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Transfer photos from Iphone to Disk

I am trying to backup my photos from my iphone onto my computer (first time attempting). What a sobering reminder of Apple principal closed curtain philosophies. I have been mucking around with iTunes and reading various other posts on how to download my pictures from iphone to disk? Download PICTURES from iphone to DISK? Can there be a simpler action. Boy, was I surprised to see the number of posts from confused users trying to figure out how to "transfer pictures from iphone to disk"???? I am tech geek with PhD, and I just spent half hour mucking around without success trying to transfer photos from iPhone to disk? How can you complicate this procedure? Just plug the cable and show the photos as a usb disk? Nice job Apple; Droid has much to thank you for the quantum leap innovations - all they need to do now is get the basics right now - certainly lost me as a customer.

Posted on Jul 9, 2010 12:45 PM

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Jul 14, 2010 7:25 PM in response to iphone_victim

Yes, I am having the same problem - how to transfer photos from my Iphone to my computer for backup. This is something so simple that is easily accomplished on other phone providers such as Nokia. Why is Apple preventing backup here? This is my first time use of Apple hardware and I am beginning to wonder about the claimed user friendliness. It doesn't just work!

Jul 14, 2010 8:25 PM in response to iphone_victim

I am looking for the same answer...i even tried the free download of mobileme hoping it would be reasonably self explanatory. All I want to do is get the pictures off the iphone and onto my MacBook via the usb cord so I can post them on facebook. 🙂 Dont understand why, after all the expensive Mac investments i have made this year, why this cannot be a simple, free endeavor...or why there appears to be no Mac professional to support me online via IM. Grrrr.

Jul 14, 2010 11:33 PM in response to anilsudhakaran

I don't have a Mac >> I don't have iPhoto > I don't see 'import' or 'export' on the iPhone menu > I don't have 'Image Capture' > I don't see how to launch "image capture" > and your last sentence is missing all specifics as if you-know and figure folks who don't-know should-know despite the fact that folks are asking questions about what they don't-know.

The Auto-cad forums and water-heater repair forums relish specific, step-by-step answers, maybe because those guys actually-know the answer. More details are better than less when answering folks who don't-know.

Jul 16, 2010 7:46 PM in response to iphone_victim

With the 5MP camera in the IP4, I found myself trying to batch import from the Camera Roll for the very first time. I've had every iPhone but never took the camera seriously until now.

My solution: When iTunes is running and the iPhone is plugged in, an "iPhone Camera" shows up as a device in My Computer (or Devices in Win7). A straight copy/paste did nothing. But, importing like you would from a camera chip did the trick.

I use ACDSee Pro3 and its Import Function uploaded the Camera Roll pictures with no problem.. I'm guessing that any photo Import Function designed to fetch images from a camera chip will work.

Jul 19, 2010 3:52 PM in response to iphone_victim

I am having the opposite problem. I am working on Windows 7 and was able to drag and drop the 100Apple folder onto my desktop before updating my iphone to 4.0. The update was a disaster and I had to restore my phone back to 3.1.3 fresh. Now I'm trying to drop the photos back onto the phone and it will not allow me to drop anything new to the phone but I can still drag off of it. Does anyone know how I can drag the pics back to the phone into the camera roll?

Jul 20, 2010 9:46 AM in response to iphone_victim

I have an iPhone 4 and use windows 7. I can move photos off my phone with windows explorer when the phone is connected. Just select your phone in the left pane, then select "Internal Storage". There you will fine a DCIM fold with has another folder in it. Double click on the DCIM folder and then double click on the folder within. You should now see you camera photos. Just select the photos you want and copy them to your desired folder.

Another issue is sync'ing photos from your pc to the iPhone. The sync works fine (using the photos tab in iTunes) but the photos won't show up on the iPhone until you cycle its power

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