asynchrony
Level 1
(8 points)
Q: Save photos from computer directly into camera roll or similar?
Twice a year or so I backup my iPhone's photos/videos by plugging my phone into my computer, opening it up on Windows Explorer, and manually copy/pasting all of the photo folders onto my computer. This time, however, I accidentally cut/paste instead of copy/paste, so I effectively deleted all of my photos and videos from my phone and moved them onto my computer.
Now my problem is, I want the majority of those photos back on my phone and saved in the camera roll. Obviously, I can't drag and drop in Windows Explorer (otherwise I wouldn't be posting this). I don't want them to be synced from my computer through iTunes since they'll be tagged as "saved from computer" on my phone and I can't delete them unless I un-sync them through iTunes (nor do I understand why that is something that happens).
So what's the best way to save 1000~ photos and videos back onto my camera roll, as they were before?
For example, Dropbox was a potential solution, until I found out you basically had to save one photo at a time.
iPhone 6s, null
elcpu
Level 6
(15,534 points)
Ok, I am back. Try this with a dozen pictures to see if it works for you.
Sync a dozen or so to the iPhone, not the iPad. Then on the synced album, click on Select, Select All, then click on the box with the up arrow on the lower left, then Duplicate. This will put a copy on Camera Roll. You may then be able to do a new sync with no photos selected to delete the album that was synced while perhaps retaining the copies in Camera Roll. Try it with a dozen before you do 1,000.
