Photo and video storage

My friend has an iPhone 4S, with 459 photos and 49 videos, most under 2 minutes. His iPhone says his camera roll is taking up 10.6gb space. I have 93 photos and 79 videos yet mine is only taking up 6.6gb of space. Why the huge difference?

Different file sizes. In teh case of both image and video, the actual content characteristic can have quite an impact on teh file size. For example, images that contain a lot of white will tend to be larger than those that do not.
Really, based on the limited information provided, no way anyone can answer that for you.

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Photos and Video do not store on storage card

I have a Palm Treo Pro from Telstra with a Telstra 2gb MicroSD card. The problem is that I have not been able to view any of the photos and videos I have taken since I bought the phone, because the folder 100MEDIA does not exist. I have selected the option to store all images and video on the storage card and I believe it should be storing them to the default location of DCIM/100MEDIA.......but there is no 100MEDIA folder. I don;t want to store them on the device.
So where are all my images and videos?
And I cannot create a any sub-folders (let alone one called 100MEDIA) in DCIM when it is synched as my PC tells me I cannot due to the folder DCIM being read-only, insuffiecient memory or no permission to do this.
I am extremely frustrated as I have potentially lost a lot of sentimental images and vids of my kids.
Post relates to: Treo Pro T850U (Unlocked)

I wrote:
Can you view the photos and videos in the Pictures & Videos application on your device?
budgoi wrote:
That's one of the questions I am trying to find out really. I take a photo, I have it set to save onto my storage card, yet when I look on my storage card there are no pictures/vids on it. So where is it saving anything that comes from the camera? I have done a search and the pictures and videos I have taken do not show up.
Okay, I think I understand where you are looking; I had to play around with a few things. You are using the "Explore" button from the ActiveSync window. When you open My Windows Mobile-based device, then Storage Card, it's blank. This particular view looks to be pretty useless.
The easiest solution, although not the cheapest, is to get an adapter that allows you to attach your storage card to your PC. In my case, when I bought my microSD card it came with an SD-sized adapter so I could use it with my existing card reader. The advantage is that you have the full power of Windows Explorer available to work on the card, and speed should be better than using the USB cable. The downside is that inserting and removing the card increases the risk of damage.
I think what Microsoft actually was thinking, though, was that you would set up a sync relationship with Windows Media Player. After the ActiveSync window comes up, fire up Windows Media Player from the Start menu, and look for a Sync button on the toolbar. Underneath is a drop-down that lets you set up synchronization for your Treo Pro for various media including photos and videos. I don't use this method because I don't want all the garbage on my PC to end up on my phone. However, if your media libraries are more organized than mine, it might work for you.
Hope this helps.
Post relates to: Treo 800w (Sprint)

HT204264 "If you exceed your iCloud storage limit, photos and videos won't upload to iCloud, and your library will no longer stay up to date across your devices." Really? Can't we support the existing "last 1k photos will be available in the cloud" mode

"If you exceed your iCloud storage limit, photos and videos won't upload to iCloud, and your library will no longer stay up to date across your devices." Really? Can't we support the existing "last 1k photos will be available in the cloud" model? If we don't do this, won't this kill auto-sync of new photos from iOS devices to our libraries on our Macs (if the Mac's Photos app has auto syncing with the cloud turned on) once we go over our 5gb limit? I have 350GB of photos in my Mac Photos library - I am not going to pay $20/month for 1tb iCloud storage. Please advise, Apple. Thank you.

I agree and am baffled by this also. At first I was really excite about this new feature. Mostly because I would be able to seamlessly sync videos along with my PhotoStream. I just assumed there would be some systematic way to handle large libraries. Like removing older files as the current PhotoStream does. However, it appears that this new feature will simply 'shut down' when you reach your storage limit. This just makes no sense to me. I would have to double check, but I have all my photos and videos in iPhoto and stored on a 3 TB external hard drive and I think the full library is over 1 TB. So, even if I was willing to pay $20 a month for photo syncing (which I am not) I couldn't do it because my library is too large. Again I am just baffled why Apple cannot blend this new service with the existing PhotoSteam model. My favorite aspect of PhotoSteam is that is uploads all my iPad and iPhone Photos to my Mac for permanent storage and it seems this is lost in the new version.

How to upload photos and videos from Optimize Phone Storage mode.

I switched to Optimize Phone Storage (instead of Download and Save Originals) in photo settings. I want to transfer all of my photos and videos from my phone to my macbook, but they don't show up when I plug in my phone. If I switch back to Download and Save, it looks like more space is used on my phone (so I assume it has downloaded the photos and videos that were being stored online), but they still don't show up when I plug my phone in!

It allows you to copy the photos from a digital camera or iPhone to a folder on your Mac. You can see the photos on your device and select those you want to copy.
If this works, you can use iPhoto to import the pictures from that folder afterwards.
Transfer images, video clips, and MP3 sounds to your computer from many cameras and devices that contain a camera, such as your iPhone. Once you transfer the items, you can delete them from the device.
Connect your device to your computer, then turn the device on.If the device is locked with a passcode, enter it.
In Image Capture, select the device in the Devices list.
Use the buttons at the bottom of the Image Capture window to view the thumbnails as a list or as icons to change the size of the thumbnails, or to rotate or delete images.
From the Import To pop-up menu, choose where to save the images or which app to use to open the image.
To import only some of the photos, select those photos, then click Import. To import all the photos, click Import All.Choose AutoImporter from the “Connecting this [device] opens” pop-up menu to transfer images from a device to your computer whenever you connect it to your computer.
Select “Delete after Import” to remove the items from the device after transferring them to your computer. You can also select individual items on your device, then press the Delete key on your keyboard.
copied from Image Capture: Transfer images and other items from your device

HT1766 i deleted a ton of photos and videos from my phone but it's still telling me iCloud won't back up because there is not enough storage available. how do i get around this?

i deleted a ton of photos and videos from my phone but it's still telling me iCloud won't back up because there is not enough storage available. how do i get around this?

The Storage space its referring to is on iCloud. How much iCloud space is left, and how much space is your iPhone using?
iCloud storage space and the iPhone's physical storage space are 2 different things.

I have 10Gb of photos on my iphone, so can choose only half of it (5Gb) and share it with icloud and leave the rest on my phone storage, or i must share all photos and videos (my whole camera roll)

I have 10Gb of photos on my iphone, so can choose only half of it (5Gb) and share it with icloud and leave the rest on my phone storage, or i must share all photos and videos (my whole camera roll)

No. Your iCloud account only includes your the camera roll photos stored in the backup. And they can only be accessed by restoring the backup to your phone. Also, if you delete any photos from your camera roll and continue to back up, the backup that contained the deleted photos would be overwritten by one that doesn't and they would be lost.
If you want to save some of them and delete them from your phone, import them to your computer as explained here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083.
Another option is to import all of them to your computer and delete them from your phone, then put the ones you want on your phone in a folder and sync them back to your phone by selecting the folder on the photos tab of your iTunes sync settings and syncing. The advantage of this approach is that synced photos are placed in an album called Photo Library, which is not included in the iCloud backup (since they are already backed up on your computer), thereby saving space in your iCloud account (which only backs up camera roll photos).

I need help on back up and more storage for photos and videos. I have a imac (500g) that I back up to a 500g hard drive using time machine. How do I set up a larger hd and back that up as well?

I can buy a 1T hd to store photos and videos to, but would need a second one to back that up as well? I guess I need to know how to get aperture and iphoto to keep my photos on a larger drive and how to keep both the imac and that larger hd backed up. Note- we can't get DSL, so off site back up isn't a viable option.

Move your photo and video libraries to an external HD. Apple explains how to do this in:
iPhoto: How to move the Library to an EHD

My ipod touch won't let me download apps, it tells me that I have too many photos and videos but I haven't got any photos or videos at all.

My ipod touch 4g keeps telling me that I have too many photos and videos and will not let me download apps. I have deleted all the photos and videos and some of my old apps but it keeps telling me the same message. I have tried to sync it with the pc and I have turned it on and off and I have reset it but nothing has worked. Please help! Thank you

Go to Setting>General>About. oow much avaialbe storage do you have?
Have you tried resetting the iPOd?
Reset iPod touch: Press and hold the On/Off Sleep/Wake button and the Home
button at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.

I get error message: not enough space to download when I try to buy a tv series on Itunes. It tells me to delete photos or videos to make space, but I have no photos and videos. Help?

I get error message: not enough space to download when I try to buy a tv series on Itunes. It tells me to delete photos or videos to make space, but I have no photos and videos. Help?

I would guess that a TV series takes up a fair amount of storage capacity. It is just a standard message I think that may indicate that you are actually running low on storage space.
If you go to Settings>General>About how many GBs are specified as being available? If you are low on space maybe deleting some apps may help.

ICloud Photo Library: How do I transfer photos and videos only from my iPhone to my iPad but not from my iPad to my iPhone?

I had iCloud photo libraey turned on on both my iPad and iPhone. As said by the feature, photos and videos were being transferred automatically from each device to each other. I have a 64GB iPad Air 2 and my iPhone 5 only has 16GB of storage so I am lacking much more space on my iPhone than my iPad. I was wondering if there was a way to transfer photos only from my iPhone to my iPad but not from my iPad to my iPhone. Would turning off iCloud Photo library on my iPad do the trick? Thanks hope someone can help me out.

iCloud Photo Library keeps all of your photos in the Cloud which you then can selectively download. So, unless you download the iPad photos, they are not going to be taking up any room on your iPhone:
How does iCloud Photo Library save space on my device?
If you turn on Optimize [device] Storage, iCloud Photo Library will automatically manage the size of your library on your iOS device, so you can make the most of your device's storage and access more photos than ever. iCloud Photo Library stores the original, high-resolution photos and videos in iCloud and can keep lightweight, device-optimized versions on each of your devices. As long as you have enough storage, recent photos and videos that you access the most will stay on your device at full resolution.
You can turn on Optimize [device] Storage from Settings > iCloud > Photos or Settings > Photos & Camera > iCloud Photo Library on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. You need an Internet connection to access an original photo or video that’s stored only in iCloud.
Here is a link to the FAQs page for iCloud Photo Library:
iCloud Photo Library beta FAQ - Apple Support
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Does anyone know how I can copy photo and video files from the Photo's app on my Macbook, to a USB stick or other external back-up?

I've updated the software on my Macbook to the most recent version; regretting it now; and iPhoto has now become the Photo's app.
The problem is I can no longer back up my photo and video files taken on my phone, saved to my mac, by copying them and saving them on a USB stick or other external hard drive.
I could easily do this with iPhoto, but now Photos app does not let me copy the files when I select them.
Does anyone know if there's a way to save, copy or back-up my photo's and video files: prefreably one that doesn't involve iCloud, as I don't feel like paying for more storage; there must be some way to access those photos/videos from my iPhone to save on another source?

The problem is I can no longer back up my photo and video files taken on my phone, saved to my mac, by copying them and saving them on a USB stick or other external hard drive.
Select the photos and videos in Photos and use the command "File > Export" and select a folder on your USB stick to save the photos to.

Photo and video consolidation / management

I have photo and video files in multiple locations and applications (desktop, Documents, iPhoto, external hard drive). I'm looking for a program or app that will search, find, and consolidate all my media files (hopefully getting rid of duplicates along the way). Any suggestions? Plex has been suggested but I don't know much about it.

Photo Shack Pro is one that does work right out of your iPad's Photos Library. It allows you to organize your photos into albums within libraries without duplicating any photos or creating a separate photo storage. You can sort, search, title, comment, view detailed photo metadata, rotate photos, and zoom into full resolution up to 16 Mp. Works with both photos and videos in your iPad's Photos Library, including those you've taken with the built-in cameras, or synced with the Camera Connection Kit. It does all this without actually changing anything in your iPad's Photos Library. It just provides a photo management interface into that library.

How to download photos and video from cloud to computer?

How do I download my photos and videos from Verizon Cloud to my computer, more specifically, my external hard drive? I'm out of cloud storage.

I just did this after struggling with it for a while. When you are viewing your pictures on cloud go to all files. I suggest doing one folder at a time because it takes a while. Check the box on the folder then click on download. After that a pop up will appear click open. Highlight your downloads when it's finished and save in a folder on your pc. Hope this helps!

How can you restore ALL your photos back into your iphone after changing your icloud plan to 20GB?!? It ruined my photos and videos, and I don't even know if I have them anymore!!!

Okay. I recently changed my icloud storage plan to 20GB, for $0.99 a month, to have more room in my phone. After that, I realized a lot of my videos were acting up and wouldn't play. I honestly don't know what I did, nor that I can remember, but I tried to play around a little with my phone to see if anything would work again. Then I ended up storing more than HALF of my photos and videos in my icloud storage, and now I can't seem to get them back into my regular iphone stream! I can't see ANY of the pictures/videos stored in icloud, but it tells me that I have 377 photos and 16 videos stored in icloud, and 2.2GB are used, and I could only see 33 photos, and 8 videos in my phone! I want to know how I could UNDO all this, and put EVERYTHING back in my iphone storage, and OFF of icloud! icloud confuses me a lot. I'll just stick with 5GB. HELPP PLEASE!!!
And also, I want to know WHYYYYY I have to keep downloading my videos before playing them!

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My computer is now almost 3 years old and never had any maintenance or any software cleaning whatsoever.
That's fine.
It takes forever to shut down and to star up (compared to when it was new with snow leopard) .. Some programs are now running slow (iMovie, Photoshop) and very often it just doesn’t respond so i have to turn it off the hard way loosing what I was working on.
Have you tested in a fresh user account, or in Safe Mode ?
A clean install is rarely necessary, and may not even solve the problem. If you plan to do a clean install and migrate, you defeat the purpose of a clean install.
If you do a clean install you'll also need to replace your iLife apps from the disks that shipped with your Mac, they're on Disk 2.

Problems with messages, Photos and videos in my N8...

I have a weird problem , and I think it's widely spread among the N82 users . The problem is that after using the phone for a while , I find my very first captured photos and videos are gone !
Some said it could be the memory card, and that I have to get a better quailty card . And what about the disapperaing messages ? should I get a better phone memory quailty as well ? :s
The phone just erases messages randomly ... and for the photos and the videos , it erases the 1st three or four captured photos and the same for videos !
Please help my guys .. I need it desperately
P.S: I've upgraded from V20 to the latest firmware V30 and still the problem exists . I save the messages on phone memory and the photos and videos on the memory card . any help would be appreciated . Thanks ...

I checked the messages storage , it's the phone memory ... and for the memory card , no brand name is written on it .. just "MicroSD 2GB" and that's it ...
The memory card came inside the phone ... and i bought this phone from a Mall in Egypt .. and Nokia care won't do anything for me ... cause GPS enabled phones are not allowed in Egypt .. due to some security issues . so Nokia care won't support my N82 in here ...

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