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After transferring photos and videos from PC to Windows, I can't do anything with these photos and videos, only viewing. I can't remove them from my iPhone. What to do? What kind of bug? 65 gigabytes are occupied by my photos and videos that are static now and nothing can be done with them in the Photos app
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iPhone 15 Pro
Solved the problem. You need to go to "Settings" - Find the settings of the "Photos" application, then turn on iCloud Photos, then it offers to delete all photos and videos that were synchronized with the PC. Profit!
It is very illogical to implement this in iOS and in general when transferring photos and videos by official Apple means
Solved the problem. You need to go to "Settings" - Find the settings of the "Photos" application, then turn on iCloud Photos, then it offers to delete all photos and videos that were synchronized with the PC. Profit!
It is very illogical to implement this in iOS and in general when transferring photos and videos by official Apple means
If the Apple Devices program on Windows functions, as I suspect, the way iTunes once did and Finder does now on Macs for "pushing" photos onto iPhones, the only way to remove any of those photos from the iPhone is to repeat the "push" process omitting the ones you don't want to be on the phone any longer.
The operational model made sense when computers running iTunes were pushing music and photos to dumb devices like iPods. It doesn't match some modern expectations on devices that are orders of magnitude more powerful than the old main computers.
Yes, enabling iCloud Photos will offer to delete PC-synced photos and videos, because those two synchronization methods are incompatible. I would have suggested that method, but iCloud Photos comes with its own consequences and considerations.
1. Ability to delete photos/videos from the device itself in the Photos app (no delete button)
2. The application on the Windows PC - Apple Devices does not have the function to delete photos from the phone
3. I'll say right away that this is not related to synchronization with iCloud and I always have photo synchronizations disabled in the settings
Again, how are you trying to do this? And yes of course you can delete items from your iPhone. So, until you explain the steps you're taking, and where they fail, we can't help. Remember we can't see your devices nor read your mind.
How are you trying to do this? And where does it fail?
Unable to delete photos on my iPhone 15 Pro
