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Title: Why you might have a different count of images in Photos in different places Post by: HCK on May 07, 2020, 04:05:11 pm Why you might have a different count of images in Photos in different places
<article> <section class="page"> <p>With iCloud Photos enabled, your pictures and videos sync across all connected devices via iCloud, including retaining a set that’s accessible at icloud.com. However, readers frequently write in that they see a different count of media in the Photos app on an iPhone or iPad and Photos in macOS. The reason can stem from a couple of causes, but I have some bad news at the bottom of this article.</p><p>Photos for macOS has an option to either copy media into its library or reference a photo or movie from where it sits on a drive. iCloud Photos, however, will only sync media copied into the library and under control of Photos; referenced images are ignored. The setting to choose copy versus reference is in Photos > Preferences > General as “Copy items to the Photos library.” If unchecked, anything you import via a menu item or drag into Photos to import will effectively only maintain a thumbnail of.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3537548/why-you-might-have-a-different-count-of-images-in-photos-in-different-places.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Why you might have a different count of images in Photos in different places (https://www.macworld.com/article/3537548/why-you-might-have-a-different-count-of-images-in-photos-in-different-places.html#tk.rss_all) |