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Ok, you made a pretty good start and it certainly elucidates my shortcomings, LOL. A family member often phones with computer issues, and when I say "press the return key", she has to remind me there is no such thing. It is now called the "Enter" key on all computers built in this century. I didn't grow up with computers either, but when the microprocessor was invented, and then the personal computer started to emerge, I did take notice because computers think the way I do and we became best buddies on friday night, and later started a long lasting love relationship after working hours. However, about 15 years ago, I lost interest in computers, as they moved to black box technology; just as cars before them moved away from understandable carburation systems to computer boards. And, never liking the telephone, I shunned smartphones after a technology conference with all the spook agencies represented, so am intentionally a bit behind the times on the latest technology (Luddite that I am). Such as it is, we'll plow forward together. 😁
Device Dependency
What type of computer do you have?
Apple or Windows?
Which version (so I can google for some info).
I can sort of stumble through the directions for a Windows computer, but am not familiar with Apple. Maybe we can muddle through together. 🙂
The tricky part seems to be where to send or put the photos from your phone onto your computer.
Connect phone to computer
After you connect your camera to your computer using the USB cable that comes with your phone's charger, make sure your phone is turned on. Your iPhone may ask if you want to let that computer access your phone. You would answer yes.
On your computer, you may see a small popup window (a dialog) asking to select some action to take. Sometimes the computer will have a picture management tool installed that will appear on that list.
On my Windows computer, I ignore the popup dialog because I don't want to use any of my installed programs to manage my pictures. On the older iPhone, I close the popup; while on the newer iPhone, it works better if I ignore the popup, leave it alone, and move on to the next step. I would have no clue where they were putting things, and, frankly, many users are similarly clueless about where their programs hide their pictures, and don't want to go searching for them.
I just want to move files from this folder to that folder. This folder is the phone and that folder is somewhere on my computer, preferrably a folder on my desktop where I can find them if I want to use them immediately.
Desktop
OK, now we have the "desktop" problem. When there are no open applications, the screen that you see is often referred to as your desktop. Some have a "desktop" screen cluttered with folders, and some like to keep a tidy desktop, and will store folders somewhere else on the computer. My family member doesn't have a desktop and doesn't know where to find it. Her computer opens programs automatically to something like Yahoo. She has no idea that Yahoo is not "the Internet" and that it is an application installed on her computer, and that it is also not her "computer", per se, but is only an app. Yes, patience is a virtue. She would have to close or minimize that application in order to see her desktop. So I am well aware that some users have no clue there is a desktop.
For me, everything lands on the desktop where I can find it. Then I decide later where I want to file all that stuff. That serves two purposes. It reminds me that I am working on something, and lets me see what I am working on.
Windows
This is now where I would talk specifically about a Windows computer. If you have Apple, things will look different.
On my Windows computer, I have an icon called "My Computer". Or, in the "start" menu (found at the lower left of the screen) I can expand the menu to find "My Computer" or perhaps it is called "This PC" on newer models. That option will show all of the devices connected to the computer.
Click the icon for the connected iPhone to open its folder or directory of files (images). You can only access the images and videos on the phone, nothing else. Select or highlight the group of photos that you want to move from your phone to your computer. Then drag them to the desktop; or, if there are a lot of photos, create a new folder on the computer desktop and drag the photos into that new folder.
Now your photos are where you can find them on your computer.
So, let's see if you can move your photos to your computer where you can find them. After that, we'll move on to getting them into your listing.
Ok, you made a pretty good start and it certainly elucidates my shortcomings, LOL. A family member often phones with computer issues, and when I say "press the return key", she has to remind me there is no such thing. It is now called the "Enter" key on all computers built in this century. I didn't grow up with computers either, but when the microprocessor was invented, and then the personal computer started to emerge, I did take notice because computers think the way I do and we became best buddies on friday night, and later started a long lasting love relationship after working hours. However, about 15 years ago, I lost interest in computers, as they moved to black box technology; just as cars before them moved away from understandable carburation systems to computer boards. And, never liking the telephone, I shunned smartphones after a technology conference with all the spook agencies represented, so am intentionally a bit behind the times on the latest technology (Luddite that I am). Such as it is, we'll plow forward together. 😁
Device Dependency
What type of computer do you have?
Apple or Windows?
Which version (so I can google for some info).
I can sort of stumble through the directions for a Windows computer, but am not familiar with Apple. Maybe we can muddle through together. 🙂
The tricky part seems to be where to send or put the photos from your phone onto your computer.
Connect phone to computer
After you connect your camera to your computer using the USB cable that comes with your phone's charger, make sure your phone is turned on. Your iPhone may ask if you want to let that computer access your phone. You would answer yes.
On your computer, you may see a small popup window (a dialog) asking to select some action to take. Sometimes the computer will have a picture management tool installed that will appear on that list.
On my Windows computer, I ignore the popup dialog because I don't want to use any of my installed programs to manage my pictures. On the older iPhone, I close the popup; while on the newer iPhone, it works better if I ignore the popup, leave it alone, and move on to the next step. I would have no clue where they were putting things, and, frankly, many users are similarly clueless about where their programs hide their pictures, and don't want to go searching for them.
I just want to move files from this folder to that folder. This folder is the phone and that folder is somewhere on my computer, preferrably a folder on my desktop where I can find them if I want to use them immediately.
Desktop
OK, now we have the "desktop" problem. When there are no open applications, the screen that you see is often referred to as your desktop. Some have a "desktop" screen cluttered with folders, and some like to keep a tidy desktop, and will store folders somewhere else on the computer. My family member doesn't have a desktop and doesn't know where to find it. Her computer opens programs automatically to something like Yahoo. She has no idea that Yahoo is not "the Internet" and that it is an application installed on her computer, and that it is also not her "computer", per se, but is only an app. Yes, patience is a virtue. She would have to close or minimize that application in order to see her desktop. So I am well aware that some users have no clue there is a desktop.
For me, everything lands on the desktop where I can find it. Then I decide later where I want to file all that stuff. That serves two purposes. It reminds me that I am working on something, and lets me see what I am working on.
Windows
This is now where I would talk specifically about a Windows computer. If you have Apple, things will look different.
On my Windows computer, I have an icon called "My Computer". Or, in the "start" menu (found at the lower left of the screen) I can expand the menu to find "My Computer" or perhaps it is called "This PC" on newer models. That option will show all of the devices connected to the computer.
Click the icon for the connected iPhone to open its folder or directory of files (images). You can only access the images and videos on the phone, nothing else. Select or highlight the group of photos that you want to move from your phone to your computer. Then drag them to the desktop; or, if there are a lot of photos, create a new folder on the computer desktop and drag the photos into that new folder.
Now your photos are where you can find them on your computer.
So, let's see if you can move your photos to your computer where you can find them. After that, we'll move on to getting them into your listing.
