I need to copy one folder of files from my iPhone 11 Pro Max and I can't

I need to copy one folder of files from my iPhone 11 Pro Max and I can't.

When I try to select 1677 photos and share them to Google Drive, the dialog box disappears and does nothing when I click upload button.

When I try to first migrate those 1677 photos from my iPhone 11 Pro Max to Mac Book Pro, I tried several options which also do not work.

Tried to share through AirDrop to Mac Book Pro, but for unknown reason the laptop doesn't appear as available recipient (I have Bluetooth and WIFI turned on on both devices and I can share file by AirDrop from Mac Book Pro to iPhone but not vice versa. AirDrop discoverability is set to Everyone on both devices).
Tried to connect by a USB cable, now I can't select a particular folder on Mac. I am limited on options all-or-nothing, it allows me to bring either all the files or nothing, and doesn't allow me to select a particular folder.
Tried to connect by a USB cable to a PC laptop. I am able to see the folders, but it is messed up and the folder structure visible in File Explorer doesn't correspond the folder structure on iPhone, so I can't select the folder I need, since I can't find this folder and the displayed folders like 202109__ do not correspond to the folders shown in My Iphone / Folder.
I tried to delete all photos from iCloud backup and then put the desired folder in iCloud backup. It failed to store all the desired files from the specific folder. Only 1304 photos were moved to iCloud because of the limitation of 5 GB.

Is there a way to backup selected files into desired cloud?

Solution 1:

I have dozens of folders with that many files working very well with iCloud. If you can’t get the google drive service to work reliably, paying for one month of iCloud would get the job done without needing a computer.

We also use Finder to sync files, many more than that so I don’t see any issues inherent with the OS or design since this is small size of files to sync for the work population I support. We don’t use google but we do have people using OneDrive instead of iCloud. My iCloud experience is personal use but I’ve got 200 GB of files currently in iCloud.

You didn’t mention specifically where the photos are. If it’s in photos app you might want to sync that to iCloud or the Mac and export then to google drive if you can’t just save those to files app first and then save to google drive.

Steps for that: