Strange Chinese symbols on my iPhone photos and folders

When i connect my iphone to PC i see that

Posted on Jul 19, 2023 5:32 PM

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Posted on Jul 19, 2023 5:41 PM

If you are viewing the file system on your phone from your PC, don’t. That is not a supported way to access photos. What you are seeing is the metadata for the iPhone’s Photo database. It is actually binary data that your PC is attempting to interpret as displayable characters.


Here is the correct way to manage photos on your PC→Copying personal photos and videos from iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your computer

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Jul 19, 2023 5:41 PM in response to fourtwozeroa

If you are viewing the file system on your phone from your PC, don’t. That is not a supported way to access photos. What you are seeing is the metadata for the iPhone’s Photo database. It is actually binary data that your PC is attempting to interpret as displayable characters.


Here is the correct way to manage photos on your PC→Copying personal photos and videos from iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your computer

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