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Bulk Deletion of Folders in Photos App
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<blockquote data-quote="Ratsima" data-source="post: 1816836" data-attributes="member: 402210"><p>Sorry. I think I understand what you mean. In iTunes I select the device, then select Photos and then select the folders I want to sync. (I have never used Photo syncing.)</p><p></p><p>But, here's the problem. If I have already deleted the folders on my Mac, then they don't show up as folders I can sync in iTunes. </p><p></p><p>The other problem is that folders that are empty on both the iPad and iPhone still have photos in them on my Mac. I have no idea how this happened because when I turned iCloud Photos off it deleted all of the photos on the iPad and iPhone but not the Mac. It deleted most of the photos on the Mac, but not all.</p><p></p><p>Another problem is that the iPhone and iPad display the folder heirarchy differently. On the iPad all the folders (over 1100 of them) are displayed flat as individual folders with no nesting. On the iPhone the folders are displayed with the hierarchical file structure preserved. I have no idea how this happened. Somehow importing image files into Photos on the Mac with iCloud Photos enabled treated the existing directory structure differently on the iPad and iPhone.</p><p></p><p>And, finally, even when I tried to sync it failed on both the iPhone and iPad. Both devices were connected via cable to the Mac. When I tried to sync I got a message like "Looking for iPhone". Eventually, it gave up looking and I got this message:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]29530[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>This is one of the many reason why I abandoned iCloud Photos. It caused so much havoc that I wish I had never touched it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ratsima, post: 1816836, member: 402210"] Sorry. I think I understand what you mean. In iTunes I select the device, then select Photos and then select the folders I want to sync. (I have never used Photo syncing.) But, here's the problem. If I have already deleted the folders on my Mac, then they don't show up as folders I can sync in iTunes. The other problem is that folders that are empty on both the iPad and iPhone still have photos in them on my Mac. I have no idea how this happened because when I turned iCloud Photos off it deleted all of the photos on the iPad and iPhone but not the Mac. It deleted most of the photos on the Mac, but not all. Another problem is that the iPhone and iPad display the folder heirarchy differently. On the iPad all the folders (over 1100 of them) are displayed flat as individual folders with no nesting. On the iPhone the folders are displayed with the hierarchical file structure preserved. I have no idea how this happened. Somehow importing image files into Photos on the Mac with iCloud Photos enabled treated the existing directory structure differently on the iPad and iPhone. And, finally, even when I tried to sync it failed on both the iPhone and iPad. Both devices were connected via cable to the Mac. When I tried to sync I got a message like "Looking for iPhone". Eventually, it gave up looking and I got this message: [ATTACH=FULL]29530[/ATTACH] This is one of the many reason why I abandoned iCloud Photos. It caused so much havoc that I wish I had never touched it. [/QUOTE]
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