Using Photos App: Connect your iPhone to your Mac. Plug one end of the iPhone's charging cable. Check USB Connection. First of all, you should check the USB connection between iPhone.
'For years I have successfully imported photos from my iPhone to my Mac. But now, I am experiencing severe problems when trying to import photos from my iPhone 8 Plus. It takes hours to transfer only 10 pictures. I have restarted, reinstalled the app and it's still unbelievably slow. Is this normal?? Is anyone else experiencing this problem?'
Why Is It Taking So Long to Import Photos from iPhone to PC
Several reasons can cause the slow transfer speed. Figure out the reasons and speed up the transfer speed.
1. Too Many Photos to Import from iPhone.
No matter you are using iCloud or iTunes to upload or import photos, it would surely slow down the importing speed when you have many photos to upload.
2. Poor Network Speed.
Also, the network is a big concern. If you are using the internet to import photos, the network speed and connection really matters for this situation. If you cannot connect to the server or your network speed is slow, it's impossible to sync or transfer iPhone data.
3. Wrong Transferring Tool.
Most users complain that the photo transfer speed is extremely slow when they are using Lightroom to transfer photos to Mac. Maybe, change the transferring tool can solve this problem:
4. iOS System Updating Problem.
Last year, Apple switched from prioritizing performance to prioritizing battery health on iPhone. As a result, some users have seen significant slowdowns. Apple is addressing concerns about the slowdowns with a battery replacement program and upcoming software update.
How to Quickly Import Photos from iPhone to PC
According to the reasons, we can fix the Apple slow transferring speed respectively.
Method 1. Select Less Photos at a Time
Too many photos may slow down the transferring speed, just select fewer photos or files. Then iCloud or iTunes will not have to transfer a large number of files.
Method 2. Improve Network Speed
Make sure that your network speed is in good condition and avoid downloading other large files when you are using the network to import iPhotos.
Method 3. Use a Right Tool to Transfer iPhone Photos
An effective iPhone data transferring tool makes a great difference to the importing result. EaseUS MobiMover Free is the top choice. It is free third-party iPhone data transfer software. With the help of MobiMover Free, it will be an easy job to quickly import photos to a Windows computer, or transfer photos to Mac in a short time.
What's more, it is simple to use this program to import apple photos:
Step 1. Connect your iPhone to your computer (Mac or PC). Launch EaseUS MobiMover, then choose 'Phone to PC' and click the 'Next' button to continue. If you prefer to transfer photos from your iPhone to computer selectively, go to 'Content Management' > 'Pictures' > 'Photos' instead.
Step 2. Choose 'Pictures' from the displayed data categories. You can also transfer other files together to free up iPhone space or for backup. And, you are free to save the exported iPhone files on your local computer or USB flash drive.
Step 3. Then click the 'Transfer' button to start transferring photos from iPhone to computer. Wait patiently for the process to finish and then go to check the exported items.
Method 4. Update to the Newest iOS Version
The old-fashioned iOS may also cause the slow transferring speed. Upgrade your iOS and reboot the iPhone. Once your iPhone has rebooted, give it a whirl and see if things are working any better.
Try the methods listed above and let me know which, if any, worked for you.
Importing iPhone photos to Mac is easy most of the time. You use a USB cable to plug your iPhone into the Mac computer, then open the Photos app on Mac, find your iPhone and click Import to get the iPhone photos on Mac. Easy peasy. However, sometimes you just can't import photos from iPhone to Mac.
Photos Won't Transfer From Iphone To Mac
It could be that not all photos can be imported from iPhone to Mac, only a small fraction of the photos can be imported. Also, sometimes, the Photos app on Mac won't even recognize your iPhone while in other cases, although the iPhone can't be recognized, it gets stuck at importing photos.
This post will show you why you can't import photos from iPhone and what to do to fix the issue that photos won't import from iPhone to Mac.
Tip: When the Photos app on Mac won't transfer your iPhone photos, try to get FonePaw iOS Transfer, which can import photos, movies, music, books, contacts, etc. from iPhone to Mac and vice versa.
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Why Can't I Import Photos from iPhone to Mac?
The first possible reason could be that your Mac can't recognize the connected iPhone. The connection issue can be caused by a faulty cable or a system glitch.
If you have iCloud Photo Library turned on and 'Optimize iPhone Storage' option enabled on your iPhone, this is the most likely reason why iPhoto or Photos app won't import all your iPhone photos. When the 2 iCloud options are enabled on your iPhone, your iPhone photos are stored in iCloud while a smaller preview of the photos are saving on the iPhone storage for you to view them from the phone. That's why you can't import the photos to Mac via a USB connection, as the photos are not actually stored in your iPhone storage.
Moreover, if you are importing a lot of photos, say 1000 photos, from iPhone to Mac at one time, the Photos app may get stuck in importing.
How to Fix Photos not Importing from iPhone to Mac
If you can't import photos from iPhone to Mac because of the above reasons, you can try to fix the problem with the following methods.
Reset Location & Privacy
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On your iPhone, go to Settings > General > Reset > Reset Location & Privacy. After that, re-plug your iPhone to Mac and tap Trust on iPhone when you see the Trust the Mac alert.
Import a small fraction of photos at one time
Instead of importing all iPhone photos into Mac at one time, select a fraction of photos to import each time. It is easier for the Photos app to handle an importing task in this way.
Turn off iCloud Photo Library
On iPhone, go to Settings > Apple ID > iCloud > Photos > iCloud Photos Library to turn it off.
If you don't want to turn it off, turn on iCloud Photo Library from System Preference >iCloud on Mac so that the iPhone photos can be synced to Mac via iCloud.
Restart iPhone and Mac
Restarting iPhone and Mac can help to fix small glitches on the devices, which is very helpful if the Photos app gets stuck importing photos on Mac.
Import Photos from iPhone to Mac with a More Powerful Tool
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If you have trouble in using the Photos/iPhoto on Mac to import photos from iPhone, maybe it is time to get a more powerful tool to transfer photos more smoothly.
FonePaw iOS Transfer is an expert at transferring photos, videos, music, movies, contacts, etc. from iPhone to Mac via USB. As a dedicated iOS data transfer tool, it can also move data among iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch freely after you have connected the iOS devices to the program on a computer.
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It makes data transfer between iPhone and Mac as easy as drag-and-drop. Here is how the FonePaw iOS Transfer works.
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Install and run the FonePaw tool on Mac.
Plug your iPhone into Mac.
Click Photos and select the photos on your iPhone.
Click Export to Mac to copy them to your Mac.
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You can also click Toolbox > Device to PC to import all photos from iPhone to Mac in one click.