When copying photos from iphone to computer alot of "Local drive" icons appear inside the DCIM folders. These icons are taking up space how do i get rid of them?
I tried restoring my iPhone, resetting all content and setting and nothing is working these icons are still there.
iPhone 5s, Windows 7
They are not local drives. They are files that contain the edits for photos that you edited on the phone. Windows Explorer is too stupid to recognize them. But Microsoft DOES provide the right tools that do. Just don't use Windows Explorer. See: Copying personal photos and videos from iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your computer and What to expect when you import edited photos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to your Mac or PC - Apple Support
This also has additional information:
Why do I see so many DCIM folders when I view the iOS Camera Roll from my computer?
They are NOT local disks. They are eXtensible Metadata files of type .AAE (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Metadata_Platform).There is one for each edited photo on your phone. They contain the edits that you made to photos on your computer. They are small, so they don't take up much storage. If you delete the associated photo the .AAE file will be removed with it. If you could delete it you would lose the edits to the associated image.
I'm not a technology person so here is a screen shot of what I'm talking about, I just want to make sure we are talking about the same thing
and this will remove the local disk icons? they are taking up space from my iphone storage!!
Yes, that's what you see. You see that because WINDOWS EXPLORER IS UNBELIEVABLY STUPID. Don't use Windows Explorer at all to deal with images.
Local drive icon in DCIM folders
