Two years of full-resolution photos are missing from my Photos library on macOS (Ventura)—owing to my not having selected Copy items to Photos Library. After running ls -lR
on both the old and the new Macs, it's clear the original files are on neither. I can, however, see the original files on the iPhone.
Connecting the iPhone by USB cable to Ventura and using Photos on macOS to import the original files (click on the iPhone device under "Devices"; select all photos; create new folder; and then click "import selected") does absolutely nothing.
Though I am reluctant to use iCloud as I have no control whether (as I believe Google does) iCloud will lower the quality of the jpeg photos to save space, I am yielding and enabling upload of photos to iCloud (iPhone settings; Photos; iCloud Photos).
When I do so, I am pleasantly surprised to see the warning
Photos Synced from Finder will be Removed. Syncing photos via Finder is not supported when iCould Photos is turned on.
This suggests that I could in fact use just Finder to copy the original photos.
How do I use Finder to copy original photos? The iPhone does not appear in Finder when it's connected via USB.