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Codex
Helpful | Level 5
7 years ago

Selective Photo Upload on iOS

Hi, There is a feature on iOS to upload all photos taken and delete the source photos. However I only want to upload some of my photos and I also want to decide into which folder they go. In the ...
  • palcaide's avatar
    palcaide
    7 years ago

    In the first question of my Shortcut (Name the folder) you can enter the entire path.

    E.g. Horseriding/Summer 2018/Chatanooga

    It doesn’t matter if it exists or not. In case it doesn’t exist, Shortcuts will create it, and will deploy your pictures in it.

    Give it a try.

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    palcaide
    7 years ago

    Well, from iPad is very easy to do it directly, from the app Photos, taking profit from “Side by Side” and “Drag and Drop” features, both available since IOS 11. Just be sure you have Dropbox in your Dock.

    I enclosed a video to show you a demo for situations in which the destination folder previously exists.

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