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title: "iPhone photo guides"
description: "Too many photos, storage full, videos too large, or photos you want to hide? Each guide answers one real question first, then walks you through it step by step."
url: "https://picway.app/guides/"
lang: "en"
type: "guides"
updated: "2026-11-01"
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# iPhone photo guides

URL: https://picway.app/guides/
Markdown: https://picway.app/guides/index.md
Last updated: 2026-11-01

Too many photos, storage full, videos too large, or photos you want to hide? Each guide answers one real question first, then walks you through it step by step.

- [How to make a Live Photo collage that really moves](https://picway.app/guides/live-photo-collage/): You can make a Live Photo collage in PicWay: pick several Live Photos, and the collage moves. Choose All at once, One by one, or Spotlight. When you export, choose Live Photo if you want to touch and hold it to play, or Video to send it to friends.
- [How to turn a video into a Live Photo on iPhone](https://picway.app/guides/video-to-live-photo/): To turn a video into a Live Photo, use PicWay: pick a video, drag the selection to the seconds you want, and tap Export. It’s up to 3.9 seconds by default, or tap No Time Limit to use the whole video. The Live Photo saves to the PicWay Conversions album in Photos.
- [How to delete similar photos and bursts on iPhone](https://picway.app/guides/clean-similar-burst-photos/): To delete similar photos on iPhone, use PicWay. It sorts similar shots and bursts into groups, and you go through them one group at a time and pick what to keep. The rest get set aside and stay in your library until you review them and choose to delete. iOS then asks you to confirm.
- [How to compress video on iPhone without losing much quality](https://picway.app/guides/compress-video-keep-quality/): To compress video on iPhone and keep the quality as much as possible, use Standard compression in PicWay. The change in quality is hard to see, so it’s good for videos you’ll want to look at closely. It makes a new video and keeps the original until you’ve compared them and chosen to delete it.
- [How to search iPhone photos by date range](https://picway.app/guides/search-photos-by-date-range-iphone/): To search iPhone photos by date range, open PicWay, tap Search, and type the two dates joined by a hyphen, like 20240801-20240921. You get every photo from the first day through the last. The Photos app searches by month or year; PicWay also takes exact days and ranges, and every search runs on your iPhone.
- [How to hide photos on iPhone: Hidden album vs Private Vault](https://picway.app/guides/hide-photos-iphone/): There are two ways to hide photos on iPhone. Hide in the Photos app moves them to the Hidden album, which you unlock with Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode. PicWay’s Private Vault encrypts them on your phone before saving, and it only opens with a pattern you set. If they’re just for you, use the Private Vault.
- [How to make a photo collage on iPhone with up to 30 photos](https://picway.app/guides/photo-collage-iphone/): You can make a photo collage on iPhone with PicWay: up to 20 photos in standard ratios (3:4, 1:1, 4:5, 9:16), or up to 30 in Long strip. You can still change the ratio, layout, and background after it’s made. It’s saved once, in your Photos library, and you can find it again in PicWay’s Creations.
- [How much space does 4K video take?](https://picway.app/guides/how-much-space-does-4k-video-take-iphone/): Third-party tests put an hour of 4K 30 fps video in HEVC at roughly 10 GB, and 4K at 60 fps at roughly 24 GB. Apple says faster frame rates and higher resolutions make larger video files. In PicWay, Standard or Strong compression makes a smaller copy of a video you already have.
- [30fps vs 60fps iPhone: video size](https://picway.app/guides/30fps-vs-60fps-iphone-video-size/): Yes. Apple says faster frame rates result in larger video files, and one third-party test found that 30 fps cuts the data rate by about 55% compared with 60 fps. Record at 30 fps for talking, interviews and still scenes, and keep 60 fps for fast action or slow motion.
- [HEVC vs H.264 on iPhone: which one?](https://picway.app/guides/hevc-vs-h264-iphone-video/): Use High Efficiency (HEVC) unless you need to share with older devices. Apple says HEVC offers better compression than H.264, so it uses less storage while keeping the same visual quality. One third-party test puts the saving at about 50%. Most Compatible records H.264 and JPEG, which more devices can open.
- [Compress video without losing resolution?](https://picway.app/guides/compress-video-without-lowering-resolution-iphone/): Not with PicWay. Its Standard compression caps the long edge at 1920 pixels and Strong compression at 1280, so a 4K video comes out smaller in pixels too. A video already within the cap keeps its pixel size. Some other apps reduce the bitrate and keep the resolution, according to one third-party guide.
- [Compress video in the Photos app?](https://picway.app/guides/compress-video-in-photos-app-iphone/): Apple’s Photos guide covers trimming a video, adjusting its speed and editing audio, and it does not describe a compress option. Trimming off the ends can make a file shorter, but it is not compression. One third-party guide says Photos has no compression or export settings. PicWay adds a Compress action to the Share sheet.
- [iPhone video too large to send? Fixes](https://picway.app/guides/iphone-video-too-large-to-send/): Messaging and email services cap attachment sizes, and an iPhone video can easily pass them. One test found a one-minute 4K video can exceed 400 MB. Apple’s Mail Drop sends attachments up to 5 GB by email. You can also make a smaller copy first, for example with PicWay.
- [Compress video for email iPhone](https://picway.app/guides/compress-video-for-email-iphone/): To compress a video for email on your iPhone, make a smaller copy first, for example with PicWay’s Standard or Strong compression, then attach that copy. Both levels lower the resolution of larger videos. If the message is too big, Apple’s Mail Drop can send attachments up to 5 GB instead.
- [How to organize kids photos on iPhone](https://picway.app/guides/organize-kids-photos-iphone/): To organize kids photos on iPhone, start with the near-copies. In PicWay, Similar photos and bursts are sorted into groups, and you pick what to keep from each. Then add a tag, such as your child’s name, to the moments you want to find again, and search by date, place, or tag. Nothing is deleted until you confirm.
- [Too many photos on iPhone? Sort them before you delete](https://picway.app/guides/too-many-photos-iphone/): If you have too many photos on iPhone and don’t want to delete them, you don’t have to yet. In PicWay, swipe right to keep and left to set aside. Set-aside photos stay in your library, and you can put them back anytime. When you have time, review them and confirm before anything is deleted.
- [How to organize vacation photos on iPhone](https://picway.app/guides/organize-vacation-photos-iphone/): To organize vacation photos on iPhone, find the trip first, then thin it out. In PicWay, search by date or place, or open the journey it builds for you. Then go through Similar photos, bursts, and screenshots, and compress long videos. Anything you set aside stays in your library until you confirm deleting.
- [Send long video iPhone to Android](https://picway.app/guides/send-long-video-iphone-to-android/): To send a long video from iPhone to Android, skip text messages and send a link instead, for example through Mail Drop or a cloud storage service. Apple says Mail Drop attachments can be up to 5 GB. If a link isn’t an option, make the video smaller first, then send it.
- [Why burst photos take up storage on iPhone](https://picway.app/guides/why-burst-photos-take-up-storage-iphone/): Burst photos take up storage on iPhone because a burst is many photos taken in rapid succession, not one. Apple’s Burst mode is built to give you a range of photos to choose from. In the library a burst can look like a single thumbnail, but according to one third-party guide, each frame is roughly 2 to 4 MB.
- [How to keep the best photo from a burst on iPhone](https://picway.app/guides/keep-best-photo-from-burst-iphone/): To keep the best photo from a burst on iPhone, open the burst in Photos, tap Burst (number), and tap the circle on each frame you want to save as an individual photo. Gray dots mark the frames Apple suggests keeping. Then decide what to do with the rest of the burst.
- [Send large video iPhone to iPhone](https://picway.app/guides/send-large-video-iphone-to-iphone/): To send a large video from iPhone to iPhone, use AirDrop: open the video in Photos, tap Share, and choose AirDrop. Both iPhones need AirDrop turned on. If the other person isn’t nearby, Apple’s Mail Drop can send attachments up to 5 GB by email.
- [How to turn off burst mode on iPhone](https://picway.app/guides/turn-off-burst-mode-iphone/): To turn off burst mode on iPhone, open Settings, tap Camera, and switch off Use Volume Up for Burst if your iPhone shows it. According to one third-party guide, there is no setting that removes Burst mode completely, so you also need to tap the shutter button instead of sliding it.
- [Send video on WhatsApp without compression](https://picway.app/guides/send-video-whatsapp-without-blur/): According to CleverFiles, WhatsApp compresses every video sent as media, and you can’t turn that off. Its tip is to send the video as a document instead of a photo or video. PicWay can make a smaller copy of a video in your library, but that is a separate step from how WhatsApp sends it.
- [Duplicates album doesn’t find similar photos](https://picway.app/guides/duplicates-album-misses-similar-photos-iphone/): The Duplicates album doesn’t find similar photos because Apple’s guide describes it as a place for duplicate photos and videos, and one third-party source says that as of iOS 26 it cannot flag photos that are not exact copies. Shots taken a second apart, or from a burst, are different photos. You sort those by hand or with a similar-photos tool.