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iPhotos Imports Not Syncing To iPhone
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Which iPhone, which MBP, which MacOS? How are you trying to sync? Over wifi? Connecting your iPhone to your MBP?
All of the above will assist those who may be able to help.
All of the above will assist those who may be able to help.
OK, that's a good start with the details. The more detail, the easier it is for us to help you. What's your phone and iOS version?
You mentioned you have iCloud Photos enabled. Is it enabled on both your phone and MBP? If so, the sync happens via iCloud over wi-fi, and you don't need to connect your phone to your MBP to do it manually.
This Apple support article describes the steps to sync via iCloud or sync manually by connecting your phone to your Mac and use the Finder. From the basic info you provided, it almost sounds like you're trying to do both at the same time, and that won't work.
Sync your photos manually using the Finder - Apple Support
Learn how to manually sync your photos and videos.
If you still have an issue after following these steps, feel free to post back and let us know the details of what happened.
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This is strange because iPhoto should not run on Catalina. Do you use iPhoto in a virtual machine running a former macOS? Or is this a typo and the app you are running on your Macbook Pro is another one, i.e. Photos?
It is important to understand which app exactly you have your pics in on your Mac.
Have you seen this?
Sync photos between your Mac and iPhone, iPad or iPod touch
On your Mac, sync all or a selection of photos to your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.
support.apple.com