bulk deletion of photos from iPhone Camera

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bulk deletion of photos from iPhone Camera

I have accumulated several thousand photos on my iPhone. (I love it!) I have backed them up to my MacBook using the photo viewer application. How do I get these thousands of photos off of my iPhone? Doing this one at a time on the iPhone itself is not a solution.

Checking the "delete photos" option in the photo viewer app does not do this.
I am new to the MacBook and OSX. Windows XP recognized the iPhone camera as a separate device and I could open up the directory for all of the photos on the camera and move them around as I pleased. That doesn't happen with OSX.

So I have two questions:
- How can I bulk delete photos from my iPhone from my MacBook?
- Is there a way in OSX to view the iPhone as a device or directory?

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.6), not really sure of OSX version

Posted on Feb 22, 2011 2:01 PM

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Answer 1

Feb 22, 2011 2:53 PM in response to tbeckett

Friend,

I use a windows laptop, so let me hope they are same in opening files.

Try to re-convert my words from windows to mac (if u have used windows ever), else take help of ur friend.

Just on my computer, you will find iPhone as storage device (like when u insert a pen drive). Now get into the album, choose all and delete.

And do remember, u could have set up a photo synchronisation on itunes, remove that. So the photos dont get back to your phone again when you synchronise.

to do, in i-tunes, choose mobile (on left side) you will find all listings of mobile on right hand. If you look to top right area, you will find a option to change the photo synchronising setting. un-check them.. thats all done. Hope you solve it simple.. 🙂

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Answer 2

Mar 8, 2011 11:05 AM in response to tbeckett

Open up Image Capture, select your iPhone from the device list on the left.

You can select easily, even select all and press the delete button.

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Answer 3

Mar 8, 2011 7:19 PM in response to Cristofer Cruz

I suggest that we simply get as many people as possible to suggest that Apple simply enhance their pro app to do what iPhoto can do out of the box -- namely delete photos and videos after import:

http://www.apple.com/feedback/aperture.html

Thank you!

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Answer 4

Jul 18, 2011 5:20 PM in response to Apple iPhone 4

This method does not work.

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Answer 5

Jul 18, 2011 5:21 PM in response to tbeckett

To mass delete all your iPhone photos, go to start>computer right click on iphone (bottom of list), select import images and videos and in the pop up, set it to delete after import. start import. Job done.

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