Cannot see last pictures I've taken

[mollyc]

Thanks for the suggestion.

How reliable is Airdrop?

Will Airdrop end up dropping my files like Image Capture seems to do?

I've never had trouble with airdrop and send stuff to myself all the time that way. I probably wouldn't try to do 100s of images at once but maybe in batches of 10-20 at a time

 

[jz0309]

Maybe I can start another thread to get help with that. (I actually tried using AirDrop a couple months ago but couldn't get it working.)

As far as Image Capture goes, it is still hit-or-miss.

Downloaded make 150GB of video and photos from the weekend, and there were two files missing when I reconciled my two download attempts, so that proves it is still randomly dropping files.

Do you shoot photos or video on your iPhone?

If so, how do you get them safely off your iPhone?

I've been using airdrop for years to copy images/videos from iPhone to my Mac, can't recall any issues, and I've done batches of a couple hundred several times, its surprisingly fast (to me) and reliable

 

[Ambrosia7177]

I've never had trouble with airdrop and send stuff to myself all the time that way. I probably wouldn't try to do 100s of images at once but maybe in batches of 10-20 at a time

Presumably using AirDrop is a "copy", right?

 

[Ambrosia7177]

I've been using airdrop for years to copy images/videos from iPhone to my Mac, can't recall any issues, and I've done batches of a couple hundred several times, its surprisingly fast (to me) and reliable

Will it work if you are moving large files (e.g. hour-long video that is maybe 50GB)?

 

[jz0309]

Will it work if you are moving large files (e.g. hour-long video that is maybe 50GB)?

I don't have anything that big, I think ~ 2GB at most which is not a problem

 

[mollyc]

AirDrop just copies stuff from one device to another. You won't lose any data on the original device, even if the transfer fails.

Really you should just try it yourself, rather than wait for responses; only you can tell if it works for your needs and how quickly.

 

[jz0309]

Presumably using AirDrop is a "copy", right?

yes, you select the ones you want to copy in the Photos app and they will remain "selected" throughout the airdrop process, so presumably when done you could just delete them at that point

 

[Saturn007]

@Saturn007,

Waiting to hear your comments to my response...

Sorry for the delay — and to see that things still aren't working for you. I check this forum irregularly. As to details about the camera card reader attachment, you'd have to do some searching here or on the net. I simply recall seeing various posts about those.

I've used Air Drop, which works well for document and web page transfers, but it's not that speedy. It sends a copy to the other device.

Yet, alas, you'd still have to confirm each photo went through.

 

[HDFan]

Do you shoot photos or video on your iPhone?

both.

If so, how do you get them safely off your iPhone?

iCloud Photos or image capture on my Mac.

 

[gudaev]

Old post, but I decided to up this thread as I started experiencing exactly the same issues w/ Image Capture. I relied on it for for years (I have automated scripts that sort images / videos after i drop them into a landing folder with Image Capture.) So the issue that I see is exactly as @ovbacon described - initial load of Image Capture shows some photos (making it feel like you have it all) but in reality a good chunk is missing. When you open the image on the iphone, Image Capture catches it and displays it... very unreliable. I'm currently running Sequoia 15.7.2 (24G325) and iphone is on iOS 26, so i'm planning to update macOS to Tahoe and see if it helps.. in a meantime my workaround is to select all photos in a library on the phone itself and manually "Export Unmodified Originals" to a SSD which I then copy to a landing folder for automated processing. Certainly not ideal.
and as may highlighted ... this is an example of unnecessary dev. complication - just let users access photos via Finder.