I have an iPhone 11 Pro that I back-up regularly both to macOS and manually to windows (by copying the ###APPLE folders).
This phone is now full and I must delete older photos. Ideally I'd just delete the older ###APPLE folders but I believe this will mess the phone up.
I don't use iCloud since Google Photos is free and I also backup there for a worst case cloud scenario.
So how do I mass delete photos from the phone without messing it up to free up some space?
Best Answer
On macOS, you can use ImageCapture to select as many photos on the iPhone as you want and delete them. You can also import these photos to macOS with ImageCapture. Using Image capture is good since it cleans up thumbnails, database entries as well as the full resolution images.
Accessing the exposed DCIM folder isn’t the same as actually deleting the referenced photos via USB and software Apple makes.