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Q: Can't transfer photos from iPhone to PC?

Hi,

I'm trying to transfer some photos from my iphone 5 to my windows 7 PC; I haven't done this before.

I've tried two methods of doing this, but neither seem to be working!

 

method 1 - plug in iphone to pc. I get the autoplay come up. I click import photos. But I get a message saying something like 'no new photos found', so nothing happens. (remember, I haven't backed up my photos before, so all my photos should be 'new'!)

 

method 2 - I plug the iphone into the pc. And i go to computer > view devices and i open 'apple iphone'. then there's a DCIM folder (which should contain the photos, I'm guessing, because that's how i view photos from my normal camera). But the DCIM folder is empty.

 

Could someone please help me out? I have done my best to search how to do this, but noone else seems to have had this problem but me!

 

Thanks in advance.

iPhone 5, Windows 7

Posted on Mar 11, 2013 10:10 AM

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  • by varjak paw,

    varjak paw varjak paw Mar 11, 2013 10:16 AM in response to borgin
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    Mar 11, 2013 10:16 AM in response to borgin

    To confirm, are these photos you've taken with the iPhone? Or are these photos you transfered in by some other means?

  • by borgin,

    borgin borgin Mar 11, 2013 10:18 AM in response to varjak paw
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    Mar 11, 2013 10:18 AM in response to varjak paw

    Yes, these are photos I've taken on my iphone and they're on my 'camera roll'.

     

    Basically I have quite a lot of photos on my phone now, and I'd like to back them up to my PC but I can't!

  • by varjak paw,Solvedanswer

    varjak paw varjak paw Mar 11, 2013 10:30 AM in response to borgin
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    Mar 11, 2013 10:30 AM in response to borgin

    Thanks; just wanted to make sure. When you view your iPhone in Windows Explorer, you're navigating to this folder?

     

    \Internal Storage\DCIM\100APPLE

     

    If so, one thing to try is to make sure your iPhone is unlocked. Then connect it to the computer and look in that folder again. If the iPhone is locked, it apparently won't show the contents of that folder.

     

    Hope this helps.

  • by borgin,

    borgin borgin Mar 11, 2013 10:34 AM in response to varjak paw
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    Mar 11, 2013 10:34 AM in response to varjak paw

    YES! It worked!! seems quite obvious now you say it!

    Thanks a lot, really appreciate it

  • by varjak paw,

    varjak paw varjak paw Mar 11, 2013 10:42 AM in response to borgin
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    Mar 11, 2013 10:42 AM in response to borgin

    Glad you got it sorted. Cheers.

  • by StreetPreacher,

    StreetPreacher StreetPreacher Oct 30, 2013 7:33 AM in response to borgin
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    Oct 30, 2013 7:33 AM in response to borgin

    "YES! It worked!! seems quite obvious now you say it!"

     

    Thank god, this worked!  I've been going nuts all morning trying to figure out why no photos were showing up in the DCIM directory.

     

    And NO IT'S NOT OBVIOUS at all that the phone slider has to be 'unlocked' in order to access the photos, that's just ********!  The phone just locked itself and I can still access the photos, so it's just anther stupid Apple device behaviour that we're all forced to live with...

     

    Now if I can find out why my iphone won't complete the install of ANY app updates, app donwloads or OS updates then I can finally sell all of my apple crap and not be driven absoutletely crazy every day trying to troubleshoot some stupid issue on a device that is supposed to "Just Work"

     

    I really wish I hadn't started with apple, but I might be stuck now.  **** you Apple!

  • by varjak paw,

    varjak paw varjak paw Oct 30, 2013 8:55 AM in response to StreetPreacher
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    Oct 30, 2013 8:55 AM in response to StreetPreacher

    Apple is not here, and cursing at we your fellow users is both futile and rude. If you want assistance with your problems, start a new topic calmly detailing your issues - ranting in someone else's months-old thread usually isn't a good strategy for getting help - and perhaps someone here can help you sort things out.


    Or just sell all your "crap" and go buy something you think will work better for you. You're just as likely to have problems with anything you buy, though, so eventually you're going to have to try some troubleshooting.

     

    Regards.

  • by Scotteemn,Helpful

    Scotteemn Scotteemn Dec 23, 2013 6:31 PM in response to borgin
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    Dec 23, 2013 6:31 PM in response to borgin

    If you're using a Windows Vista or Windows 7 PC, do as the following:
    1. Connect your iOS device to the computer. If the AutoPlay window appears, click "Import Pictures and Videos using Windows", then skip to step 4. If the "Import Pictures and Video" dialog appears, skip to step 4. If the AutoPlay dialog box does not automatically open, you may need to enable the behavior.
    2. Choose Start > Computer.
    3. Right-click the logo for your device and click Import pictures and videos.
    4. Click the Import Settings link.
    5. In the resulting window, you can change the folder to which your Camera Roll's photos will be imported by clicking the Browse button next to the "Import to" field. By default, these will be imported to the My Pictures folder.
    6. Enable the option, "Always erase from device after copying".
    7. After setting your import options, click OK to dismiss the window.
    8. Choose a tag if desired and click Import. This screen appears only while the import process is active.
    9. Once the import is complete, Windows Photo Gallery will launch with your photos and videos highlighted under the "Recently Imported" section.

     

    Here are two shared tutorials from iphone software bbs, hope it can give you more advice:
    How to transfer or copy my photos from iPhone to PC
    How to transfer photo/pictures from iPhone to Mac

     

     

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  • by varjak paw,

    varjak paw varjak paw Nov 27, 2013 6:14 AM in response to Scotteemn
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    Nov 27, 2013 6:14 AM in response to Scotteemn

    Scott, Borgin posted back in March and his/her problem was solved at that time.

     

    Regards.

  • by sogaeygon,

    sogaeygon sogaeygon Dec 7, 2013 5:07 AM in response to borgin
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    Dec 7, 2013 5:07 AM in response to borgin

    This come to mind and I own an iPhone too.
    • Plugin your iPhone to the computer without iTunes running

    • Wait for a popup asking you what you want to do with the device

    • Select “View Content”

    • Find your photos through the folders that are displayed

    • Copy in Windows as usual

     

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  • by Kinrisa,

    Kinrisa Kinrisa Dec 7, 2013 5:09 AM in response to borgin
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    Dec 7, 2013 5:09 AM in response to borgin

    You can transfer your iPhone photo to PC without sync.

    As we know, it is easy to get photo onto an iPhone with the help of iTunes, but if you want to transfer your iPhone photos to PC with iTunes, you may be careful because you will sync your data.

     

    You can follow: In the left directory tree of iPhone Transfer program, click "Photos" to bring up the photo management window. Choose the photo or folders which you want to export. Click "Export to". Then, a file browser window pops up. Choose a folder on your computer to save the exported photos or folders. Or, just drag and drop your wanted photos and folders to any place on your computer.

     

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  • by KappaLorenzo,

    KappaLorenzo KappaLorenzo Dec 23, 2013 6:27 PM in response to borgin
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    Dec 23, 2013 6:27 PM in response to borgin

    You may try to use iOS Transfer to transfer your photos from iPhone to PC.

    Also you can sync them easily with iCloud or other official software.

     

     

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  • by Woodakak,

    Woodakak Woodakak Dec 26, 2013 10:21 PM in response to borgin
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    Dec 26, 2013 10:21 PM in response to borgin

    You don't transfer iphotos to itunes.  Itunes is not a photo management program.Pics taken with iphone are imported to your computer as you would from any digital camera. Photos synced to your iphone from your computer are synced one way - computer to iphone.  As they came from your computer in the first place, they should still be there, but you can use some third party app like: iStonsoft iPhone to computer transfer, Vibosoft iPhone transfer, Cool, or iPubsoft.

     

    There are many apps works:

    Vibosoft iPhone/iPad/iPod to computer transfer:

    http://www.vibosoft.com/ios/copy-photos-from-iphone-5-to-computer.html

     

    iStonsoft iPhone to computer transfer

    http://www.istonsoft.com/iphone-to-computer-transfer.html

     

    Coolmuster ios copy

    http://www.coolmuster.com/idevices/transfer-photo-from-iphone-to-computer.html

     

    and more...other, like: iPubsoft, isssoft, cucumody,

  • by Woodakak,

    Woodakak Woodakak Dec 26, 2013 10:24 PM in response to borgin
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    Dec 26, 2013 10:24 PM in response to borgin

    Follow these instructions to copy personal photos and videos from iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch to your computer, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083

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