Good Evening cjmnews I solved it!!! I found a program for the pc that copies (syncs) the iPhone and iPad (I haven’t tried the iPod yet, but I don’t need to, everything is on the iPhone) including contact, books, movies, etc. It looks like I synced my voice memos too. However, it will only sync 20 files per day, without purchase. Its called EasUS MobiMover. It’s $19.95 for one month, $29.95 for one year. and $69.95 for lifetime. Unfortunately I only had $95 Canadian in my bank so I wasn’t able to purchase the lifetime, it may actually have gone overdraft (exchange is probably around 1.37), so I went for one year as it was only $10 more. I selected Photos, and it stars copying them, for some reason the number of files total jumps to over 6,000, it looks like it’s adding the photos in my albums, which it sorts into folders with the album name. Nice touch. I have 3829, and it synced 3,824. I don’t know what the other 3 files are yet, I’m going to sync again both the DCIM, removing the AAE’s and associated photos, screen shotting them, then deleting the originals and resuming with the EasUS MobiMover.
I have two things I need to do, one is that I need to take any photos that I edited that gave an AAE file, (the EasUS software doesn’t save the AAE files) and look at each one and screenshot it for a hard copy. I can the either keep or delete the original that has the associated AAE file.
it’s a bit tedious, for example, I’m starting on 100Cloud in the DCIM, and sorting the AAE file to the top, and counting them. Then resorting by File number, and scrolling down and cntrl clicking the AAE and the corresponding photo, I’m presuming it’s all png’s, I don’t have the extension showing in the file name so I have to look at the file type column. It’s actually easier than that. The AAE files are *.AAE at the end.
I did find one file that had the same number, it was xxxx(1) so I have to actually look at both photos before I do anything.
I’m cutting out the AAE files and the corresponding png into a new folder (so I currently have in the DCIM Feb 12 2021 folder, a folder beneath called “100Cloud AAE photos copied out”, and so on for each DCIM sub folder.
I got into a bit of a mess when I cut instead of copied and when I tried to copy back it said there was two photos with the same name. So I’m recopying the DCIM and using the software again and starting over.
Once I look at all the photos that have an AAE I’m going to screen shot them and delete the originals on the iPhone. Then delete or move to another folder from the DCIM. At this point I should reuse the EasUS software again.
The other thing is that I need to go through and see which photos and videos I no longer want to keep. I need to do this both on the iPhone and the folder on the desktop from the EasUS software, (it gives you and option to decide where to put it, it defaults to the desktop and stores it with the date in the folder name).
At this point I’m probably going to completely clear the iPhone. They are in the iPod and in the cloud, I believe I would probably clear the iPod. I may save some recent photos for sharing, they will get synced a second time when I do it again though.
You mentioned that I can turn off cloud for my Camera Roll on the iPod? That would be handy to keep a copy, even if I end up compressing them. Is that in Settings?
My question for you is when I sort the folder (it’s all one big folder with 3,824 files, it’s nice!), the numbers of the files are all over the place. (I’m not worried about the Heic files just yet, I’ll ask you again later about an app to convert them, I believe you said a paid Microsoft app?) You mentioned using a script. Could you please recommend a really good program that is inexpensive that runs on a pc? I haven’t ever run a script before.
I need to get organized here, I’ll tell you the M-Disc burner I bought, I bought an external slim one but when I got it it says SL M-Disc (single layer, which is 25 or 26 GB), at 4x. So I sent it back and purchased an internal M-Disc burner and an external drive bay (it comes with an a/c adapter and runs on USB 3, (3.1?) I don’t think it can be run on USB 2. It also says SL M-Discs at 4x. The 100 GB M-Discs are sold for example at Amazon, a ten pack is like $180 cad or something, but a 25 spindle of 100 GB is $330 or so, so under $10 usd per disc or so. There are apparently 106? I think and also possibly 128’s but I’m not sure I haven’t seen them, just 25, 26, 50, and 100 GB. I think I saw 102 but not in a 25 spindle? The disc are made by Verbatim, they actually aren’t M-Discs, they don’t have a “rock like layer”, so they aren’t etched in “stone”, (they are see through I think it’s silicate or something, glass? sand? Anyway the Verbatim what they’ve done is they changed the organic dye to an inorganic dye, and even though it still takes a more powerful laser to burn them (5 or 7x ?), they can apparently be burned in most newer drives. They can be played back in any Bluray drive that plays quad layer Bluray discs.
I have more than 100 4.7 M-Disc, which I may or may not ever use, (about $3 per disc or so cad in 25 spindles), but you can’t get the M-Disc brand Blurays, the Melinniata website is gone now, the 4.7 discs were being made in Chekoslovakia, I think in Tiawan now. M-Discs are rated for 1000 years (as long as they don’t get scratched, snapped, in a fire or thrown in the oven, or of course, lost or stolen, I think if they get frozen that are okay though!), but they said that the acual test were something like 60% fully readable after 585 years. That’s another reason why I’ll be making 4 sets. If I lose or scratch one I’ll copy it over as soon as I can. The Vebatims, they were never tested. It isn’t possible to find out the life of these Blurays, but I bet it’s a LOT longer that the 5, to 8 to 10 years for an organic dye disc.
I’m using ImgBurn version 2.5.8.0 from Majorgeeks website, it’s opencandy spyware free, (and another spyware I can’t find the note I’ll look for it if I have time), when you install it say no to check for updates. Don’t get any other versions from anywhere else. Get the EasUS MobiMover from Majorgeeks too. I really don’t download anything if they don’t have it, which they usually do. Or use your favourite program. It takes 1/2 hour to burn AND verify a 4.7 GB (at 4x, it won’t do it at any other speed), so it’s about 10 hours for a 100 GB, but I’m wondering if to QL 100 GB burn at 1x, if it is it’s gonna take 40 hours! That’s 1/2 days continuous. I’m going to test one to make sure my drive burns QL Bluray M-Discs. I’ll let you know soon, I need to find out then I’ll tell you the drives I have, and if you get the internal drive, the bay that I bought.
Looks like I saved myself buying an SD card and a card reader!
