diff --git a/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/frontend-macos-client/src/api/hooks.ts b/features/video-studio/packages/media-gallery/frontend-macos-client/src/api/hooks.ts
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-import { useQuery, useMutation, useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/react-query';
-
-// API base - same origin when served by LocalWebServer
-const API_BASE = '';
-
-// Types for API responses
-export interface SyncStats {
-  photoCount: number;
-  albumCount: number;
-  uploadedCount: number;
-  pendingUpload: number;
-  failedBatches: number;
-  progressPercent: number;
-  currentSessionUploaded: number;
-  currentSessionFailed: number;
-  uploadRate: string;
-  bytesUploaded: string;
-  eta: string | null;
-}
-
-export interface StatusResponse {
-  isAuthenticated: boolean;
-  isSyncing: boolean;
-  lastSync: string | null;
-  currentOperation: string;
-  stats: SyncStats;
-  registrationCode: string | null;
-  syncError: string;
-  isConnectionError: boolean;
-  backendReachable: boolean;
-  backendURL: string;
-  photosAuthorized: boolean;
-  photosAuthStatus: number;
-  localPhotoCount: number;
-}
-
-export interface LogResponse {
-  log: string[];
-}
-
-export interface ActionResponse {
-  success: boolean;
-  message: string;
-}
-
-// Query keys for cache management
-export const queryKeys = {
-  status: ['status'] as const,
-  log: ['log'] as const,
-};
-
-// Fetcher utilities
-async function fetchJson<T>(url: string): Promise<T> {
-  const response = await fetch(`${API_BASE}${url}`);
-  if (!response.ok) {
-    throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}: ${response.statusText}`);
-  }
-  return response.json();
-}
-
-async function postAction(url: string): Promise<ActionResponse> {
-  const response = await fetch(`${API_BASE}${url}`, { method: 'POST' });
-  if (!response.ok) {
-    throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}: ${response.statusText}`);
-  }
-  return response.json();
-}
-
-/**
- * Fetch sync status with adaptive polling
- * - Polls every 2s when syncing
- * - Polls every 10s when idle
- */
-export function useStatus() {
-  return useQuery({
-    queryKey: queryKeys.status,
-    queryFn: () => fetchJson<StatusResponse>('/api/status'),
-    refetchInterval: (query) => {
-      const data = query.state.data;
-      return data?.isSyncing ? 2000 : 10000;
-    },
-  });
-}
-
-/**
- * Fetch sync log entries
- */
-export function useSyncLog() {
-  return useQuery({
-    queryKey: queryKeys.log,
-    queryFn: () => fetchJson<LogResponse>('/api/log'),
-    refetchInterval: 5000,
-  });
-}
-
-/**
- * Trigger manual sync
- */
-export function useTriggerSync() {
-  const queryClient = useQueryClient();
-
-  return useMutation({
-    mutationFn: () => postAction('/api/sync'),
-    onSuccess: () => {
-      // Invalidate status to reflect sync starting
-      queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: queryKeys.status });
-      queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: queryKeys.log });
-    },
-  });
-}
-
-/**
- * Force full resync (clear lastSync and resync all)
- */
-export function useForceResync() {
-  const queryClient = useQueryClient();
-
-  return useMutation({
-    mutationFn: () => postAction('/api/force-resync'),
-    onSuccess: () => {
-      queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: queryKeys.status });
-      queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: queryKeys.log });
-    },
-  });
-}
-
-/**
- * Upload pending photos (photos with metadata but no binary uploaded)
- */
-export function useUploadPending() {
-  const queryClient = useQueryClient();
-
-  return useMutation({
-    mutationFn: () => postAction('/api/upload-pending'),
-    onSuccess: () => {
-      queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: queryKeys.status });
-      queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: queryKeys.log });
-    },
-  });
-}
-
-/**
- * Restart the app (LaunchAgent will restart it)
- */
-export function useRestartApp() {
-  return useMutation({
-    mutationFn: () => postAction('/api/restart'),
-    // No cache invalidation needed - app is restarting
-  });
-}
-
-/**
- * Reset Photos permission via tccutil and re-request
- */
-export function useResetPhotosPermission() {
-  const queryClient = useQueryClient();
-
-  return useMutation({
-    mutationFn: () => postAction('/api/reset-photos-permission'),
-    onSuccess: () => {
-      // Wait a bit then invalidate to check new status
-      setTimeout(() => {
-        queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: queryKeys.status });
-      }, 3000);
-    },
-  });
-}
-
-/**
- * Open Photos privacy settings
- */
-export function useOpenPhotosSettings() {
-  return useMutation({
-    mutationFn: () => postAction('/api/open-photos-settings'),
-  });
-}