
Lastly, if I switch from Photos to Media in the top menu, nothing happens. What is the inteded workflow for the user to select a photo using this file browser? Why doesn't it inform the user about missing content? Why doesn't it show thumbnails like Photos does? If I select a thumbnail in Photos app and open it (this should temporarily load the original in local storage) the same photo can then be seen in Finder's media browser.īut still, I don't understand the purpose of the media browser. Once youve installed the Google Drive app on your iPhone or Android, you can also use the share menu from your iOS or Android apps such as Photos or Voice. I thought this may be related to iCloud not keeping the originals on my Mac, so I did a test. If I go to Photos app and look at the same albums, all the photos are there as they should. Also if I select an album, I can confirm that not all photos are shown, most albums actually show up empty. I should see thousands, but I only see a few dozen.


But what I see in the thumbnail gallery is a very limited set ot photos.

At the top I can see my Photos library selected, making me think I'm now browsing my whole library. All my photos and albums are in Photos library with iCloud sync enabled, so obviously I navigate to Photos. At the bottom of the sidebar there is a section called "Media", under which I can see "Photos" and "Movies". What is the purpose of Photos in Finder's media browser? Say I want to upload something to the web or import media into an application, most often I face up the Finder file browser for selecting files.
