importing photos from iphone not showing in folders by date taken

Anonymous
2020-12-14T21:32:23+00:00

I have always used autoplay or photo app to import photos from my iphone to my Windows 10 computer.  As of this week (maybe since the last Windows update) the photos do not import in the standard folders by date taken as they always have.  They are just randomly going to my pictures folder, not within folders by date as they always have. Photos I imported on December 10 did as they always do.  When I imported photos today from the last several days they just went to the pictures folder. I have rebooted my computer, rebooted my iPhone X and tried importing just one new photo.  It is still not working as it always has.  Any assistance would be welcome.    Thanks.

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Anonymous
2021-12-14T10:53:11+00:00

I just go straight to the iPhone link that shows up on File Explorer when I plug in the phone. It should show up on the "This PC" list. I don't bother with the Win10 Photo app.

When you see the link for the phone, right-click and the "Import Photos and Videos" link shows up on the menu. If your iPhone comes up on AutoPlay, the File Explorer option should be available there as well.

When the import window pops up, click on "More Options" and there you will find the folder creating options. They can be grouped by name, date imported, date taken, and other combinations. This is also where you can change the AutoPlay options.

I've also used the photo transfer utilities from Canon and Nikon to transfer images from my DSLR. The applications are free for anyone to download and use, and they will read the iPhone directories and also create individually dated folders. But, I don't remember if they have issues with reading all the subdirectories within the iPhone's DCIM directory.

On our Mac, I don't bother with Apple's Photos app. I do all of the transfers using Nikon NX-Studio application. Rather than importing as individual photo files, Apple's Photos app not only dumps everything into a single directory, but all the photos populate a single monolithic file. If you want individual photo files, you have to export them out of the Photos app. It seems that Microsoft has mimicked that approach with the Windows Photos app.

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-07-22T21:56:27+00:00

    The Photo Gallery Work Around does work. Later replies said that they don't have the Photo Gallery Program. I didn't either, but it was easy enough to google, download and install it from the internet. Microsoft doesn't have the download for Photo Gallery, but once I found it and installed it, these directions worked perfectly. My photos are importing into dated folders as I type!

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-07-22T22:07:53+00:00

    Dated or monthly? We want them to go into monthly 😊

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-09-01T03:46:17+00:00

    What do you mean "selected import from there"? Did you drag and drop the folders? When I open Iphone in file explorer there is 1 file, DCIM then in that, a few numbered folders, none of which are dated or have an Import option.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-09-05T20:25:59+00:00

    Hi

    An easy fix to bypass this issue is to have a script move the files to sub folders as ..\2021\2021_08_31 e.g. like this Powershell script:

    #Path where pictures are downloaded/stored

    $FileFolder = "d:\bilder"

    # Get all *.jpg files in folder - change to whatever you like.. DO NOT remove the -File parameter or else it will be executed on folders as well

    $files = Get-ChildItem  -Path $FileFolder -File -Filter "*.jpg"

    for ($i=0; $i -lt $files.Count; $i++) {

        # Get file creation date

        $date = $files[$i].CreationTime

        # New subfolder with year\year_month_day

        $NewFolder = $FileFolder + "" + $date.ToString("yyyy") + "" + $date.ToString("yyyy_MM_dd") + ""

        # Create folder if it does not exist

        New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $NewFolder

        # Full path and filename for the new target

        $NewFile = $NewFolder +  $files[$i].Name 

        #Move the file

        Move-Item -Path $files[$i].FullName  -Destination  $NewFile

    }

    Feel free to use it at your own risk. Try and test it first on temp folder and files.

    Regards

    Petter

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