May 08, 2009 I can’t figure out exactly why this happens, but somehow the connection between the phone and the computer gets out of whack and while the Mac can see that there are photos on the iPhone, it can’t quite access the content itself.

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However Mac Photos is only showing 11,535 for this total and when I look at Preferences/iCloud in Photos it says that it's uploading 12,231 items!

Photos on your Mac will start downloading the new photos from iCloud Photo Library, once it has finished uploading the photos from your Mac to iCloud Photo Library.

and why is it apparently trying to upload 12,231 items?

Your Mac will restart the upload of the complete Photos library whenever it is uncertain, if the library on your Mac is not identical to the library in iCloud, for example:

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• The Photos Library will be uploaded again if you toggle the sync with iCloud off and on again.
• The Photos Library will be uploaded again after you restore the Photos Library from a backup drive or move the library to a new location.
• The Photos Library will be uploaded again, if you run the Photos Library First Aid Tools and repair it.

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Uploading again will not result in duplicates. Photos will just compare the libraries and merge the library from your Mac into the iCloud Photo Library. It is not causing duplicates, it is just taking a very long time and a waste of bandwidth.

Can't Download Iphone Photos To Mac

Jan 8, 2017 11:30 AM