If you only want to download the photos from your iPhone, but not not upload all photos from your Mac to iCloud, create a new, empty library and make it your iCloud Library on your Mac. Or enable iCloud Photo Library on your Mac as well. It will be a lot of work, if many photos need downloading.
You can download photos from iCloud Photo Library by going to the web interface at Open the Photos.app there, select the missing photos by holding down the command key and tapping each photo you want to download, then use the download button. Syncing photos from iPhone to Mac can be easily done either with the built-in Apps/features on the iOS devices or with a third-party program like EaseUS MobiMover. My Photo Stream will transfer the new photos from your iPhone to the Mac, but only the most recent 1000 photos, not older photos. Applies To: iPhone XS/XS Max/XR, iPhone X, iPhone 8/8 Plus, iPhone 7/7 Plus, iPhone 6/6s, MacBook, iMac. You would have to browse the photos enlarge to force the download to the iPhone, to be able to transfer them. However, you can repair the corrupt images or recover them through your iPhone backups. It may be due to sudden power cut, incomplete download, iPhone battery died during import, virus in the system, or other issues. Optimized photos cannot be downloaded by USB to a computer. There are various possibilities that led to the photos corruption while importing from iPhone to Photos.
On the phone, iCloud Drive is off but iCloud Photo Library is on.ĭoes your iPhone also use the Setting "Optimize iPhone Storage" for iCloud Photo Library? Then you will see many photos on your iPhone, that cannot be transferred using a USB connection, because they have been optimized - only a smaller preview for browsing is stored on the iPhone and will be downloaded, if you are viewing it enlarged or want to edit or share it.