I need to offload all photos from iphone in order to install update. One suggestion has been to update the iphone ios, but I don’t have time to transfer and delete 2933 photos one by one.
help!
iPhone SE, iOS 17
It is still possible to delete items from your device after importing them to your Mac.
See: Transfer images in Image Capture on Mac - Apple Support
in the Image Capture toolbar, then either deselect “Keep originals” or select “Delete after import” (the option available depends on the type of device you connected).It is still possible to delete items from your device after importing them to your Mac.
See: Transfer images in Image Capture on Mac - Apple Support
in the Image Capture toolbar, then either deselect “Keep originals” or select “Delete after import” (the option available depends on the type of device you connected).If I were doing this, I'd use the Apple app Image Capture that's in the Applications folder. That app allows you to select the folder you want to "import to." I'd choose "Other" and create a new folder on the Desktop and import the pictures there. You can decide later if you want to add these to the Mac's Photos Library. You get the edited, cropped, annotated versions of the pictures, not necessarily the unmodified originals.
I haven't tried 3000 pictures at once. Check the results thoroughly before deleting any from your phone. Sometimes it works better to do smaller batches at once, but Image Capture is really a pretty robust program.
This all works whether or not you are using iCloud. Are you?
Let us know what you do and how it works.
Get a GoogleDrive, OneDrive or Mega account and move them to one or all of those backup solutions.
Thanks for mentioning Image Capture. It's been downloading all of my photos to "Photos" on my Macbook HD, and that was over 7000 images. Now how to delete them all at once from the phone--didn't see that option in the 2010-2020 (most recent??) version.
Thanks, I hadn’t considered my Google Drive acct. I wonder how to transfer en masse from the phone to that site. Any suggestions?
thx again
Thanks, but that option ("delete after import") was not available in the action button menu. I'll just try "select all" and "delete" from Image Capture's Edit menu.
Is 2933 photos too many to import from iphone to mac?
