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I was trying to import photos from my iPhone to my Mac, I clicked "delete after import" assuming that means they would delete off my iPhone and be on my Mac. Now I don't have photos neither on my iPhone or my Mac. HELP! I have over 10 years worth of memories on there.
iPhone 11
Have you been using Photos or Image Capture to import the photos?
If you have been using Photos, check, if you have opened the correct Photos Library on your Mac.
Does one of the libraries hold your Photos?
If not - what happened, after you imported the photos?
Did Photos give you a message that the photos have been imported successfully, or did Photos quit unexpectedly?
Do not restart the Mac, until you found the photos. They may still be in some caches, that would be cleared when you restart the Mac.
Have you been using Photos or Image Capture to import the photos?
If you have been using Photos, check, if you have opened the correct Photos Library on your Mac.
Does one of the libraries hold your Photos?
If not - what happened, after you imported the photos?
Did Photos give you a message that the photos have been imported successfully, or did Photos quit unexpectedly?
Do not restart the Mac, until you found the photos. They may still be in some caches, that would be cleared when you restart the Mac.
With "While launching Photos" I meant "when starting the Photos.app."
Try again:
You'll have to restore your iPhone from the backup you made prior to importing into your Photos library. Then do an import but WITHOUT deleting the photos after import. There are too many reported unsuccessful imports and a successful deletions to relay on it. I never use that feature.
If one wants to delete lots of photos from an iPhone use the Image Capture app. Much safer.
When you say when I'm launching the photos what do you mean?
No, I did not get any notification, just suddenly the phone was empty and I had nothing showing on my laptop except 21 photos. I tried to look for previous back ups and for some reason they aren't there anymore just the one after the photos where gone.
Still nothing :/ just the same 21 photos and only one library
I found the backup file on my Mac in backup files. How do I restore them or restore them as photos in my photo library or image capture?
Is this a backup of the library or of just the image files?
How was the backup made? Which app?
Deleted photos during import
