I took a bunch of pictures on vacation and copied them to iPhoto. Now I don't know how to clear the camera roll short of deleting the pictures 1 by 1. Is there an easier way?
How to clear the camera roll?
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If you are using iPhoto, when you are asked to download the photos, you are given an option to delete the originals. It does this with my Cannon, as well as with my iPhone. I ususually have it delete the originals, and then I will transfer what, if any, of the photos I want to keep on the phone.
I just don't know if this 'delete originals' feature comes with other photo managing software.
I don't know how it is on mac but on my computer it pops up as a "camera" and it just displays all the pics i have taken from there i can easily just delete them all by highlighting them all and deleting them. once again i do not know hot it would work for mac im sorry
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but how do you delete if your forget to mark it "delete"
so i had 100 pics...and for whatever reason i didn't mark that the pictures should be "deleted" after importing to iphoto on my mac. So now i have all the pictures on the mac and i have not deleted them from the iPhone? Is there anyway to delete them all rather than indivdually?
I guess i could experiment with different ways...like importing again with the " delete" option on and then also deleting these duplicates from iphoto..but is there another way of deleting them all from the iPhone?
so i had 100 pics...and for whatever reason i didn't mark that the pictures should be "deleted" after importing to iphoto on my mac. So now i have all the pictures on the mac and i have not deleted them from the iPhone? Is there anyway to delete them all rather than indivdually?
I guess i could experiment with different ways...like importing again with the " delete" option on and then also deleting these duplicates from iphoto..but is there another way of deleting them all from the iPhone?
I have one pic on my phone that my daughter took of herself that pops up every time, the 'delete original' suggestion is so easy, why didn't I think of that? Duh.
Just for reference. On a Windows Vista PC, every time I plug my iPhone in USB, I get the options of what I want to do window. Import, View....
I usually just go to 'Computer', 2xclick on the iPhone which shows up in my list of devices, and proceed to click 'Apple iPhone', 'Internal Storage', 'DCIM', '100 Apple', and the pics are all thumbnailed in a window for me. From here I can just delete the bunch.
I usually just go to 'Computer', 2xclick on the iPhone which shows up in my list of devices, and proceed to click 'Apple iPhone', 'Internal Storage', 'DCIM', '100 Apple', and the pics are all thumbnailed in a window for me. From here I can just delete the bunch.
The easiest way that I know of is:
1. Connect your iPhone to your Mac.
2. Open Image Capture and select your iPhone from Devices
3. When all of the images have been listed in Image Capture, Select All... (Cmd-A).
4. At the bottom of the window with the list is a Delete button next to the "Import To:" label. Click it.
5. Verify that you want to remove all of the images from your iPhone and let the application do its job.
Regards,
Don O'Shea
1. Connect your iPhone to your Mac.
2. Open Image Capture and select your iPhone from Devices
3. When all of the images have been listed in Image Capture, Select All... (Cmd-A).
4. At the bottom of the window with the list is a Delete button next to the "Import To:" label. Click it.
5. Verify that you want to remove all of the images from your iPhone and let the application do its job.
Regards,
Don O'Shea
Too dangerous. I know someone with an Android who accidentally hit the delete all button. He was devastated as he had no backup of the photos and had never synced them to a computer. I agree with Apple on this one. Placing tick marks next to the photos you want to delete doesn't take long at all, and with a two-step delete, it's not something you are going to accidentally do. Even then, they now have a recently deleted folder.
You bring up a very good point. I never thought about how easy it would be for someone to delete their entire library. With kids carrying their parents phones, I could see that happening.
I do think it should be an option, maybe deep within settings and have it require a password. Similar to deleting all content, but have it apply only to photos.
But we now have the recently deleted album. So if you did accidentally delete all, you could so restore them, No?
Sure, but only if they survived the heart attack that would occur right after accidentally deleting it.
My question is how often do people want to delete their entire camera roll? I never have and I don't think I ever will want to. Tick marks are perfect, IMO. You can bulk-delete really fast with that without wiping the entire camera roll.
I see a lot who upload all their photos to elsewhere, then want to delete all from the camera roll. I never upload all my photos at one time, unless I'm going to restore as new.Sure, but only if they survived the heart attack that would occur right after accidentally deleting it.
My question is how often do people want to delete their entire camera roll? I never have and I don't think I ever will want to. Tick marks are perfect, IMO. You can bulk-delete really fast with that without wiping the entire camera roll.