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Q: Why SO many random DCIM Folders?  I want ONE!

I have an ipone 4s.  I have had an iPhone for over 5 years now.  Before the DCIM folder would hold 1000 pictures.  As soon as I would take another picture (ei 1001) then it would start another folder for those thousand pictures.  So by time I got into the 5000+ I had over 5 folders.  They are random (ei 851PKYZB, 851XTGOR, 914ELZYG, etc.) Last month or so when I plugged my phone into the computer to copy my photos onto my desktop I had ONE folder.  It was glorious not to have to open every folder to figure out where the newest pictures were.

 

Then today I plug my phone into my computer to copy pictures over and I now have a folder for every 100 pictures.  YES TONS and TONS of folders (55 folders to be exact) and no rhythm or reason to the numbering system.  Some with only 1 picture in them, as I delete a lot of pictures after transferring to my computer.  So when I wanted to find todays pictures I had to open over half of them to find my pictures.

 

HOW do I get it back to ONE folder?  I understand the reason there is a DCIM folder to begin with, but I really think I should be able to have 1 folder or at least have them numbered 100APPLE, 101APPLE, or something that is numeric and I know that the very last folder are the new pictures.  Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  (I have the newest iOS 8.1.2) Thanks in advance.

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Posted on Dec 13, 2014 6:24 AM

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  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Apr 7, 2015 1:50 PM in response to shastasage
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    Apr 7, 2015 1:50 PM in response to shastasage

    shastasage wrote:

     

    Well i guess you are the the Chief judge and can determine right and wrong for other.

    Wrong again, only the moderators may pass judgement.

  • by shastasage,

    shastasage shastasage Apr 7, 2015 2:37 PM in response to Csound1
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    Apr 7, 2015 2:37 PM in response to Csound1

    i am some will get the irony in your statement

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Apr 7, 2015 2:42 PM in response to shastasage
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    Apr 7, 2015 2:42 PM in response to shastasage

    shastasage wrote:

     

    i am some

    Yes you are.

  • by shastasage,

    shastasage shastasage Apr 7, 2015 2:50 PM in response to Csound1
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    Apr 7, 2015 2:50 PM in response to Csound1

    Hello!

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Apr 7, 2015 2:48 PM in response to shastasage
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    Apr 7, 2015 2:48 PM in response to shastasage

    Just agreeing with you.

  • by shastasage,

    shastasage shastasage Apr 7, 2015 2:49 PM in response to Csound1
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    Apr 7, 2015 2:49 PM in response to Csound1

    Sorry mate!  i will take it down

     

    Thanks!

  • by cherrybunhoney,

    cherrybunhoney cherrybunhoney Apr 9, 2015 1:03 PM in response to T-Minator
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    Apr 9, 2015 1:03 PM in response to T-Minator

    Dear T-Minator

     

    THANKS so very much! This is a brilliant tip.

    I was growing desperate someone would actually reply with some sort of solution (other than "import everything and start sorting").

    This really helped.

     

    Also, I'd like to say I've never used the photo stream (iCloud), it's disabled on my phone, and yet I seem to have zillions of these "local disk" files... I don't know why.

     

    Anyway, thanks a bunch :-)

  • by tab1075,

    tab1075 tab1075 Apr 9, 2015 1:37 PM in response to cherrybunhoney
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    Apr 9, 2015 1:37 PM in response to cherrybunhoney

    The "Local Disk" files don't have anything to do with photo stream or saving to iCloud. They are created when you edit a photo within the Photos App. For example, remove red-eye, crop, or brighten an image...things like that. I believe it creates this Local Disk file because it gives us the ability to revert the edited photo back to its original state. The Local Disk file contains the edit data (my guess). I do know that if you delete that particular photo from your phone or revert it back to its unedited state, the Local Disk file for that particular photo disappears. A Local Disk file will appear for each photo that's been edited.

     

    One problem with this is, when we edit a photo in the Photos App and use Windows Explorer to copy the photo over to our PC, it will not save the edited version of the photo, only the original. You have to import edited photos to your computer using another method to be able to save the edited version.

  • by Lawrence Finch,

    Lawrence Finch Lawrence Finch Apr 9, 2015 1:59 PM in response to tab1075
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    Apr 9, 2015 1:59 PM in response to tab1075

    tab1075 wrote:

     

    The "Local Disk" files don't have anything to do with photo stream or saving to iCloud. They are created when you edit a photo within the Photos App. For example, remove red-eye, crop, or brighten an image...things like that. I believe it creates this Local Disk file because it gives us the ability to revert the edited photo back to its original state. The Local Disk file contains the edit data (my guess). I do know that if you delete that particular photo from your phone or revert it back to its unedited state, the Local Disk file for that particular photo disappears. A Local Disk file will appear for each photo that's been edited.

     

    One problem with this is, when we edit a photo in the Photos App and use Windows Explorer to copy the photo over to our PC, it will not save the edited version of the photo, only the original. You have to import edited photos to your computer using another method to be able to save the edited version.

    Those "local disk" files are not local disk at all. You are correct, they are a file type that stupid Windows Explorer does not understand, but any photo management app will understand, and they are a standard "sidecar" file for saving, as you say, edits you have made to the image.

  • by remisa_1986,

    remisa_1986 remisa_1986 Apr 10, 2015 11:24 PM in response to TJBUSMC1973
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    Apr 10, 2015 11:24 PM in response to TJBUSMC1973

    PLEASE HELP ME WITH MY PHOTO BACK UP DILEMMA
    how do you import them all at the same time?

    I have to click inside every folder, copy the pictures, and paste them on my computer. and when I plug the phone in later again, I don't know which folders are already on my computer because it moves around the photos in different folders.

    plus I categorize my photos on my laptop (friends, work, school,....) so what is the easiest way to sync my new photos to computer and only getting the new pictures imported to my computer.

    i've been uploading to dropbox but now that's full, and I don't want to pay $10 a month just to back up photos on dropbox

     

    I'm a designer and I constantly have to use my phone to snap shot the screen or take pics of clients homes so I really need an organized system to be able to come back and find a picture or an idea i saved and keep my personal photos out.

     

    I would really appreciate your help with this.

  • by remisa_1986,

    remisa_1986 remisa_1986 Apr 10, 2015 11:36 PM in response to montypython911
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    Apr 10, 2015 11:36 PM in response to montypython911

    this is absolutely brilliant

    but when i select photos like this, it won't let me delete them

    going through folders to delete pictures now, and it's so annoying

  • by IrfanYusuf,

    IrfanYusuf IrfanYusuf Apr 19, 2015 3:24 AM in response to remisa_1986
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    Apr 19, 2015 3:24 AM in response to remisa_1986

    Guys I skimmed through all the pages of discussion and what I could figure out the best workaround for copying pics to windows is as follows.

     

    We have to type * in the search option in the windows explorer and then copy the pics one by one or we can right click to locate the folder and then copy multiple pictures.

     

    Please correct me if there is other better way of doing, that I have missed as its difficult to read each post in detail. Special thanks to those who shared this workaround, making the job easier.


    And Yes for deleting pics going to individual folders seems the only option………..

  • by Lawrence Finch,

    Lawrence Finch Lawrence Finch Apr 19, 2015 3:49 AM in response to IrfanYusuf
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    Apr 19, 2015 3:49 AM in response to IrfanYusuf

    You could do it the way Microsoft designed Windows to import images from ANY digital camera: use the Camera and Scanner Wizard rather than Windows Explorer. Then you will never see the folders. It can even delete the images after copying. Or you can delete them using the Photos app on the phone.

  • by IrfanYusuf,

    IrfanYusuf IrfanYusuf Apr 19, 2015 4:09 AM in response to Lawrence Finch
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    Apr 19, 2015 4:09 AM in response to Lawrence Finch

    Thanks Finch, however what you shared is probably best way
    if one wants to copy all the pics in one go. But for copying only the selected
    photos, the solution I mentioned after learning from this forum seems the
    better choice. Am I right ?

  • by Lawrence Finch,

    Lawrence Finch Lawrence Finch Apr 19, 2015 4:37 AM in response to IrfanYusuf
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    Apr 19, 2015 4:37 AM in response to IrfanYusuf

    No. The camera and scanner wizard does not require that all images be copied. You can also use a photo management app in windows to selectively copy, such as Adobe Photoshop Elements, Google Picasa, or even Microsoft's photo manager. All of these have the advantage of preserving any edits that you made on the phone, or special settings that you chose in the camera app. If you just copy the images the customization data in the "sidecar" edit tracking files are lost.

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