• [gentoo-user] Iphone and transferring image files, pics and videos.

    From Dale@21:1/5 to All on Tue Sep 28 20:00:02 2021
    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

    :-)  :-) 

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  • From Dale@21:1/5 to Laurence Perkins on Tue Sep 28 23:10:02 2021
    Laurence Perkins wrote:
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    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

    :-)  :-) 

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  • From Michael@21:1/5 to All on Tue Sep 28 23:35:27 2021
    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.
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  • From Dale@21:1/5 to Michael on Wed Sep 29 01:30:01 2021
    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

    :-)  :-) 

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