Transferring Photos to a Windows PC

Hi noob85,

Here's what has worked for me. I create folders for each year, with subfolders for each month, e.g. ..\2023\2023-01, then I search for all files within the DCIM folder, sort by date, and copy over one month at a time. If Windows Explorer fails to copy a file and crashes out it is generally fairly easy to work out which file caused a problem, and get the remaining files from that month. Rinse and repeat. Once you've done the initial copy you only need to get the last month or two's photos when you want to copy off your new images.

tt2

Transfer photos and videos from your iPhone or iPad to your Mac or PC - Apple Support

noob85 wrote:

That’s what I had been doing (ahm sorry.. trying) for at least 8 hours. I’ve been trying to get that to work and many other alternatives for over 11 hours straight.

nothing works properly.

After 10 years I’m tired of dealing with this. If Apple doesn’t come up with a working solution I’ll be gone from this platform.

many others will probably to the same as I’m not alone with with struggle.

im tired… but VERY tired of seeing that Apple doesn’t seem to be interested in coming up with any reliably working solution what so ever.

Maybe if you described your connections and provided details regarding what "nothing works properly" means someone could provide assistance.

As an aside, threatening to leave Apple is meaningless in these user-to-user help communities. We are users like you trying to help each other. It is too bad you are experiencing difficulties but if you provide some details we will try to help as best we can. If you decide to leave Apple, best of luck with your new environment.