No videos in the photos app on Mac

Where do I find the videos from my phone on my photo stream? They are on my iPhone 7, and all the photos got backed up in the past and have been saved to my MacBook. However, there is no drop down menu for videos and I can't find them anywhere. I remember them being right there with the photos. Can anybody help please? Thank you!

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Sep 21, 2020 07:29 AM

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Old Toad

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Sep 21, 2020 09:26 AM in response to konstantin_1990

The My Photo Stream does not sync videos to the Mac. Those have to be manually downloaded by cable or AirDropped to the Mac.

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