How to Sync Photos from Mac to iPhone X/iPhone 8 in 3 Ways

When it comes to syncing photos from Mac to iPhone X, iPhone 8 or iPhone 8 Plus, there are generally two ways to make it. One is with AirDrop, the other is with iTunes. AirDrop is the built-in feature on Mac, iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch that enables you to transfer photos, videos, contacts and more between two AirDrop-supported devices like AirDropping contacts from iPhone to iPhone. While iTunes is the built-in App on Mac that can help you sync data from Mac to iOS devices. However, if neither of the two methods fits your need, you can rely on the highly recommended EaseUS MobiMover Free to transfer photos from Mac to your new iPhone without any quantity limitation and overwriting existing data. Read on to learn how to sync photos from Mac to iPhone in the three easy ways. (If you want to sync photos from Windows computer to iPhone, here is the way to transfer photos from PC to iPhone free of charge.)

How to sync photos from Mac to iPhone X/iPhone 8

Tip 1: Sync photos from Mac to iPhone X/iPhone 8 with EaseUS MobiMover

EaseUS MobiMover Free enables you to transfer photos, music, ringtones, playlists, videos, movies, books and more from Mac OS 10.12 (Sierra), 10.13 (High Sierra), Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion), 10.8 (Mountain Lion), 10.9 (Mavericks) or 10.11 (El Capitan) to iPhone/iPad with iOS 8 or later. You can sync one or batches of photos from Mac to new iPhone X or iPhone 8 at a time quickly with MobiMover Free.  

Step 1: Connect your iPhone to your Mac running OS X 10.7 and later, start EaseUS MobiMover Free, and then choose "Mac to iDevice".

Step 2: In the new window, click "Add File"/"Add Folder" to choose files to be transferred from Mac to your iPhone. Or, you can simply add files by drag and drop. 

Note: The photos will be transferred immediately if the "Auto-Transfer" is on. You can turn it off if you don't need that. 

Step 3: Check the category/categories. You can keep them all, or just keep "Pictures".

Step 4: Click the "Edit" button to deselect the files you don't need. Then, click "OK" to go on. 

Step 5: Click "Transfer" and wait patiently for the transfer process to finish. After that, you can go to the Photos app on your iPhone to view the newly imported photos.

Tip 2: Sync photos from Mac to iPhone X/iPhone 8 with AirDrop

As mentioned above, AirDrop supports the data transfer between two AirDrop-supported devices. It's no doubt that it can help you sync photos from Mac to iPhone X or iPhone 8. As you may know, AirDrop needs both WiFi and Bluetooth to work. If you have "WiFi not working" or "Bluetooth not working" problem on your iPhone, the photo transfer between your Mac and iPhone will fail. Thus before you sync photos from Mac to your iPhone 8/iPhone X using AirDrop, you'd better make sure there is nothing wrong with the WiFi and Bluetooth on your devices first and then follow the steps below to transfer photos from Mac to iPhone.

Step 1: Turn on AirDrop on your Mac.

• Go to Finder > Go > AirDrop and switch on Bluetooth and WiFi to turn on AirDrop on your Mac.
• Set the option Allow to be discovered by as Everyone or Contacts Only.

Step 2: Turn on AirDrop on your iPhone 8/iPhone X.

• On iPhone 8/8 Plus, swipe up from the bottom of your iPhone screen to open Control Center. On iPhone X, swipe down from the top right corner of your iPhone screen to open Control Center.
• Press deeply on the module where Airplane Mode locate in, tap on AirDrop and set your iPhone to be discovered by Contacts Only or Everyone.

Step 3: Once the Mac and the iPhone is connected. You can send files from Mac to iPhone using AirDrop freely. There are two ways to send files from Mac to your iPhone with AirDrop.

• Drag the photos you want to send from Mac to iPhone to the image of the recipient and click Send.
• Or you can click the Share button in an App, choose AirDrop, choose the recipient and then click Done.

If AirDrop not working on your iPhone in iOS 11, read the related article and learn what to do to cope with the problem.

Tip 3: Transfer photos from Mac to iPhone X with iTunes

In addition to AirDrop, you can also use iTunes to sync photos from Mac to iPhone 8/iPhone X. To avoid problems like "iPhone not connecting to iTunes", you'd better make sure you have installed the latest version of iTunes on your Mac. If not, go to App Store > Updates > Install to update your iTunes to its latest version.

Step 1: Connect your iPhone X, iPhone 8 or iPhone 8 Plus to your computer with a USB cable and make sure iTunes is running.

Step 2: Click the Device button and choose Photos.

Step 3: Click the checkbox next to Sync Photos and choose where to Copy Photos from.

Step 4: Select the photos you'd like to sync from your Mac to iPhone and click Sync.