Transfer photos and videos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your Mac or PC

With the Photos app and a USB cablevision, you tin transfer photos and videos to your computer. Y'all can too make your photos available on all your devices with iCloud Photos.

  • Use iCloud Photos

  • Import to your Mac

  • Import to your Windows PC

Utilize iCloud Photos

iCloud Photos keeps your photos and videos safe, up to appointment, and available automatically on all of your Apple tree devices, on iCloud.com, and even your PC. When you apply iCloud Photos, y'all don't need to import photos from one iCloud device to another. iCloud Photos always uploads and stores your original, full-resolution photos. Y'all can keep full-resolution originals on each of your devices, or salve space with device-optimized versions instead. Either way, you can download your originals whenever you need them. Whatsoever organizational changes or edits you brand are always kept upwardly to date across all your Apple tree devices. Larn how to set up and apply iCloud Photos.

The photos and videos that you proceed in iCloud Photos use your iCloud storage. Before you plow on iCloud Photos, make sure that y'all have enough space in iCloud to store your entire collection. Y'all tin can see how much space you need and then upgrade your storage programme if necessary.

Import to your Mac

  1. Connect your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your Mac with a USB cable.
  2. Open the Photos app on your computer.
  3. The Photos app shows an Import screen with all the photos and videos that are on your connected device. If the Import screen doesn't automatically appear, click the device's name in the Photos sidebar.
  4. If asked, unlock your iOS or iPadOS device using your passcode. If you see a prompt on your iOS or iPadOS device asking you to Trust This Computer, tap Trust to continue.
  5. Cull where you want to import your photos. Side by side to "Import to," you can choose an existing album or create a new 1.
  6. Select the photos yous want to import and click Import Selected, or click Import All New Photos.
    macOS Photos Import window
  7. Wait for the process to finish, then disconnect your device from your Mac.

Import to your Windows PC

Yous tin import photos to your PC by connecting your device to your computer and using the Windows Photos app:

  1. Make sure that you have the latest version of iTunes on your PC. Importing photos to your PC requires iTunes 12.5.1 or later on.
  2. Connect your iPhone, iPad, or iPod impact to your PC with a USB cable.
  3. If asked, unlock your iOS or iPadOS device using your passcode.
  4. If you see a prompt on your iOS or iPadOS device asking you to Trust This Computer, tap Trust or Let to continue.

Then, visit Microsoft's website to learn how to import photos to the Windows Photos app in Windows ten.

If you have iCloud Photos turned on, you need to download the original, full resolution versions of your photos to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch on earlier you import to your PC.

When you import videos from your iOS or iPadOS device to your PC, some might exist rotated incorrectly in the Windows Photos app. You can add these videos to iTunes to play them in the right orientation.

If you desire to ensure photos from your iOS or iPadOS device take the best compatibility with Windows 10, try these steps:

  1. On your iOS or iPadOS device, open the Settings app.
  2. Tap Photographic camera, then tap Formats.
  3. Tap Near Uniform. From now on, your camera will create photos and videos in JPEG and H.264 formats.

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