Then connect the iPhone to Mac again, and check whether all the photos show up in Image Capture.

The Optimize iPhone Storage will be disabled simultaneously.Īfter the settings, wait for the photos downloaded back to your phone.

Scroll down and tap on 'Photos & Camera'.

Then the photos will be downloaded back to the phone and loaded on Mac after connection: To solve the problem of Image Capture showing no item on Mac, you need to disable iCloud Photo Library and Optimize Storage on the iPhone. So you cannot export those photos directly from the iPhone to Mac with Image Capture. If it is enabled, together with the feature of 'Optimize Storage', some photos will be only stored in the iCloud rather than on your iPhone, thus Image Capture is not showing all photos on your iPhone.Įach time you view the photos, they are downloaded at once from iCloud instead of the phone. The very first thing you should do is to check the iCloud Photo Library on your iPhone. How to Transfer Photos from iPhone to Mac If Image Capture is not showing photos or all photos of your iPhone, read on to learn three workable solutions offered here. Restarting both devices or repeating plug-in/out the iPhone sometimes can help to fix Image Capture that is not working, however, it doesn't work all the time. But when you are using Image Capture on Mac, you might also have encountered the embarrassing situation that after you plug in your iPhone to Mac, Image Capture says 'no item' with no photos showing, or just showing only some photos. Image Capture on Mac is a useful photo management tool for iOS users to transfer photos from iPhone, iPad, any external hard drive or SD card to the Mac.

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