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Is there no way to preserve album/favorite/etc data mad on iOS photos when importing to Mac OS photos? Seems to me that all you can do is bulk download and recreate your album or select one by one at the import step. Mac OS photos can't see any album or favorites data on the iOS device so there's no way to select or filter quickly. Do I have that right?
iPhone 13
dem1717 wrote:
... Mac OS photos can't see any album or favorites data on the iOS device so there's no way to select or filter quickly. Do I have that right?
That is correct. When you import directly from the iPhone or iPad, the device is treated like a camera. You download the unmodified originals, as saved by the camera on the device.
I would download them instantly to your Mac, before investing too much work on the iPhone or iPad, as the the Photos.app is much more versatile on the Mac.
dem1717 wrote:
... Mac OS photos can't see any album or favorites data on the iOS device so there's no way to select or filter quickly. Do I have that right?
That is correct. When you import directly from the iPhone or iPad, the device is treated like a camera. You download the unmodified originals, as saved by the camera on the device.
I would download them instantly to your Mac, before investing too much work on the iPhone or iPad, as the the Photos.app is much more versatile on the Mac.
As soon as you use iCloud it will be done all automatically.
Sign in to iCloud on all your devices - Apple Support
As soon as you need more than 5GB of iCloud you would have to pay for this convenience.
iCloud+ plans and pricing - Apple Support
Ralf
Thank you. Is this a glaringly obvious flaw in two apps that are supposedly in the same eco-system (for which we pay premium prices) or am I the crazy one? That's rhetorical. I'm hoping someone from Apple reads these things.
Preserve iOS photo data when importing to Mac OS
