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Mac iCloud Photos not updating using iPhone Personal Hotspot
Any ideas on this one? My iCloud photo library isn't updating when my Mac (high sierra - latest version) is connected via my iPhone 7+ (iOS 11 - latest version) using the personal hotspot connection. I also use iStat and can see there is no network activity on the Photos app. Everything else... -
Photos App has major flaws
I recently wanted to organise my photo library. I found that we had more than 60000 photos, so some organization and pruning was needed. I thought that I had found the perfect method, using Photos in combination with iCloud (I had planned to buy the 200 GB upgrade for iCloud). However, I...- frodorock
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- date export mac photos time
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- Forum: macOS High Sierra (10.13)
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Photos Mac app and iCloud issue
I recently turned off "iCloud Photo Library" to save some space on my iCloud account. I didn't realize it at the time but my wife really liked the ability to browse all of her photos on her iPhone. So I upped our storage and and clicked iCloud sharing back on....but I still get the "XX days...- Centris 650
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- icloud icloud photo library photos
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- Forum: Photography
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Lightroom CC $9.99 1TB as an Alternative for Photos
Anyone else using LightRoom CC as an alternative to Apple Photos? I have been a bit intrigued lately with decoupling from iCloud without going to Microsoft or Google. Anyone else attempting to replace photos with Lightroom. (LightRoom CC is a slimmed down version of Ads Lightroom Classic...- tekfranz
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- adobe icloud alternative iphone photos alternative leave icloud lightroom cc mac photos alternative photos photos alternative photos app
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- Forum: Apple Music, Apple Pay/Card, iCloud, Fitness+
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Photos Library, Share between Users?
We want to share a Photos Library between two Users /Logins (on the same iMac) under macOS [10.13]. Have successfully moved the [Pictures/Photos.photoslibrary] from User1 to the Shared directory. And adjusted Permissions. No problem for User1, but the same Photo Library still can't be accessed... -
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How to Optimise a Humungous 500GB Photos Library?
Hi all First time post! Hope you will be able to offer some advice My Photos library is 67,000 items and 490GB. Within that there is 545 movie clips which amount to 45 GB. I don't think there are many duplicates, but I have not checked with one of the available apps as yet. I have a new 2018...- Stevie-weevie
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- library optimisation photos
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- Forum: Mac Apps
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Photos.app performance on i5-680 with 50.000 photos..
Hello everyone My mother has an iMac mid 2010 with an i5-680. She uses it primarily for emails and for handling all her photos. When she hit the 40.000 photo mark I upgraded the internal HDD to a Samsung EVO 850 1TB SSD, to speed the system up a bit. But now she is up to 58.000 photos and... -
iCloud + Photos
I have always kept my pictures organized like this: Pictures -> 2017 -> 2017-05-20 -> pictures. I have digital library dating back to 1999. With my wife's computer she doesn't have space to access all the pictures. I have decided that I will upgrade and use iCloud to remedy this situation... -
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iPhone X Copying Photos/Vids from iPhone X Failing
Just wanted to clear off some holiday vids on my iPhone X. Tried my standard method of connecting with a USB cable directly and using Image Capture. Found that copy/paste and drag-and-drop no longer work. Import looks to have the same functionality, so I choose a folder and after copying... -
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iPhone 6(S)/Plus How to move media to iCloud to free up space
Hi My wife has an iPhone 6 16gb. Recently, the storage is getting full meaning i have to play around with deleting things from it. It mainly has photos and videos on it, so I thought an easy solution would be to get the 50gb iCloud storage at £0.79 per month and just move the photos/videos from... -
Where Are Screensaver Photos Stored?
I have an early 2015 MacBook Air. When I first got the machine and set it up, I elected to use my photographs as the screensaver. I suppose I stored them all in Photos, the photo app with this machine. Over the years I have fiddled with the photos, and recently reintroduced my originals from...- jparker402
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- photos screensaver
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- Forum: Mac Basics, Help and Buying Advice
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The love hate relationship with iPad Pro 12.9 (2nd Gen)
Hi Everyone, First post here after being a longtime lurker. I’m a wedding photographer and I bought an iPad Pro 12.9 (2nd Gen) as my on-the-go machine for light editing and mainly image management, emails, spreadsheets, blogging, etc. I would say it’s replaced 80% of my MacBook Pro usage... -
How to Export Photos Album to USB Drive
I created an album in Photos which I want to export to a USB drive stick. What I have read so far leads me to believe that I must select each individual photo in that album and export them that way. Would have thought that there would be a way to just select the album (vice each individual...- jparker402
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- album export photos
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- Forum: Mac Apps
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Photo app with magnetic/lasso
I’m looking for a photo editing app that can do lasso and/or magnetic selection. I hear good things about Affinity Photo but that's only on iPad. I have Camera+ and ProCam but neither has this functionality. Pixelmator is close but it's magnetic tool isn't very accurate. Any recommendations?- zamboknee
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- editing photos recommendations
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- Forum: iOS Apps and Apple Arcade
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Photos: Showing nested folders
Hi, I recently read somewhere that the Photos app on Apple TV does not support displaying user created folders within folders (as created for example in the Photos app on Mac). Is this still the case with the latest software version on Apple TV (and if so, isn't that a very weird inconsistency...- JorgKe
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- icloud photo library photos
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- Forum: Apple TV and Home Theater
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iCloud Photolibrary not syncing to iPhone X.
Just got myself a new iPhone X, and it is hell of an upgrade, but... I have spent almost 3 hours trying to get the photo library from my old iPhone to sync with the new one, but it won't, and to be honest, it is pissing me off. I am doing everything that I am supposed to do, I even installed... -
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How to bulk select Best/Favorite from a Burst
As I practice good camera techique (slow, controlled press of shutter) I end up with lots of bursts. For documentation of work stuff I trust Apple's "best" selection. How can I select a bunch of burst photos and delete all but 1 Favorite? Have searched internet without success. on iOS 11 -
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iPhone Album to Google Photos
Hi, I am hoping to find out how to automatically have my iPhone albums sync to a program like Google Photos or another web based storage. I want the pictures in two places but am tired of organizing them two times. Any helpful tips? Thanks! -
Photos & Time Machine Background
Hey guys ! Im using a late 2015 Macbook Air running High Sierra and im trying to optimize the battery life on it by only letting apps that are important to me run. I do not use the Photos and the Time machine app but i see them running in the background Time machine is "disable" from the...- Bffn45
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- background battery macbook air photos time machine
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- Forum: macOS High Sierra (10.13)
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Iphone with google photos
My iphone has very limited free space, and I am looking for a cloud where I can save photos, safely store them there or save to my ext hard drive, and then delete from my phone. I have these questions though: 1. Apple's iCloud seems to not be a good option because if you delete the photo from...- camerageek8
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- google google photos iphone photos
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- Forum: iPhone