The reason I say this is because your Mac has a larger screen and you can better pick and choose what photos and videos you really want to keep. You can always delete photos from the iOS device’s Photos app itself, but there’s a slightly better feeling you get from doing it on Image Capture on your Mac. Note: And if you check your iOS device’s Camera Roll from the device itself, they should be gone from there as well:Īnd that’s all there is to it! Why to use Image Capture If you did intend to delete what you selected, then click the blue Delete button.Ħ) Now the photos or videos that you deleted will disappear from the Image Capture window: You may be asked to “trust your device” from your Mac or to “trust your computer” from your device, and if you are, be sure to click/tap yes.Ĥ) Select any number of photos or videos from the list of available media that you want to delete, and then click on the Delete button.ĥ) You are now prompted to confirm the deletion. Note: You should see your entire Camera Roll when you do this. I find it easiest to launch it from the Applications folder I have on my Dock.ģ) Select your iOS device from the sidebar in the Image Capture app. So if you want to use Image Capture on your Mac to quickly and easily delete photos or videos from your iOS device, you’ll want to follow these steps:ġ) Plug your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad into your Mac with the USB sync cable.Ģ) Launch the Image Capture app on your Mac.

Deleting photos from your iPhone or iPad via Image Capture In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to use the Image Capture app on your Mac to remove photos or videos from your iPhone or iPad. To be completely honest, I still use the Image Capture app despite the fact Apple released their new Photos app for OS X last year, and that’s because it’s a dead simple utility that isn’t bloated with extra features I really don’t feel like using. If you have a Mac, then you also have a really useful image importing app called Image Capture lurking in your Applications folder.

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