Using iTunes to Download Flight Logs from iPhone?

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Could someone please share with me the old instructions for doing this from a PC running iTunes?

I like to keep a copy of all flight logs from my Mavic Air 2 on my new Windows 11 Pro laptop – first stop before Flight Reader. Since transferring from Windows 10, I’ve recorded some new ones that remain on my iPhone. It’s easy enough to see these flight logs on the iPhone 13 Pro using the new (?) native “Files” app, but how to get them to the PC? I’ve just tried the new Apple Devices app (recommended by Apple) without success.

I recall that there was some trickery with iTunes to get at the DJI files, but it isn’t spelled out in Apple’s instructions for iTunes…

Cheers! – jclarkw

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The Apple Devices app offers pretty close to the same functionality as the discontinued Apple iTunes offering. After installing it, do the following:

  • Connect your iPhone to your computer with a USB cable (make sure you don’t use a charge-only cable).

  • Choose Files from the left menu and browse to the folder that contains the TXT flight logs. Those folder locations can be found here.

  • Scroll down to the bottom of the app and click the Save… button at the bottom right.

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Mike – OK, I think I got it. First I missed the “Save” at the bottom of the files list in the app.

But most of all, I expected to be able to drill down the folder structure to open “flight_logs.” Apple Devices seems only to allow selection of top-level items under “DJI Fly.” Thus I had to select the entire “Flight Records” folder to save to my PC. Is this correct behavior?

As you know, this folder contains a whole lot of junk I don’t want, including all the “MCDatFlightRecords,” which are useless to me. If that’s the best this app can do, so be it: but I thought I remembered being able to select just the “flight_logs” folder with iTunes. Not so?

Best Regards – jclarkw

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Some of the flight log folders are at the top level. When they aren’t, iTunes also only allows you to select the top-level folder.

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