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Can the iphone appear as an external device?

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snerkler

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I'm fairly new to Mac, having used PC's for many years. When I used to connect my iphone 4 to the PC it would appear as a separate drive/device in "my computer" that I could open up and drag and drop photos and video files from my iphone to the PC.

If I want to get photos from my iphone now using Mac I have to import to iPhoto or iMovie/FCP X, find where these files have been stored and then transfer them to where I want them. Is there a way you can see the iphone as an external device so that you can just drag and drop photos and video, without paying a lot of money? I've seen a program called Phone Disk, but that cost £12.99 ($21). I was hoping I could find a free app, or one for about 69p ($1.1).


Cheers
 
Try Image Capture, located in the apps folder, it will let you move photos and videos very easily.

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snerkler said:
I'm fairly new to Mac, having used PC's for many years. When I used to connect my iphone 4 to the PC it would appear as a separate drive/device in "my computer" that I could open up and drag and drop photos and video files from my iphone to the PC.

If I want to get photos from my iphone now using Mac I have to import to iPhoto or iMovie/FCP X, find where these files have been stored and then transfer them to where I want them. Is there a way you can see the iphone as an external device so that you can just drag and drop photos and video, without paying a lot of money? I've seen a program called Phone Disk, but that cost £12.99 ($21). I was hoping I could find a free app, or one for about 69p ($1.1).


Cheers
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There's an app called Phone Drive that you can use for this purpose. There's three methods of data transfer: over WiFi, over bluetooth, or through USB/iTunes. In the third method, all the file management goes through iTunes, so it's not really drag and drop, but it works the same purpose. The app is 99 cents.
 
jca24 said:
Try Image Capture, located in the apps folder, it will let you move photos and videos very easily.

:apple:
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This does the job nicely, thanks :)

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RolandNights said:
There's an app called Phone Drive that you can use for this purpose. There's three methods of data transfer: over WiFi, over bluetooth, or through USB/iTunes. In the third method, all the file management goes through iTunes, so it's not really drag and drop, but it works the same purpose. The app is 99 cents.
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Thanks for the reply. I don't really want to go through itunes. Image capture as recommended above does what I need.
 
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