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Jonr515

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I'm trying to get a lot of files off an iPhone and all the photos are in sub folders, is there a way to extract all the photos from sub folders at once?
 

appltech

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If without a Terminal and other side is a Mac then easiest way for me is to copy folders and it's content on a Mac, then in Finder click on this button (top middle side of a window; will change view type)
Screenshot 2022-10-19 at 00.14.17.png

from there you can quickly expand folders and drag items from there

You may try with Spotlight search: just move photos and subfolders to a separate folder –> then press Command + F + . at the same time –> select any file type – Image
 

Jonr515

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Nov 11, 2017
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If without a Terminal and other side is a Mac then easiest way for me is to copy folders and it's content on a Mac, then in Finder click on this button (top middle side of a window; will change view type)
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from there you can quickly expand folders and drag items from there

You may try with Spotlight search: just move photos and subfolders to a separate folder –> then press Command + F + . at the same time –> select any file type – Image
This is what I'm looking at, there are photos in each of those folders.
Screen Shot 2022-10-18 at 7.00.26 PM.png
 

bogdanw

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Jonr515

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Nov 11, 2017
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Select the iCloud folders, right-click - New Folder with Selection, open that newly created folder with all the subfolders and use Finder’s search field to find all the images, select them all and copy/move them where you want.

New Folder with Selection https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/organize-files-using-folders-mh26885/mac
Narrow your search results on Mac https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/narrow-search-results-mh15155/mac
Worked perfect, thank you!
 
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