Plug you iPhone into the Mac. Start Photos on the Mac. It should see your iPhone and allow you to copy/move all photos and movies to Photos.
Is that what you want to do?
I'd guess that if you use the 'photos in the cloud' (I can't recall the official designation) option then you wouldn't. I can't speak from experience, though, as my iCloud storage is too small for my photo library, so I've never tried it.Really, you still need to physically connect to get all your types of photos off?
There should be a better way. Hope Apple realizes this.I'd guess that if you use the 'photos in the cloud' (I can't recall the official designation) option then you wouldn't. I can't speak from experience, though, as my iCloud storage is too small for my photo library, so I've never tried it.
Hi,
How can I transfer live photos from my iPhone to Mac (latest OS in both devices).
Does that allow one to delete off the cloud once moved from cloud to the laptop/desktop? For those of us who just have the 5gb free plan ...It transfers just fine into Photos via iCloud. You don't have to connect your phone via cable. I'm not sure what other folks here are talking about but you absolutely can sync your iOS and Mac live photos via iCloud Photos assuming you have the most up to date versions.
Does that allow one to delete off the cloud once moved from cloud to the laptop/desktop? For those of us who just have the 5gb free plan ...
I can see shared images on my iPhone and iPad but can't on the Mac mini - which I just checked is set up with Shared Photo album. I'll have to see how to get it to show (I wonder if I accidentally deleted).In that case just move it to a Shared Photo album and then delete from your camera roll. It'll sync back to Photos just fine as well. No, it doesn't use up your iCloud storage space. But feel free to read more here.
The default sync option that most people are coming across is Photostream. Photostream uploads and stores your photos for the past 30 days, but the LiveView aspect of a photo does not transfer via Photostream. iCloud Photos is something different, and for those of us with larger photos libraries (mine is around 80 GB as I have videos and thousands of photos taken with a camera) you'll either need to purchase or make space on iCloud for it. For those who don't want to purchase more iCloud storage space, or who can't afford to use their iCloud storage space for their photos library, plugging the phone in and having Photos import photos is the fastest, cheapest, and easiest way to get the "live" portion of your photos onto your computer.It transfers just fine into Photos via iCloud. You don't have to connect your phone via cable. I'm not sure what other folks here are talking about but you absolutely can sync your iOS and Mac live photos via iCloud Photos assuming you have the most up to date versions.
I can see shared images on my iPhone and iPad but can't on the Mac mini - which I just checked is set up with Shared Photo album. I'll have to see how to get it to show (I wonder if I accidentally deleted).
UPDATE: I moved the system photo library to an external drive and needed to select that as the "system photo library" and iCloud shared photos suddenly showed up. Now I can use that to move my pictures to the Mac.
Thanks for the tips. As a newbie, this stuff isn't always obvious.
SECOND UPDATE: This is super slick. I drag all photos from my iPhone and iPad into Shared Album. Then I delete all the photos on each device. I see the photos on my Mac under Shared Albums. I drag them to a folder on my Mac because I used referenced files. I then drag each image or group of images into the correct album and wallah, I don't have to connect my mobile devices to the desktop to clear them of images.
You can store up to 5000 images in your shared folder without it affecting your free (or paid) iCloud storage.
Without a doubt super cool.
The default sync option that most people are coming across is Photostream. Photostream uploads and stores your photos for the past 30 days, but the LiveView aspect of a photo does not transfer via Photostream. iCloud Photos is something different, and for those of us with larger photos libraries (mine is around 80 GB as I have videos and thousands of photos taken with a camera) you'll either need to purchase or make space on iCloud for it. For those who don't want to purchase more iCloud storage space, or who can't afford to use their iCloud storage space for their photos library, plugging the phone in and having Photos import photos is the fastest, cheapest, and easiest way to get the "live" portion of your photos onto your computer.
I am fairly certain that what I said pertaining to the syncing of live photos through photostream (not iCloud photos) is correct, but I'm always happy to be corrected if it's wrong. Just to be pedantic, the original poster did not ask about a method to do it without plugging in, that was a reply made three days later in post #6. You wrote "I'm not sure what other folks here are talking about" so my reply was to explain to you what we were talking about, as it was unclear if this was because you truly didn't understand or if it was a rude dismissal of what we had said. I gave you the benefit of the doubt on that one, as I know that text often comes across coldly, and figured that it might have been of interest.This is incorrect as you'll see from the posts above but the OP question was if there was a way to transfer Live Photos w/o having to plug in. The answer is yes. Made no mention on if they could do it w/o additional iCloud space. Either way, there is way as I explained and looks like it helped an MR user without having to buy additional space.