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[Nathan Riddle]

I friggin hate how apple/iOS need to lock down file sharing so much!!!!

I get everything else being locked down that's their model... But I wanna mount the iPhone as a drive and copy the photos off.

I spent ~3hrs trying to get photos off of an iPhone for a funeral today.

Apparently when iCloud is enabled you can't directly transfer to a new computer. The MacBook was having hdd issues/corrupt so I couldn't get the photos directly.

Also, why on Earth does iTunes name the iPhone the username of windows user account when it is newly associated??

I came INSANELY prepared, every dongle, cable, USB, etc you can think of. It wasn't enough.

Grrrr..... A 2hr quick gig became a 6hr grueling endeavor with a race against the clock and waiting for things to 'sync' via slow internet.

In the clients defense they did try beforehand to get the photos, even went to Best buy for help the day before.

Oh well.

[Nathan Riddle]

Client is ridiculously happy though (under the circumstances)

[Robert Lofgren]

Have you tried to just airdrop your files to your computer?

[Nathan Riddle]

Airdrop to win10?

[Nathan Riddle]

I'll gladly take a solution that helps me out in the future. I'll admit I was out of my depth, I had an iPhone during the ios5/6 days so I've been out of touch with the latest and greatest, but I didn't realize it had changed so much.

Though, I won't say I was so far removed from finding a solution, I'm not inept. Just no clear way to transfer the files so I could play them on a projector.

[Craig Hauber]

I friggin hate how apple/iOS need to lock down file sharing so much!!!!

I get everything else being locked down that's their model... But I wanna mount the iPhone as a drive and copy the photos off.

I spent ~3hrs trying to get photos off of an iPhone for a funeral today.

Apparently when iCloud is enabled you can't directly transfer to a new computer. The MacBook was having hdd issues/corrupt so I couldn't get the photos directly.

Also, why on Earth does iTunes name the iPhone the username of windows user account when it is newly associated??

I came INSANELY prepared, every dongle, cable, USB, etc you can think of. It wasn't enough.

Grrrr..... A 2hr quick gig became a 6hr grueling endeavor with a race against the clock and waiting for things to 'sync' via slow internet.

In the clients defense they did try beforehand to get the photos, even went to Best buy for help the day before.

Oh well.

I just use the Photo transfer app.  It lets you send to anything that can run a web browser on the local network that the phone's on. (mac/win/linux, desktop/laptop/tablet)

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/photo-transfer-app-bitwise/id365152940?mt=8

It is free and quick to install if it's someone else's phone.
They have a client for the computer you are transferring to, which helps if it's something yo do regularly, but they always give you option to just use a browser

[frank kayser]

I friggin hate how apple/iOS need to lock down file sharing so much!!!!

I get everything else being locked down that's their model... But I wanna mount the iPhone as a drive and copy the photos off.
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I use Dropbox to move photos and documents to/from iDevices and my Mac, Windows, and Android platforms.  Slick as a whistle.  There may be better solutions, but I'm perfectly happy with Dropbox.


frank

[Debbie Dunkley]

We Transfer allows up to 2 gb free of charge and more for a fee. I have used the service many times- I like it.
https://wetransfer.com

[Helge A Bentsen]

Dropbox works very well for this.

[Todd Friemuth]

I just dealt with this last week trying to free up some space on my phone. I was able to, in iTunes, select Edit/Preferences/Devices and checked the "Prevent iPods, iPhones, and iPads from syncing automatically" box. I then closed iTunes, went to "My Computer", and my phone showed up essentially as an external storage device. I was able to navigate the file folders and locate the folder containing all my photos and videos from my phone. I just copied the folder over to my hard drive and deleted the photos from my phone.

Now having tried to explain all that the best I could, I need to disclose that I'm still using a dinosaur iPhone 4s. Momma and I have 3 kids at 2 different Big10 schools so I'm at the bottom of the food chain when it comes to getting anything shiny and new.

This work flow worked for me using iPhone 4s, Windows 7, and the most recent version of iTunes. No idea if a newer phone doesn't allow this file access.

Todd.

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