Q: Getting some photos off someone else's iPhone
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Jul 10, 2015 7:48 PMby nickaster,Right, thanks. Okay, I've tried all kinds of things. For example, yes, I've launched iPhoto when her phone is connected. Nothing happens. It's nowhere in the menu. Actually, it's no longer iPhoto, now it's just Photos or whatever crazy thing apple has going now. ...
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Jul 11, 2015 5:24 AMby Demo,I have no clue about the new photos app. I decided to stick with iPhoto and still use it. I don't know how you feel about purchasing a third party app, but there are WiFi transfer apps that will let you send photos back and forth from iOS devices to the Mac. I use one called Wireless Transfer App.
http://www.wirelesstransferapp.com/
There are other in the App Store that you can look at.
AirDrop might also work for you.
Share content with AirDrop from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
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Jul 11, 2015 8:26 AMby nickaster,Haha... very funny. Right, well heck, if I have to use a 3rd party app I will but I'm absolutely speechless that Apple would make this so bloody complicated. It's a device with media on it. I just want to pull the media into my laptop. 15 years ago this would have taken 3 minutes.... today in 2015 this is some kind of impossible nightmare... it's just amazing.
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Jul 11, 2015 8:44 AMby nickaster,Yeah but these files are way too big for email... and there are dozens of them.
So anyway, I'm attempting to do this via "AirDrop" which seems like the most logical move. I know that "airdrop" works with my mac because I have managed to move things between macs this way. The trouble is that the phone doesn't show up on my mac or vice versa no matter what I do.... does anyone know how this is suppsoed to work? The best help I've found is that just "waiting" will somehow get this to work eventually... crazy!
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Jul 11, 2015 8:58 AMby nickaster,Gawd almighty... so I finally solved this problem by transfering this stuff to "iPhoto" on HER laptop. Then *importing* them in to that horrible program - THEN moving them to a folder on her laptop.THEN using airdrop to move the folder to my mac. I know this is turning into a rant here, but this is just plain reprehensible behavior by Apple. There's simply no reason to force this kind of control on people and it's downright anti-technology.
