Michael wrote: > On Tuesday, 28 September 2021 22:08:09 BST Dale wrote: >> Laurence Perkins wrote: >>>> CAUTION: This is an EXTERNAL email. Do not click links or open >>>> attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is >>>> safe. >>>> >>>> Howdy all, >>>> >>>> My Sis-n-law has a Iphone. She takes TONS of pics and quite a lot of >>>> videos with it. Since a lot of them are family photos, I'd like to >>>> download them to my puter. I'd prefer to use Digikam since I can tell >>>> it to 'download new' next time and not have to worry about duplicates or >>>> missing some. Thing is, it can't access all the photo directories. I >>>> know there is about 4,000 files all together. Digikam only shows less >>>> than 1,000. I managed to copy them over using Dolphin but it took >>>> several tries and some disconnect and reconnecting to do it. >>>> >>>> I did see a error in messages that mtp-probe?? was missing. I found it >>>> and installed it. That error went away and it did improve things. Maybe >>>> I'm missing something else but dmesg and messages isn't complaining. >>>> >>>> What do others do to accomplish this? Is it normal to have issues with >>>> this or am I missing something? >>>> >>>> Dale >>>> >>>> :-) :-) >>> It's a bit more work than maybe you're looking for, but I set up a >>> Nextcloud server and then all our phones have the Nextcloud app and are >>> set to automatically upload new pictures whenever they have an >>> appropriate connection. >>> >>> This does require maintaining a Nextcloud server or similar, but it also >>> makes it so that you don't have to plug the phone into anything, or even >>> remember to do it yourself. >>> >>> Furthermore, if you configure the Nextcloud app correctly, then when you >>> run low on space, you can tell it to remove the local copies of the older >>> pictures and it will keep only the thumbnails on the phone itself, but >>> can seamlessly pull them back in should you want to look at them >>> full-size. >>> >>> Plus it lets you synchronize notes for things like grocery lists at no >>> extra charge. >>> >>> I know a few people who use iPhones with Linux. It can usually be made to >>> work with some trouble, but Apple constantly tries to lock out third >>> party access, so it requires regular updates and tweaking. >>> >>> LMP >> So me having issues with it wasn't just me, it's just how it is. >> Great. Well, at least I know it isn't something I'm doing wrong. Guess >> I'll have to deal with it as is. I was hoping I could get it to work >> dependably with Digikam but maybe not. >> >> Thanks for the info. It helps clear up things. Just wish it worked as >> well as my Samsung. It works like a regular camera with no issues at >> all. :-) >> >> Dale >> >> :-) :-) > I have used app-pda/libimobiledevice and app-pda/ifuse as described here: > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Apple_iPod,_iPad,_iPhone > > Then dragged and dropped pictures with Dolphin. However, it was just a few > hundreds, rather than 4k. It worked fine.
That may help. I'll give it a try next time. I'm hoping at some point I can use Digikam. I like that I can just tell it to 'download new' and it knows what to get and what was already downloaded earlier. It's one thing I really like about Digikam. On a good note, I got the last video of my Mom before she died. At least that worked. Thanks for the info. Dale :-) :-)
