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Hi, folks!
How can I automatically delete pictures after importing them? I remember, it was possible in earlier versions of iPhoto. After every import, I could choose to delete or to keep the pictures on my iPhone...
MBP 2018, macOS 10.14.6
iPhoto 9.6.1
iPhone 6, iOS 12.5.1
Thanks for your help!
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.14
If iCloud Photos has been off on the iPhone, you should still be able to use "Delete after Import". It is available in Photos for Mac and in Image Capture. In that case I would make a new backup of the iPhone, before you import the photos with "Delete after Import".
If iCloud Photos has been off on the iPhone, you should still be able to use "Delete after Import". It is available in Photos for Mac and in Image Capture. In that case I would make a new backup of the iPhone, before you import the photos with "Delete after Import".
It should still work, but only, if you did not enable iCloud Photos on the iPhone.
If the iPhone is syncing the photos with iCloud, the primary storage of the photos is in iCloud the iPhone is just mirroring them. In that case it is not possible to delete the photos automatically after importing them.
It is very risky anyway, to delete the photos right after import, before you can check, if the photos have been correctly without any transmission errors. Occasionally it can happen, that the Mac will crash during the import, before the photos have been properly saved in the iPhoto Library, but will already have been deleted from the iPhone or card. Or, if the cable or the plug are not working properly, some photos may have transmission errors and will need to be downloaded again.
It is much safer to check the photos after the download by viewing them all enlarged, and make the first backup, before you delete them from the camera or iPhone. Keep them on the iPhone, until you have the first good backup.
Thanks a lot for your quick reply.
iCloud was off, I never used it for photos.
Thanks for you suggestion, but this would be double the work. Selecting photos to import them to various albums and then selecting them again on the iPhone to delete them... There HAS to be an easier way!
Use Image Capture (in the Applications Folder). to copy the files to your Mac, or into iPhoto and then to also delete from your phone afterwards.
Deleting pictures on iPhone automatically after import to iPhoto
