If you connect the iPhone to Windows, it comes up in the Computer as a digital camera and lets you Copy/Move photos/videos easily from there, you don’t need to use Photos on the Mac.
If, after connecting like above, you move (not copy) all the photos and videos to a folder on the PC, they will obviously disappear from the Camera Roll in iPhone.
Is it possible to restore the photos and videos back to the Camera Roll?
I have accidentally moved (instead of copying) lots of photos and videos from my iPhone to a folder Windows 7. It slipped my mind that there were a few slow-mo videos which will not play without iPhone/iMovie.
Also, when photos are viewed on iPhone, it displays the location name in the title, which I cannot have once I have moved photos to the computer. In the JPG metadata I only see the Latitude and Longitude saved there.
Thus I prefer to undo this mistake and take photos/videos back to iPhone, is there a way?
Best Answer
I finally resolved this by using iTunes Sync to add photos to an album in iPhone. It is only slightly different as my photos went back to a separate album, not Camera Roll but that’s okay. I noticed that the location name was restored and since it syncs Videos too, I’m sure slow-mo videos would work the way they should.
Also, latest Quicktime player on Mac plays slow-mo videos just like the iPhone.