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Offloading photos from iPhone
Posted on 12/22/22 at 12:11 pm
Posted on 12/22/22 at 12:11 pm
My wife has thousands of pictures on her phone that need be offloaded to free up some cloud storage. What is the easiest way to remove those from the phone; physically or through the cloud, if i want preserve the meta data? In the past, I have done so by conneting the phone to PC and searching for files, but is there an easier way that doesnt involve renaming photos (the various photo folders sometimes use the same file name)?
I will store them on an external hard drive for safe keeping and back them up on google photo (unfortunately, my account is nearly full, so may need to find a better cloud storage solution now that google is charging).
I will store them on an external hard drive for safe keeping and back them up on google photo (unfortunately, my account is nearly full, so may need to find a better cloud storage solution now that google is charging).
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Posted on 12/22/22 at 12:45 pm to CidCock
do you have a google account?
you can just install google photos on the phone and it will automatically start to upload all photos and videos including metadata.
if you want original quality you may have to pay $2/mo for 100GB (first 17GB are free).
This is the easiest way to get them out and you can share any link to any photo or album with anyone.
you can just install google photos on the phone and it will automatically start to upload all photos and videos including metadata.
if you want original quality you may have to pay $2/mo for 100GB (first 17GB are free).
This is the easiest way to get them out and you can share any link to any photo or album with anyone.
This post was edited on 12/22/22 at 12:46 pm
Posted on 12/22/22 at 12:45 pm to CidCock
We use Amazon Prime Photo for that. Open the app and it auto uploads everything on your phone. Then you can delete.
Posted on 12/22/22 at 1:03 pm to CAD703X
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CAD703X
Thanks man, I do have Google Photos and back hers up to her account (which is almost full also). So, I may create another account for her 2022 photos just to keep them on the cloud and share it with her main accout so they can still be viewed. That being said, I still like to have a copy stored on a hard drive. I had just as much difficult offloading them from Google and keeping the dates, location, etc.
Posted on 12/22/22 at 1:08 pm to CidCock
quote:i haven't used google takeout on photos; does it mangle the metadata when it exports everything?
I had just as much difficult offloading them from Google and keeping the dates, location, etc.
Posted on 12/22/22 at 5:56 pm to CAD703X
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if you want original quality you may have to pay $2/mo for 100GB (first 17GB are free).
200GB iCloud is only 2.99, might as well just upgrade your iCloud account and not do anything
This post was edited on 12/22/22 at 5:57 pm
Posted on 12/22/22 at 7:51 pm to CidCock
I use the free version of FoneTool.
Posted on 12/23/22 at 12:25 am to CidCock
Sounds like you want a NAS.
Posted on 12/23/22 at 2:40 pm to CAD703X
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i haven't used google takeout on photos; does it mangle the metadata when it exports everything?
It's a hassle with the files being split up into different zips and it didn't make sense to me why/how they split them. Ended up using a program called Google Photos Metadata Fixer. $24 well worth the money to get them all on my NAS.
Posted on 12/23/22 at 5:32 pm to ellunchboxo
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We use Amazon Prime Photo for that. Open the app and it auto uploads everything on your phone. Then you can delete.
This^^^^^
It’s free if you are a Prime member
Posted on 12/24/22 at 7:33 am to theantiquetiger
Thanks guys. Just reading some of these replies. Going to check out some of these options today.
Posted on 12/24/22 at 1:01 pm to CidCock
Posted on 12/25/22 at 8:35 pm to Harahan Boy
I used a version of it. Upload photos to the USB you plug into phone then it plugs into computer . Then delete on phone.
Posted on 1/1/23 at 9:29 am to Dam Guide
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iCloud
ICloud is more of a photo/video sharing platform.
A better solution is Microsoft’s one drive/sky drive.
$3/month and deleting off your phone won’t delete it off your phone.
Posted on 1/1/23 at 7:28 pm to Korkstand
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Sounds like you want a NAS.
Yep. Even external SSD's are cheap AF.
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