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I chose the iPhone because of the “just works” nature but now they’ve made it impossible to get photos off using Windows (disconnects in copy, iTunes or DCIM, t
by quickthrower2 5y ago
I chose the iPhone because of the “just works” nature but now they’ve made it impossible to get photos off using Windows (disconnects in copy, iTunes or DCIM, tried workarounds, due to heavily walled garden no other app can be used to get 500 photos off). Lots of people online with same issue.
If I can take photos and copy them off I might as well go back to androids.
- ChuckNorris89 5y ago>If I can take photos and copy them off I might as well go back to androids. You're not supposed to connect your iPhone to a PC via cable like a caveman. You're supposed to buy a Mac and pay for an an iCloud subscription and then everything just works automagically via the cloud. /s
- mceachen 5y agoI feel your pain. Two different possible solutions: 1. Turn off automatic image conversion, and then retry copying over USB: it takes a while to convert HEIC to JPEG, and an eternity to convert HEIC to MP4. It's something like Settings > Photos > Transfer to Mac or PC > keep original format 2. Install a file transfer app on your phone and computer, like Resilio Sync or Photo Sync. My family's phones use Resilio Sync that sync with a NAS on the bookshelf and PhotoStructure (I'm the author).
- dbspin 5y agoThat sounds annoying, but honestly pretty much any cloud backup service will sort this for you iCloud's not great, but Google One, Dropbox etc all work fine on iPhone.
- quickthrower2 5y agoI’m using MS and while it has copied a lot I’m not convinced it copied everything. Renaming and reformatting means I’ll spend some time making sure