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Hello. I am transferring files from an iPhone to a MacBook Pro. When connecting it with a cable, it appears as an external device. In the Files tab, I can choose what I want to transfer, but the issue is that when I expand the main folder, I see the subfolders, but I can't open them to select only some files. It only lets me drag the entire folder. Is there any way to choose which files to transfer?
Thanks!
I find "Photos" awkward and annoying. I don't load to icloud either. Look for Image Capture in the Finder "applications" folder or in Launchpad in the "OTHER" Utilities folder. Try it if you have it. It's really just a bare bones simple transfer utility. You can set it to open directly when you plug in your iphone, select all or individual photos and then tell it where to save them. . I love it.
I find "Photos" awkward and annoying. I don't load to icloud either. Look for Image Capture in the Finder "applications" folder or in Launchpad in the "OTHER" Utilities folder. Try it if you have it. It's really just a bare bones simple transfer utility. You can set it to open directly when you plug in your iphone, select all or individual photos and then tell it where to save them. . I love it.
You mean in the Finder? Select the iPhone in the Sidebar, then click on Files?
This will only show you the files that are handled by each of the apps in the iPhone.
You can click each ">" to disclose, but AFAICT there are no subfolders to speak of.
You could use the Files app on the iPhone to organize you content. This uses iCloud, and these same files are accessible directly on your mac by clicking iCloud Drive in a finder window sidebar.
I don’t understand… if you are not using Files, I don’t think that there are any folders, on the iPhone, so also not when you connect it to your mac. What am I missing? Do you see any folders when you access the documents in your iPhone? In what apps?
I use a Camera App called BeasCam. It generates two subfolders in the phone, Video and Photo. What I want is to transfer some clips from the video folder, but when i connect the phone with the cable, in the finder I can open the subfolders, so I only can transfer the full folder. I have recorded a huge quantity of videos but I only want to transfer some. Via Airdrop is not very useful because it's slow with large files and select so many clips makes slower the process.
If I could open the subfolder with the Finder, It'd be perfect.
thanks
Is it "BeastCam" by any chance? I cannot see any app called "BeasCam".
It seems odd that you see these two folders, I am guessing that this may be due to the particular way the app stores its recordings. I have never seen any folders inside each iPhone app's files.
I use a different camera app, and the one I use (Filmic Legacy) has a setting that allows one to use the built-in Camera Roll. If yours lets you do that, then you can use Image Capture to copy exactly what you want to your mac. Maybe that is a workable solution for you.
If you are trying to move files from you iPhone to your MacBook Pro Airdrop is the best way to do that, and the fastest way.
See this: How to use AirDrop on your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support
Yes, that's what I mean.
The problem is that using Files app is not very useful for my purpose. I'd like to investigate the option of see the subfolders in the finder, to do it faster.
thanks
You cannot directly access the storage on an iPhone. Ask the maker of BeasCam how to transfer their data.
I've tried via Airdrop, but it "convert" the videos to transfer them, so it's quite slow. I'm going to talk with the camera app company if they have any solution.
Thanks!
When you access the contents using the Finder, what exactly do you see?
I assume you click on Files, then you click the disclosure ">" next to Beascam, and then... what?
I see a a "Photos" and a "Videos" folders, but without the disclosure ">". I cannot deploy the folder. I only can copy the full folder without seeing the content of it.
That's what I'm asking BeastCam for. Changing the location of the storage to the Camera Roll would be perfect.
Thanks for all the info.
That's useful when you use the iPhone camera. In my case i'm using a different app, so when I open "image capture" i don't see my videos.
you did say "Hello. I am transferring files from an iPhone to a MacBook Pro. "
Transfer files from iphone to mac
