iCloud Advice

[nikoli1978]

I sync my iPhone photos on iCloud. It's very convenient most of the time.

However, I take videos which can be quite lengthy... sometimes an hour long.

I often AirDrop videos onto my MBP for editing in FCP, which works quickly enough most of the time. However, it can take a very long time for the longer vids.

Yesterday I shot an hour long vid and also a 45 min vid... and today I thought I'd be smart and transfer them over USB/lighting.

Come to find out... it would seem it's impossible to do because they're sync'd to iCloud. I can't go into Photos on my MBP and bring them in yet because they're still uploading!

However, I can AirDrop them to my MBP. So I know the videos exist on my phone. After all, if I can xfer via AirDrop before they're in iCloud, then the actual files are there on the phone.

Is it just a matter of fact that photos/vids cannot be xfer'd via USB if photos/vids are set to sync via iCloud?

If so, that seems like a massive gap in Apple's iCloud offering. Please tell me there's a way to xfer via USB.

 

[Gwendolini]

Use IMAGE CAPTURE (in your Applications folder) and transfer whatever photo or video to whatever location you want. No iCloud needed.

 

[nikoli1978]

Thanks for the suggestion Gwendolini, however... when I plug my phone in and open Image Capture, I can see my iPhone under devices, but there is a locked padlock next to it and nothing on the right side. No photos appear for importing/downloading.

It seems like if you sync with iCloud, you cannot "manually" xfer via USB.

 

[Gwendolini]

Have you unlocked your iPhone while it is connected to the Mac and Image Capture is open?

I do not use iCloud Photo Backup though, thus I cannot be sure, if that is the problem. If it is, then that is "expletive here".

 

[nikoli1978]

Have you unlocked your iPhone while it is connected to the Mac and Image Capture is open?

I do not use iCloud Photo Backup though, thus I cannot be sure, if that is the problem. If it is, then that is "expletive here".

Yeah, I tried opening up photos on my phone and everything.

Seems pretty ridiculous. I can work thru airdrop since I've got good 802.11ac wifi, but it's just dumb that it isn't easy to do it via USB/lightning.