Mac OS Catalina not syncing Photos and Videos with iPhone/iPad

macOS Catalina does not sync photos with iPhone or iPad and this issue or mac stops syncing photos and videos and Most of the iPhone and by moving the album photos out from folders macos will start syncing your photos and videos. Most of the Mac users have said that MacOS Catalina does not sync photos with your iOS Devices. We have a solution to fix it. Let’s see how to fix it.

MacOS Catalina not Syncing or Does not Sync Photos with iPhone/iPad

Update your device

Move the album photos out from folder

Disable and Enable iCloud Photos

Use airdrop to transfer the photos from iOS device to Mac

Solution 1 : Update your device

  1. Go to the Apple menu.
  2. select System Preferences.
  3. Then you can see the Software Update option below
  4. tap that one and check if there is any update available if it is yes then just tap on Upgrade Now option. To update immediately.

Now for iOS devices

  1. Launch Settings on your iPhone or iPad.
  2. tap on the General option.
  3. Now select the Software Update.
  4. If there is any Update available, just tap o Download and Install option.
  5. Then the device gets Updated to the latest version.
  6. After that now try to sync your Photos with your iOS.

Solution 2 : move the album out from the folders

If you put many albums under the root albums, It may causes syncing problems on MacOS Catalina from iOS devices. So shift some of the albums out of the folder.

  1. Launch Photos app on your iPhone.
  2. Then move albums out of the folder.
  3. Conform it so that you can shift those albums Under the “My Album” option.
  4. Connect your iOS device with Mac.
  5. Then launch Finder and select your iOS devices. And select the Photos tap at the top right side.
  6. Now confirm whether all albums are selected
  7. Then tap on the Apply option to move your albums to Mac.

Solution 3 : disable & enable the iCloud photos

This method helps you to Re-sync your Photos with iOS devices.

  1. launch Photos app on Mac.
  2. From the Photos app Select Preferences.
  3.  Next Select the “iCloud” option.
  4. Then Disable and enable the iCloud Photos.

If none of these fixes works for you then you can follow an alternative way to transfer Photos from iPhone to Mac.

Use airdrop to transfer the photos from iOS device to Mac

Transferring photos via Add Drop is simply an easy method to use without any risk. So let’s try this method.

  1. Turn on Bluetooth on both devices .
  2. Launch Settings on your iPhone or iPad
  3. The tap on General and select Adddrop.
  4. Now select Everyone option.
  5. Go back to the Photos app on your iPhone.
  6. And select the Photos the tap on it share icon at the bottom left side.
  7. Here you can see the Adddrop option, just select it .
  8. Under the pop-up select your Mac name and tap on Done.
  9. Now you can receive the photos from an iOS device.

Conclusion on MacOS not Syncing Photos and Videos

When you face this issue of macOS catalina album photos are not syncing then you need to move album photos to out side folder and disable and enable iCloud and you MacOS will start syncing photos and vidoes. You can also use airdrop to transfer photos from iOS device to Mac and update your iOS device / macOS.

MacOS stopped Syncing photos and Videos with iPhone/ipad?

Move albums photos and videos out side folder, update your ios device, Disable and enable iCloud to start syncing photos and videos with iPhone or iPad.

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