Can not import photos from iMac to Elements 2026

Wow!  I suppose it is possible that this feature has been removed on the Mac side, but I don't recall that being mentioned anywhere.  I am going to report it to Adobe as a bug.

I have the same issue.  The replies are workarounds but not solutions.  If Adobe looks at these forums I wish they would comment and look into a solution.

Yes i does seem to be missing from the Mac side in the PSE 2026 Organizer and in fact if one looks in the Adobe Elements 2026 Organizer.app under Contents>MacOS, the Photo Downloader.app is not there as it in previous PSE Organizers.

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One way to import your photos is to use Import From Files and Folders and in the Finder window sidebar you should see your camera listed.

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That's in the organizer.

I just copy the images from varioous chips into a folder and make sure the folder is in a monitored directory- in this case my picutres directory.  Organzier will look for changes, then import them. 

I did just that with all the images you see below.   Didn't even take 1 minute of effort.

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