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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 Lawrence Finch,

    Lawrence Finch Lawrence Finch Sep 15, 2015 6:26 AM in response to tab1075
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    Sep 15, 2015 6:26 AM in response to tab1075

    tab1075 wrote:

     

     

    There's a few people in here who keeps telling everyone, Do not use Windows Explorer.

    MICROSOFT says don't use Windows Explorer to import images. I guess Microsoft doesn't give constructive feedback, either.

  • by DenverJohn1,

    DenverJohn1 DenverJohn1 Sep 15, 2015 8:18 PM in response to lisalisabol
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    Sep 15, 2015 8:18 PM in response to lisalisabol

    Decided to take the time to research this issue on the "Apple" site. Thought I would just find a simple explanation and an easy fix. Didn't know I was going to need popcorn. 88,336 views, 285 replies, 20 pages of text, and all I hear is a bunch of Apple Bigots that display their complete dislike of anything not Apple. This an obvious issue to many people for which an I find no official Apple response. The responses posted here by many of the Apple loyalists it that we are just doing it wrong. Why not listen to some of these users. Why not just date the folder? Why is it difficult to delete the folders when empty? Why can't you select several or all folders and drag and drop? Why don't we get an official response? I guess we just don't live up to the superiority of the Apple way. Even a smidgen of conciliation may comfort some, but NO, we are just not doing it right. The righteousness of the Apple loyalists is really disruptive, not helpful, and rude. JMHO and you know who you are. 

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Sep 15, 2015 8:47 PM in response to DenverJohn1
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    Sep 15, 2015 8:47 PM in response to DenverJohn1

    It was your choice to use an Apple device, if you don't like it, don't use it. Buy an Android, the iPhone will fetch a good price.

  • by DenverJohn1,

    DenverJohn1 DenverJohn1 Sep 15, 2015 8:59 PM in response to Csound1
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    Sep 15, 2015 8:59 PM in response to Csound1

    Remove all doubt.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Sep 15, 2015 9:11 PM in response to DenverJohn1
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    Sep 15, 2015 9:11 PM in response to DenverJohn1

    I have no doubt to remove thanks.

  • by ARPU99,

    ARPU99 ARPU99 Sep 17, 2015 7:29 AM in response to lisalisabol
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    Sep 17, 2015 7:29 AM in response to lisalisabol

    Looks like Apple made a change in iOS 9.  Now folders under the DCIM folder are numbered 100APPLE, 101APPLE, 102APPLE, etc.  Each picture is dated correctly so the earliest pictures are in the 100APPLE folder and the newest are in the last folder.   Prior to this update, I had 39 folders.  Now I have 22.  Much easier to deal with pictures now, especially to find the newest pics to save to PC.

  • by DenverJohn1,

    DenverJohn1 DenverJohn1 Sep 17, 2015 7:43 AM in response to ARPU99
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    Sep 17, 2015 7:43 AM in response to ARPU99

    This is great news, installing now. Will advise my results. I had 77 Folders with 8.4.1.

  • by tab1075,

    tab1075 tab1075 Sep 17, 2015 8:05 AM in response to ARPU99
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    Sep 17, 2015 8:05 AM in response to ARPU99

    I'm seeing this as well. This is great news. There were some in this thread who said it could not be done on a technical level and I'm glad Apple proved them wrong. I went from 40+ folders within the DCIM down to only 4 now. I'm eager to see how it handles it as I take more photos. Hopefully it continues to run smoothly and I don't see an explosion of more folders. But even if that happens, as long as they're organized in chronological order, it shouldn't much of a problem.

     

    Interestingly, all four of my Apple folders inside the DCIM are dated Dec. 31st, 1969. Has Apple unlocked the secrets of time travel? Or possibly, judging by this mentalfloss article about that particular date, it could be a glitch. Or knowing Apple's eye for detail, it may very well be intentional.

     

    So for anyone searching for a solution, I strongly suggest updating to iOS 9.

  • by DenverJohn1,

    DenverJohn1 DenverJohn1 Sep 17, 2015 8:16 AM in response to tab1075
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    Sep 17, 2015 8:16 AM in response to tab1075

    Hallelujah, guess I'm doing it the right way now.  77 Folders down to 4. Kudos to Apple and all of us PC users. The picture below prior to update only showed a few. Post update is all of them. Can't wait to explore further. Thanks Apple!

    Post Update

    DCIM Folders1.JPGDCIM Folders After Update to IOS9 .JPG

  • by drume,

    drume drume Sep 17, 2015 10:48 AM in response to DenverJohn1
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    Sep 17, 2015 10:48 AM in response to DenverJohn1

    Hold on.  Now Apple is doing it wrong too?!  But organizing it more intuitively will break it!  Time for a new thread complaining that Apple is breaking esoteric DCIM standards.  Scandalous!

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Sep 17, 2015 10:58 AM in response to drume
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    Sep 17, 2015 10:58 AM in response to drume

    What are you talking about?

  • by DenverJohn1,

    DenverJohn1 DenverJohn1 Sep 17, 2015 11:53 AM in response to Csound1
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    Sep 17, 2015 11:53 AM in response to Csound1

    If you’ve ever had the date on a cell phone or computer mysteriously switch to December 31, 1969, you may have thought it was simply random. But the reason behind this odd glitch is a nice little tidbit of computer trivia.

    Unix is a computer operating system that, in one form or another, is used on most servers, workstations, and mobile devices. It was launched in November 1971 and, after some teething problems, the “epoch date” was set to the beginning of the decade, January 1, 1970. What this means is that time began for Unix at midnight on January 1, 1970 GMT. Time measurement units are counted from the epoch so that the date and time of events can be specified without question. If a time stamp is somehow reset to 0, the clock will display January 1, 1970.

    So where does December 31 fit in? It’s because you live in the Western Hemisphere. When it’s midnight in Greenwich, England, it’s still December 31st in America, where users will see December 31, 1969—the day before Unix’s epoch.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Sep 17, 2015 12:17 PM in response to DenverJohn1
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    Sep 17, 2015 12:17 PM in response to DenverJohn1

    Yes, I know that thanks, but why tell me when I did not ask?

  • by DenverJohn1,

    DenverJohn1 DenverJohn1 Sep 17, 2015 1:05 PM in response to Csound1
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    Sep 17, 2015 1:05 PM in response to Csound1

    Who said it was for you? Narcissism seems to be in your toolbox as well. Perhaps the only thing.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Sep 17, 2015 1:14 PM in response to DenverJohn1
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    Sep 17, 2015 1:14 PM in response to DenverJohn1

    You addressed it to me, so I assumed that you knew what you were doing, apparently that was a wrong assumption, I'll bear it in mind.

     

    Screen Shot 2015-09-17 at 15.05.56.png

     

    PS, I won't request that this post of yours be removed like the other one, it says so much about your competence, I think it should stay.

     

    Toodlepip JD.

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