Best way to backup iPhone camera roll without syncing to home computer?

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  1. mongobongo, Jan 12, 2011

    mongobongo macrumors member

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    Hello,

    so I'm going on a trip for a few weeks and I'm not bringing my laptop. I am however bringing my iPhone 4 and plan to take quite a few pics with its built in camera. I am now looking for a good way to keep the camera roll backed up in case my phone is lost or stolen.

    I was amazed to find that if I select more than one photo I cant send them to my MobileMe and If I select more than five photos then I cant email them. Am I missing something?

    I dont expect to find a WiFi connection everyday so lets say that everytime I do, I have 30 or 50 new photos in my camera roll that i need to backup. Surely there must be a better way than to copy them 5 at a time and pasting them into emails?

    Any advice?
     
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  2. kmullen, Jan 12, 2011

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    If you have a dropbox account, there's a free app called 'picbox' which uploads all your camera roll to a folder in your dropbox. It even knows which ones have already been uploaded to avoid duplicates. Maybe that will help?
     
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  3. mongobongo, Jan 13, 2011

    mongobongo thread starter macrumors member

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    thats just what I was looking for, thanks!
     
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  4. modular, Jan 13, 2011

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    "image capture" in your applications folder will be able to do this.

    edit.. oh you're not bringing a laptop :p
     
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  5. ctbear, Jan 13, 2011

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    hmmm...why don't you just connect to your laptop via USB, then just copy the whole folder in My computer/Finder? No iTunes syncing necessary
     
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  6. mongobongo, Jan 13, 2011
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    mongobongo thread starter macrumors member

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    like I said; only travelling with my iPhone. not bringing a laptop.
     
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  7. drinkjuiceshelb, Jan 14, 2011

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    I usually just email myself or use my MobileMe account. I never keep pictures on my phone anymore because its so easy to upload and download off of a generic email account. I've heard dropbox is really good tool as well.
     
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