How to get the photos off iphone the easy way?

[w...b]

So i have like 200 pictures taken with the iphone but how do i delete them? instead of hitting the garbage bin every time.

 

[fishmoose]

Hook it up to the computer and use iPhoto

 

[w...b]

yea but that doesnt delete the photos of the phone. im looking to delete them after i have uploaded.

 

[Jeremy1026]

yea but that doesnt delete the photos of the phone. im looking to delete them after i have uploaded.

It should ask you what you want to do with the original files, if it doesn't anymore you can right click the iPhone in iPhoto and select reset warnings. Then reimport them and it'll ask.

 

[skubish]

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yea but that doesnt delete the photos of the phone. im looking to delete them after i have uploaded.

It should ask you what you want to do with the original files, if it doesn't anymore you can right click the iPhone in iPhoto and select reset warnings. Then reimport them and it'll ask.

yep that should work.

 

[NATO]

I hate the current way of getting photos off the iPhone. It seems totally counter-intuitive to have to open iPhoto, import the photos I'm interested in, then drag them out of iPhoto on to the desktop then remove the event from iPhoto and finally close iPhoto.

I don't mind using iPhoto for my proper digital camera photos, that's where I want them to go after all, but a lot of the time I use my iPhone's camera for random snaps that I maybe want to share with friends etc, but they're not the sort of photos I'd want to store long term in iPhoto.

I wish there was a way of just having the iPhone appear on the desktop and grab the photos that way...

 

[alFR]

I hate the current way of getting photos off the iPhone. It seems totally counter-intuitive to have to open iPhoto, import the photos I'm interested in, then drag them out of iPhoto on to the desktop then remove the event from iPhoto and finally close iPhoto.

I think the general intention is that you'd keep them in iPhoto (at least, if you have a Mac). I think that's what most people do, isn't it?

 

[Peruvian]

Just email the photos to yourself....

 

[mcdj]

I hate the current way of getting photos off the iPhone. It seems totally counter-intuitive to have to open iPhoto, import the photos I'm interested in, then drag them out of iPhoto on to the desktop then remove the event from iPhoto and finally close iPhoto.

I don't mind using iPhoto for my proper digital camera photos, that's where I want them to go after all, but a lot of the time I use my iPhone's camera for random snaps that I maybe want to share with friends etc, but they're not the sort of photos I'd want to store long term in iPhoto.

No one is forcing you to move the pics out of iPhoto. If you want to share them temporarily, I assume you delete them from your desktop after a while? Why not just share them from iPhoto and then delete them from there. You are creating extra work for yourself by moving them to the desktop...iPhoto is not creating extra work for you.

 

[DigMe]

Just email the photos to yourself....

Emailing them reduces the resolution. If you pull them straight off they retain full resolution.

It's super easy on a Vista machine - I just go to my computer and click on the iPhone device and the appropriate folder with the photos in that device. Then I copy and paste the photos into whatever folder on my hard drive that I want. I haven't tried deleting them off straight through my computer using that method but I suspect that it would work.

bc

 

[TheConfuzed1]

When you upload the photos to iPhoto, make sure to check the box that says, "Delete Originals From Camera."

(The exact wording may be slightly different.)

 

[greggov]

or on the mac you can use image capture. I dont use iphoto, but every time I plug in my iPhone, Image Capture automatically opens, and it allows you to Download All or Download Some, and then you can choose the images and where you want to download them, bypassing iPhoto. I'm not sure if it can delete off the iPhone, though.

 

[The General]

I hate the current way of getting photos off the iPhone. It seems totally counter-intuitive to have to open iPhoto, import the photos I'm interested in, then drag them out of iPhoto on to the desktop then remove the event from iPhoto and finally close iPhoto.

I don't mind using iPhoto for my proper digital camera photos, that's where I want them to go after all, but a lot of the time I use my iPhone's camera for random snaps that I maybe want to share with friends etc, but they're not the sort of photos I'd want to store long term in iPhoto.

I wish there was a way of just having the iPhone appear on the desktop and grab the photos that way...

Use Image Capture instead, then...

 

[cellocello]

The only way I've been able to do it is to put my phone face down on a photocopier.

 

[efp1]

Just use Automator to do it for you. The way I have it set up is I just double click on an icon I set and the photos are instantly transfered from my iphone to a folder i created on my desktop.