Photos app freezes upon import / photo importing problems

Anonymous
2019-09-12T23:08:28+00:00

Hello, I was trying to import photos from my iPhone via charging cable and upon import the photo app freezes. I reset my phone and tried again and it worked for the first import but another problem is that I can only upload 3-4 videos at a time before the photos app says something went wrong and I have to start the whole process all over again. Because of this, when I go to import again it just freezes once it hits my total photo and video count. This problem has been persistent ever since I started uploading photos and videos this past year or two and it really hinders my progress. Thanks for any help.

-Gabriela

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Connect Phone and PC

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-03-24T00:04:42+00:00

    I followed all of these steps. It started importing photos, but eventually froze after importing about 25 pics and I could never get it to work again.... Back to the drawing board...

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-03-23T21:14:08+00:00

    The solution on this website regarding change of the photo folder properties solved the issue for me: https://thegeekpage.com/fix-photos-app-on-iphone-is-freezing-upon-importing-photos-from-windows-10/

    Thanks, but which one? All those except perhaps the taking ownership of the Pictures folder are already mentioned here and mostly not worked.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-03-23T16:57:57+00:00

    The solution on this website regarding change of the photo folder properties solved the issue for me: https://thegeekpage.com/fix-photos-app-on-iphone-is-freezing-upon-importing-photos-from-windows-10/

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-03-23T03:02:58+00:00

    This is complete insanity.  I always back up photos to multiple places and categorize them in the PC.  Having to download a zip file from the cloud and remember which ones you already imported is ludicrous.  This used to work great, now they broke it!

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