hi. I have an iPhone SE from 2022 and a MacBook Pro from 2013. I update my iphone regularly but apple stopped supporting my MacBook and so it is stuck back on Big Sur. Lately I can no longer move photos from my iPhone to my MacBook. I connect the iPhone using a cable and though IPhone appears in the left side menu in iPhoto, none of the photos do. There’s nothing for me to import, no option to “import all” or “all new” or anything like that. I turned iCloud Photos on on my MacBook but as my iCloud storage is full, my phone refuses to let me enable iCloud sync. Wifi and Bluetooth are all on, I’m signed into the same apple account on both devices. I also can’t airdrop the 2000 photos as my phone can’t detect my MacBook. Is there any work around for this?
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Try the builtin app Image Capture on the Mac.
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Image Capture User Guide for Mac
Learn how to use Image Capture on your Mac to import items from a camera, iPhone, iPad, scanner, or other device to your Mac.
I have the same problem in image capture. All it shows are the 256 old photos that I have already imported but nothing else.Try the builtin app Image Capture on the Mac.
Image Capture User Guide for Mac
Learn how to use Image Capture on your Mac to import items from a camera, iPhone, iPad, scanner, or other device to your Mac.
It might work to use File Sharing on the Mac. Turn it on, then use the iPhone to connect to the server, and use the Files app on the phone to write files to a folder on the Mac.
AFAIK, you'll need the Files app to establish the connection, but then it should be able to "share" the photos directly from the Photos app to the Mac. Here's how to connect to a server using iPhone.
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I haven't done this with an iPhone, but I have an iPad mini and an old MacBook Pro on Sierra. By coincidence, I did this ("share" from Photos to a Mac file server) a few days ago. It was not fast, but it did work. I used an SMB share from the Mac, and connected to it using a Mac-local account with a password.
AFAIK, you'll need the Files app to establish the connection, but then it should be able to "share" the photos directly from the Photos app to the Mac. Here's how to connect to a server using iPhone.
Transfer files from iPhone to a storage device, a server, or the cloud
With iPhone and a computer, transfer files using an external storage device, a file server, or a cloud storage service like iCloud, Box, or Dropbox.
I haven't done this with an iPhone, but I have an iPad mini and an old MacBook Pro on Sierra. By coincidence, I did this ("share" from Photos to a Mac file server) a few days ago. It was not fast, but it did work. I used an SMB share from the Mac, and connected to it using a Mac-local account with a password.
I worked it out. I just had to reset the “Trust this computer” on my phone and then re-trust my computer again and all the photos came up. Thanks for your help though.
Worked it out. Just had to “un-trust” and then “re-trust” my computer on my phone.It might work to use File Sharing on the Mac. Turn it on, then use the iPhone to connect to the server, and use the Files app on the phone to write files to a folder on the Mac.
AFAIK, you'll need the Files app to establish the connection, but then it should be able to "share" the photos directly from the Photos app to the Mac. Here's how to connect to a server using iPhone.
Transfer files from iPhone to a storage device, a server, or the cloud
With iPhone and a computer, transfer files using an external storage device, a file server, or a cloud storage service like iCloud, Box, or Dropbox.
I haven't done this with an iPhone, but I have an iPad mini and an old MacBook Pro on Sierra. By coincidence, I did this ("share" from Photos to a Mac file server) a few days ago. It was not fast, but it did work. I used an SMB share from the Mac, and connected to it using a Mac-local account with a password.