finderimportphotosphotos.app
I prefer to keep sorted/labeled folders of all of my iphone photos via finder and a NAS system. With more and more system updates and phone/iMac changes, I am finding that now when I go to import photos from phone to iMac I can't bypass the stupid "photos" app.
Can anyone help me? I saw someone's suggestion about using image capture application, but I can't find that either.
Thank you
If you have an existing Photos library and you want to import an iPhoto library use File -> Import (shortcut: cmd+shift+i) and select your iPhoto library.
If you want a Photos library with just your old iPhoto library, hold alt (option) while starting Photos and select your iPhoto library.
Use Image Capture, in the Applications folder - which is the importer 'behind' Photos.app anyway.
You can set it to auto-launch any capable app, including itself [or do nothing] & set exactly where your imports should be saved. You can also dictate whether it should auto-delete from the camera afterwards, or alternatively you can manually delete any selected pictures.
Best Answer
You can use Image Capture to save you photos to a folder somewhere. Image capture will bring up a list of photos and you can select which ones to save.
There is also an app IExplorer which allows you to just transfer photos from your device to another. Just select one or all photos and copy to a folder.