iPhone: Smaller Camera Roll, Faster Backups

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The iPhone can take seemingly forever to complete a data backup, especially when you are upgrading operating system -- like to the new iPhone OS 3.0. One way to trim down that backup time is by cutting down the number of photos in your iPhone's Camera Roll.

  • To reduce your Camera Roll size, do this:
  • Connect your iPhone to your Mac and launch iPhoto.
  • Select your iPhone in iPhoto's Devices list.
  • Click Import All
  • Click Delete Originals after the photo import completes.

Deleting extra photos can speed up iPhone backups.

Windows XP users can import and delete photos from their iPhone with the Scanner and Camera Wizard, and Windows Vista users can import photos with the Windows Photo Gallery application.

You can always add the best photos back to your iPhone after they've been downloaded to your computer, so you can keep those special shots close at hand.

Jeff Gamet

Jeff Gamet

Jeff is the Mac Observer's Managing Editor, and co-host of the Apple Context Machine podcast. He is the author of "The Designer's Guide to Mac OS X" from Peachpit Press, and writes for several design-related publications. Jeff has presented at events such as Macworld Expo, the RSA Conference, and the Mac Computer Expo. In all his spare time, he also co-hosts the We Have Communicators podcast, and makes guest appearances on several other podcasts, too. Jeff dreams in HD.

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