How to update Photos when tethered to iPhone

[mrochester]

Hi all.

I'm on holiday so the internet connection on my MBP is via a tethered iPhone.

When I take a picture on my phone it uploads to iCloud but when I open Photos on my Mac it says it was last updated on Sunday (the last day I was on wifi at home).

I can't see any button to press to get Photos to update.

Does anyone know how to do this?

Many thanks.

M.

 

[akash.nu]

It’s automatic if your laptop is on charge and is connected to WiFi.

 

[mrochester]

It’s automatic if your laptop is on charge and is connected to WiFi.

my laptop is on charge and tethered to my phone.

 

[akash.nu]

my laptop is on charge and tethered to my phone.

Probably a restriction at the service provider end.

 

[mrochester]

Probably a restriction at the service provider end.

the photos all update on my iPad, which is also tethered to my phone.

 

[akash.nu]

the photos all update on my iPad, which is also tethered to my phone.

Ah that’s interesting. Have you tried a restart of your Mac? I’ve found that to kick off stuck processes.

 

[mrochester]

Ah that’s interesting. Have you tried a restart of your Mac? I’ve found that to kick off stuck processes.

Yeah I've tried that a few times. Photos even says 'updating...' for a while but stops and just says 'last updated on Sunday'.

 

[mrochester]

Does anyone know of a fix for this? I still have the same problem.

 

[mj_]

It may be due to the fact that macOS can detect whether or not it is tethered to an iPhone, and it could simply refuse to update and sync photos when it thinks it is.

 

[mrochester]

It may be due to the fact that macOS can detect whether or not it is tethered to an iPhone, and it could simply refuse to update and sync photos when it thinks it is.

Any way to override this so that it updates? It works fine on the iPhone and iPad but not on the Mac.

 

[mj_]

No idea to be honest. Knowing Apple there probably isn't.