Sync Photos Between iPhone and Mac

“Photos are my favorites, and i always save some photos on my iPhone and Mac, how could i sync photos between iPhone and Mac? Then i can check those photos both on my iPhone and Mac.”

Usually when we plug our iPhone with Mac, it will pop up options to upload photos to Mac. But what if it doesn’t work? Do you want to know other ways about how to sync your photos between iPhone and Mac? Now see below steps and learn some methods.

Sync Photos Between iPhone and Mac with iCloud Photo Library

iCloud photo library is a great feature that it allows us to view photos between all our iOS device, including iPhone, iPad ,iPod and Mac. And if you want to sync photos between iPhone and Mac with iCloud photos library, firstly you’ll need to set up your iCloud photo library on all your iOS devices.

1.Open your iPhone, connect it with Wifi, and make sure the battery power is enough.

2.Go to Setting--iCloud--Photos, then turn on iCloud Photo option.



3.Also you can see other two options under iCloud Photo, that is Optimize iPhone Storage and Download and Keep Originals.

Optimize iPhone Storage can help us upload our full resolution images to iCloud, also it will replace the photos on our iPhone to take up less storage space.

Download and Keep Originals help us access our full resolution images on iPhone even we don’t have an internet connection.

4.Then you’ll see your photo album renamed “All Photo”, and upload it now.

Sync Photos Between iPhone and Mac with iRefone

Also we can come to third-party iOS data recovery software iRefone for help, it can help us sync photos from iPhone to Mac selectively and easier.

iRefone is a professional iOS data recovery software, it can not only help us recover lost iPhone data, but also help us transfer and backup iPhone data selectively. And it can be compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod.

Now you can download and install the free trial version to have a try.



Step 1. Run iRefone, connect your iPhone with Mac. Choose “Recover from iOS Device”, and click “Start”.



Step 2. Then we’ll enter the new interface with many data icon and media icon that iRefone can recover, click “Photo” image icon, and it will be scanned by iRefone.



Step 3. Wait a few seconds for scanning, you can preview and choose photos you need to sync, tap on “Recover to PC”, and choose folder path to save them.



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