AutoImporter no longer import my photos, after switching to iOS 10.2 To automatically transfer photos from my iPhone 5S to a folder on my Mac (macOS 10.11.6), I had configured the macOS utility named AutoImporter.app.

After upgrading my iPhone 5S from iOS 9.3 to iOS 10 (10.2), AutoImporter.app on my Mac continues to run upon connecting my iPhone to it using an USB cable. However, it quits immediately without importing any photos.

This tool is very practical on a daily basis (it avoids going through applications such as "Photos.app". I don't use it. Why should I use an app to organize my photos?).

An idea, a solution? Thank you for your help.

Just for your info : this is how I have configured autoimporter: very simply from Image Capture and what it should do when I connect my iPhone to my Mac using a USB cable (when it works correctly).
There might be multiple solutions to this:

Verify Auto Importer settings


Go into Finder
Hit CMD + ⇧ + G
Enter the following path: /System/Library/Image Capture/Support/Application/
Open up the AutoImporter.app
Hit ⌘ + , to open up the settings
Verify, that everything is set up the way you want it to be.
Retry by reconnecting your phone.


Reset Auto Importer start


Open Image Capture
Set the Connecting this iPhone opens: option to something different then "Auto Importer", like Image Capture.
Reconnect your iPhone, see whether it opens Image Capture.
Then alter the setting back to "Auto Importer".
Reconnect your phone and see whether it works.


Delete Auto Importer Prefs and Cache


Get AppCleaner (Freeware) or an similar App, because it's hard to locate the cache for Auto Importer by hand.
Open up AppCleaner and drag the AutoImporter.app onto it.
AppCleaner will show you the pref and cache files associated with AutoImporter


com.apple.AutoImporter.plist in ~/Library/Preferences/
com.apple.AutoImporter folder at /var/folders/[…]/com.apple.AutoImporter/

Delete the plist and the cache folder.
Restart AutoImporter.app (for me it auto quitted itself after the first start, so restart it once again).
Retry by reconnecting your phone.