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  1. P

    Determine if Photos on mac is importing photo or image files

    A question about mac photos, I have plugged my iphone 15 in to import photos onto my macbook pro. but how do i know if it is a video or a photo that i will import? as i use the phone for recording footage for work, i dont want to import videos into the photos app, i use final cut pro to...
  2. T

    Photos: Import All New Items doesn't work

    I have 30 000 photos on my iPhone 8 Plus. My Photos library on the MacBook Pro is currently empty. I tried to import all photos from my iPhone to the Photos app, but had a lot of problems. First few times it was stuck at around either 13 000 or 15 000 photos, now the "Import All New Items"...
  3. M

    Why can't Photos import iPhoto photograph exports with the correct metadata?

    I have many iPhoto libraries and I am trying to export them all to Photos so that I have a Photos library (System Photo Library) containing all the photographs I have. I want to preserve how the they are exactly on iPhoto, the original date, time, edits, icon positioning in the gallery view...
  4. M

    Mojave - iPhone Camera Roll in Photos

    Hi all I usually have a backup of my Camera Roll photos in the Photos app on my mac. I normally connect the iPhone and import them as if it was a camera. So usually they appear as already imported and only new ones appear so that I can select and put them in. I noticed that since upgrading to...
  5. A

    Importing Shared Photos only gives you low quality?

    Hi guys, so we love to use the shared photo streams feature. Immediately your friends can contribute to lets say the album 2017_08_18_London Visit and everyone would have every photos. Even Mommy can see the photos at home immediately on the apple TV as a screensaver. However, once you start...
  6. RK9872

    Imported videos getting wrong date

    I noticed few post on the subject but nothing similar to what I have... File created / modified are properly set: but once the file is uploaded, it is taking date from somewhere else... It's not todays date - Today is Nov 4th. Is this a known issue?
  7. circatee

    Windows to Mac

    Coming from Windows, I have a Pictures folder, and it has lots and lots of photo albums. Directly from my Windows computer, I copied all the albums to the Pictures folder on my Mac. Currently, if I want to preview the images, etc. I must open each photo, one at a time. I then open the Photos...
  8. OldSchoolMacGuy

    Photos re-importing previously imported iPhone photos every time

    Every time I go to import photos from my iPhone, Photos shows several hundred photos that have been previously imported as new. I've imported these photos before but Photos (and previously iPhoto) still thinks they're new every time. I've tried importing them again but the next time I go to...