos after the fact on iPad, iPhone (or Windows that then work on iPad) since my Mam took the photos, with the location data function turned off? There seems to be a way on MacOS...
  2. mrgreeneyes

    Photos app shows syncing...

    Hello, in the photos app i noticed it says syncing, and its been like that for a while. Is there a reason for it? is there a way for me to have it stop?
  3. P

    Unable to insert from Photos to Notes on the iPad

    I am unable to insert pictures from the Photos app to a note. It's only happening on the iPad [with iPad OS 14]; iPhone with iOS 14 seems to be okay.
  4. Pete Milne

    MacBook Pro/thumbnail distortion/glitch in Photos. No help given.

    In November of 2019 I purchased this MacBook Pro: MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) Processor 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 Memory 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3 Graphics Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 1536 MB Immediately I noticed that Photos had this glitch (video attached)...
  5. J

    iPhone XS Max How do get old photos on iPhone in folders that exist on my local drive

    Hello, I'm looking for a solution here. Previous until today I've managed all my photos in Adobe Lightroom however due to the size of the catalogue etc I want to now break out photos that were taken 20 years ago and have them just as part of my iPhone so I can quickly just scroll back to the...
  6. thewhitehart

    Location data not appearing above photos

    I’ve had this problem since beta 4. Location data no longer appears above photos taken with iPhone 7 after beta 4 release on either the iPhone 7 or iPad 6th gen. The map is shown below the photos though. I tried resetting location data, removing and adding location permission, deleting and...
  7. maverick28

    iPhone Adding photos from My Photostream to an album doesn't work with a specific person

    I tried to add a photo with a specific person (if I didn't misunderstand the "specific person" part of the misbehaviour, of course) from My Photostream to an album containing photos only with that person but failed. It showed the typical Gene effect of the photo collapsing into the album's...
  8. K

    Best app to find duplicates in photo library

    Hi, My 2TB iCloud library is full of 4K movies and RAW photos. Combining multiple family libraries back in the day created a few duplicate copies of images. Any recommendations for an app to find duplicates in my photos library? I’ve tried a couple of the free ones and they are super slow on...
  9. H

    Can I deleate pictures after successful upload to iCloud Photos? (iCloud Photos Windows 7)

    Hello, I use iCloud Photos for Windows 7, because I want to upload all my photos from my PC to iCloud Photos. On my Windows 7 PC, I copied and pasted all photos to the Upload Folder (Computer -> iCloud Photos -> Uploads). After some time, all my pictures were uploaded to iCloud Photos, I...
  10. organisum

    Photos keeps scanning library, heating up machine, causing network congestion

    delete
  11. iBozz

    All Devices iPhone, iPad and iMac photo conflict

    I have recently acquired an iPhone SE 2020 256GB (my first smartphone) and I have now signed up to 200GB iCloud. I have previously kept all my photographs on my Catalina iMac and sync'd to my iPad Pro via iTunes but I have now transferred all my photos onto the iCloud. The iMac and iPad are...
  12. A

    Help with photos between iPhone and MacBook Pro

    When I got my new MacBook Pro last year and I transferred all my photos from my old one, all the photos ended up on my iPhone in addition to Photos on my Mac. When I then have tried to delete photos from my phone, they delete from my MacBook. Now I have 1,000s of photos on my phone, but I'm...
  13. J

    Need urgent help retrieving photos and videos from iPhone XS Max with an Error (47) message

    I have an iPhone XS Max 512 G. I love photos and videos and have 2 very young kids and captured their most treasured moments. Because I was worried iCloud backup would take forever an it's a large phone with a lot of data and since iCloud doesn't keep things that are off your phone, I decided to...
  14. Apple_Glen_UK

    iPhone Camera Apps - how many do you have?

    I've had iPhones for a few years now and mostly use the stock camera app. I recently got the new iPhone SE and the quality of photos is noticeably better than my old phone which was a 1st generation SE. I have Obscura 2 which I occasionally use and I am thinking of getting Halide, having read...
  15. C

    Photos app makes RAW files blurry after editing

    I've done a bit of online research and it seems like this problem has lingered in some iteration of iPhoto/Photos for over a decade, going back to 2008. For recently imported RAW files, the photos will show up fine at first, but after editing through Photos, they will be blurry until I click...
  16. Piipperi

    Lost all of my albums from iCloud Photos after enabling it on iPhone

    Is there any way to recover those albums? (The photos are still in my library I think)
  17. R

    Can someone help out with a Photos question? Trying to merge current Photos and upgraded iPhoto.

    I've got an old iPhoto library that I thought I'd merged successfully with my iCloud Photos/Photos on Catalina, but I was mistaken. The iPhoto library is larger than the iCloud Photos, so I've got a thought, and I need to be talked into it or out of it. If I take my current Photos library on...
  18. Paul Hobkirk

    iPad IOS PHOTOS App: How to change date/time on Photos?

    Briefly, very specific question: Mac Photos App: Can select 1 or more photos and from the top menu, can edit the Location, Time Stamp, Date, Time Zone etc., so-called MetaData. IPad Photos App: Can’t find how/where to do this? Is there support for metadata changes to photo(s) on PHOTOS...
  19. B

    (Advice Please): Copying Mac Photos Library to Windows Computer

    Any advice for someone looking to copy a 84.7GB Mac OS Photos Library to a Windows machine? I spent 2+ years going through a 160GB Google Photos export getting rid of duplicates and photos I don't like. I now use a Windows Desktop at home as my primary computer. Any advice for what photo...
  20. stlow

    Apple Script to automatically force quit process?

    I hope someone can help me out with this. I have set up my photo library on an external drive that syncs to iCloud when I open the Photos app. Often times it doesn't start syncing by itself, so I found the very helpful tip to close Photos, quit certain processes in the Activity Monitor (see...