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Is it safe to delete my pictures from Cameral Roll and how do I do this?

I have read some of the threads on what the difference is between Camera Roll and iPhone Library. I am about out of storage space on my iPhone, so I need to make room. I have 2680 pix in my Camera Roll, so I am assuming that if I delete them, I will free up space for other stuff. Two questions:

-In asking if it is safe to delete them, I want to be sure that if I delete them from the Camera Roll, that I do not actually lose them because they are in my iPhoto Library?

-If it is safe, I want to know how to delete them from the Camera Roll, because I can't seem to figure it out?

Thanks, KayDeeCee :-)

iPhone 4

Posted on Sep 17, 2013 4:19 PM

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Demo

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Sep 17, 2013 4:57 PM in response to Kaydeecee

Kaydeecee wrote:

I tried this (Settings/general/usage/photo &camera then swipe across camera roll and tap delete), clicking on the the delete red box at the end. It just went back to the previous screen and did not delete the 3.4 GB. Why did it not delete?

You are doing nothing arong. As far as I know, this is a bug in the iOS. I reported it some time ago and so have some others people that I have talked to. Hopefully this was addressed in iOS 7 and it will finally work.

Sep 17, 2013 5:01 PM in response to Kaydeecee

then i will re post this try this instead, try creating a new user profile on your mac and make it as an administrator , and try importing all the pictures using iphoto and this time delete it from the iphone after importing you will be asked if you want to delete it from the source ,then choose delete..... try that if that will help 🙂 ...

Sep 17, 2013 5:03 PM in response to Demo

on ios 7 its not possible to delete it from the usage pane under photo and camera.....

Kaydeecee Author

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Sep 17, 2013 5:15 PM in response to TrainingSF

Well I did a Hard Reset, then I did reset all settings. But it still does not delete my Camera Roll when I click the red button. :-(

Demo

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Sep 17, 2013 5:23 PM in response to TrainingSF

TrainingSF wrote:

on ios 7 its not possible to delete it from the usage pane under photo and camera.....

Only developers have had legal access to iOS 7 until it is released tomorrow. Unless you are a developer, you are running an illegal, unlicensed version of iOS 7. If you are a developer, you are in violation of the NDA by posting what you know about the iOS in the public forums.

@Kaydeecee... Just bite the bullet and select the photos one at a time in the camera roll and then delete them. Actually, when you are in thumbnail view, after you tap the edit button, you can really run through rows and rows of photos very quickly by tapping on them. It won't take as long as you think.

Kaydeecee Author

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Sep 17, 2013 5:29 PM in response to Kaydeecee

Thanks everyone for your help. I appreciate it very much. I didn't realize I could only give one answer the green check and two answers a gold star. I would have liked to give several of you green checks and gold stars. I am indeed biting the bullet and deleting the one-by-one. From now on, i will agree to delete after I import photos to my Mac Book. :-) KayDee Cee

Sep 17, 2013 5:43 PM in response to Demo

i appologized thanks for the reminder ... 🙂 my cousin has beta version for developers i just saw every function i forgot that tomorrow is the formal release 🙂

ChrisJ4203

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Sep 17, 2013 8:32 PM in response to Kaydeecee

Did you try navigating to the DCIM folder on your Mac while the phone was connected to the computer? You did not comment on trying that, and it will be much easier than the screen at a time checking that you are doing on the phone.

Sep 17, 2013 10:43 PM in response to Kaydeecee

Chris is right try to use image capture and accesss the internal storage to the dcim folder and select all the picture to delete.

Sep 17, 2013 10:49 PM in response to Kaydeecee

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2498 try reading about the dcim folder on this article ....

Is it safe to delete my pictures from Cameral Roll and how do I do this?