My iphone dcim folder structure has changed

Yes. I foolishly updated because it was "ReCoMmEnDeD tO aLl UsErS" and as usual.. I seriously regret updating. Camera is lagging and like you said, they went back to this ridiculous photos file system instead of the extremely convenient date labeled photos.

You don’t know why what? My format is back to month/year and that’s the problem. I don’t want it that way was my point. My photos are organized specifically in order for photography editing purposes, not in what month they were edited and then saved.

It’s not helping that Apple kept changing its folder structure. It’s making my regular backup tedious, I end up backing up all folders in a separate folder, instead of just adding to the old folders on my PC/EHD. But I could not delete the old files because the latest DCIM folders are not complete because I already deleted photos from my phone to save space. And now, while it is back to the year_month structure (which I hate), the folders kept renaming themselves (with additional letters and files transferring from one folder to another) when I had to reconnect the phone because somehow, Apple keeps crashing when I try to copy photos to my Windows PC (which has been that way for some years now). Seriously, just stick to one structure or at least give us the option to select which to use as default. And please fix your compatibility with Windows so that the connection doesn’t crash mid-backup.

Ok good for a lot of users! not good for users who don't like changes!

I don't like the nieuw folder structure! how to change it back to 100APPLE, 101APPLE ?

Make options for users apple!

This is a fantastic change when you want to look for folders and you can use the year-month to find it... the other method is for computers... not people...

Go back to year month on the folders that was brilliant and I don’t understand why it took that long from the beginning. Then back to Stone Age again after updated iOS.

I liked the monthly folders also. It helps when Windows has problems downloading pictures off my phone. Bring them back!

Agree - I loved the Year/Month file format and was really bummed today when I connected to my PC and saw the old format was back with ios 14.7.1

Apple - PLEASE put it back to year and month!

Really would like the option of choosing how the phone names and organizes the picture folders. I loved seeing them organized by date. PLEASE bring that back

year-month the only way. mac persistently disables users.

fu

Seems on IOS 15 it’s back to Month/Year folders 🙌🏻

Has anyone else resolved this issue because this exact thing just happened to me, however I updated to 15.1 and it hasn’t fixed it?

I have 15.1 and (happily for me) my files are back to Month/Year folders. Sorry - no idea why yours hasn't.

THANK YOU. I was wondering this myself and will now risk the rest of my 11PM's functionality and privacy in order to fix what they ruined in 14.8.1.