Convert BULK Live Photos to still to save memory

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Convert BULK Live Photos to still to save memory

Please don’t tell me how to do this individually. I have 6000 live photos on my phone because of Apple default. How do I convert all of these to still shots in order to save space.

I have searched to the Apple community for a year on how to do this and all of your Apple robots have the same answer on how to do it individually. Everyone needs help doing this bulk.

iPhone 14

Posted on May 8, 2024 10:11 AM

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Old Toad

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May 8, 2024 10:57 AM in response to Cooney850

Export all of the Live photos as originals to a folder on the Desktop. You'll get a .jpeg and .mov version for each image.

Then import just the jpeg version of the files leaving the .mov portion in the folder. When the re-import is complete and verified you can delete the folder and the Live photos from the library.

And so we're on the same page you're saving storage space, not memory.

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