iPhone 16 Pro Not Indexing Photos Synced from PC via Apple Devices App
Hi all,
I’m hoping someone might be able to help me with an issue I’ve noticed since being made to movement on away from iTunes syncing.
I have an extensive photo library that I back up and manage on my PC, and I prefer not to use iCloud Photos. In the past, I used iTunes to sync photos from my PC to my iPhone, but I’ve since switched to the Apple Devices app (the newer method for syncing on Windows).
Since making that change, I’ve noticed that my iPhone 16 Pro (1TB) no longer appears to index the synced photos — for example, people aren’t being recognized, and object/scene searches don’t return results for these photos. It seems like the phone isn’t analyzing them the way it does for photos taken with the iPhone camera or imported via AirDrop.
Has anyone encountered this issue, or is there a known workaround to get photo analysis working for PC-synced content using Apple Devices?
Any advice would be appreciated!
Thanks in advance,
iPhone 16 Pro, iOS 18