I've never had trouble with airdrop and send stuff to myself all the time that way. I probably wouldn't try to do 100s of images at once but maybe in batches of 10-20 at a time
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I've been using airdrop for years to copy images/videos from iPhone to my Mac, can't recall any issues, and I've done batches of a couple hundred several times, its surprisingly fast (to me) and reliable
Will it work if you are moving large files (e.g. hour-long video that is maybe 50GB)?
AirDrop just copies stuff from one device to another. You won't lose any data on the original device, even if the transfer fails.
Really you should just try it yourself, rather than wait for responses; only you can tell if it works for your needs and how quickly.
Really you should just try it yourself, rather than wait for responses; only you can tell if it works for your needs and how quickly.
yes, you select the ones you want to copy in the Photos app and they will remain "selected" throughout the airdrop process, so presumably when done you could just delete them at that point
Sorry for the delay — and to see that things still aren't working for you. I check this forum irregularly. As to details about the camera card reader attachment, you'd have to do some searching here or on the net. I simply recall seeing various posts about those.
I've used Air Drop, which works well for document and web page transfers, but it's not that speedy. It sends a copy to the other device.
Yet, alas, you'd still have to confirm each photo went through.