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JPG photos are no longer recognized by iPhoto or Photos on my Mac after iOS 16.0.2 update

Immediately upon updating my iPhone 12 to iOS 16.0.2 on 09-26-2022, the JPG photos taken with iPhone are no longer recognized by iPhoto or Photos or Aperture on my iMac, so these apps no longer download my iPhone JPG files but give an error message to the effect that "File #######.JPG is not recognized as a valid file."

This means that suddenly, with the latest 16.0.2 iOS iPhone update, you can no longer transfer JPG photo files from your iPhone to your Mac. I've tested this with iPhoto, Photos, and Aperture, and every one of these apps on my iMac (running High Sierra 10.13.6) will no longer recognize or download the JPG photos from my iPhone 12 to my iMac. I had just downloaded a number of photos to my iMac from iPhone a few days prior to updating the iPhone to iOS 16.0.2, so I'm certain that this issue was introduced with iOS 16.0.2.

Pretty frustrating, especially as a trip is planned in the next few days where many photos will be taken with the iPhone. Is Apple aware of and working on a fix for this recent new bug?


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iPhone 12 Pro Max, iOS 16

Posted on Sep 28, 2022 07:12 AM

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Posted on Oct 30, 2022 01:59 PM

UPDATE 10-30-2022:

After updating the iPhone and iPad to the most recent iOS 16.1, it is apparent that Apple has fixed a portion of the “JPG photos not recognized” issue reported on 09-28-2022. As of the 16.1 update, you can once again upload .JPG Photo Files from the iPhone to the iPhoto App on the Mac; however, the iPhoto App on the Mac still will NOT recognize or upload .MOV Files from the iPhone.

You can also once again upload both .JPG Photo Files and .MOV files from the iPhone to the Photos App on the Mac.

However, you still CANNOT download .MOV files back to the iPhone via the iPhoto App, unless you first open the .MOV file in Quick Time Player, then “Export as 1080P” (= a .mov file), which then WILL be recognized by the iPhoto App on the Mac, and which can then be downloaded to your iPhone via the iPhoto App on the Mac.

Yes, still a few hoops to jump through, but at least “you can get there from here” a little easier once again now.

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Oct 30, 2022 01:59 PM in response to tdino

UPDATE 10-30-2022:

After updating the iPhone and iPad to the most recent iOS 16.1, it is apparent that Apple has fixed a portion of the “JPG photos not recognized” issue reported on 09-28-2022. As of the 16.1 update, you can once again upload .JPG Photo Files from the iPhone to the iPhoto App on the Mac; however, the iPhoto App on the Mac still will NOT recognize or upload .MOV Files from the iPhone.

You can also once again upload both .JPG Photo Files and .MOV files from the iPhone to the Photos App on the Mac.

However, you still CANNOT download .MOV files back to the iPhone via the iPhoto App, unless you first open the .MOV file in Quick Time Player, then “Export as 1080P” (= a .mov file), which then WILL be recognized by the iPhoto App on the Mac, and which can then be downloaded to your iPhone via the iPhoto App on the Mac.

Yes, still a few hoops to jump through, but at least “you can get there from here” a little easier once again now.

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