Download Photos from Your iPhone to a Computer

People arguably use their iPhone cameras more than they use the actual phone function. If you take a lot of pictures, sooner or later your iPhone is going to fill up. Transferring the photos to your computer allows you to free up some space on your iPhone. It also creates a safe backup for your precious photos. Backing up is simple on both Windows and Mac.

Steps

iPhone to PC

  1. Connect your iPhone to your PC via USB. You'll need to unlock the screen if it is locked. Use the same cable that you use to charge the iPhone to connect it to the PC.
    • If you haven't connected your iPhone before, your iPhone will prompt you to trust the computer.
    • You don't need iTunes installed to transfer your photos.
  2. Select "Import pictures and videos" from the Autoplay menu. If this window doesn't appear, see the next step.
  3. Open the "Computer"/"This PC" window if AutoPlay doesn't appear. If the AutoPlay window doesn't appear when you connect your iPhone, open the "Computer" (7 and Vista), "This PC" (10 and 8), or "My Computer" (XP) window. You can find this in the Start menu or by clicking the folder icon in your taskbar. You can also press ⊞ Win+E to open it.
    • Once you've opened the Computer window, right-click on your iPhone in the "Devices and drives" section and select "Import pictures and videos."
  4. Decide if you want to organize the photos before transferring them. The "Import pictures and videos" tool will allow you to add tags to your photos, as well as specify how the imported pictures will be organized. Select "Review, organize, and group items to import" and then click "Next."
    • If you don't care about organizing them and just want to import all of your pictures immediately, select "Import all new items now." If you do this, the pictures will be imported into a folder labeled with the date in your Pictures folder.
  5. Select the photos you want to import. After choosing to organize your photos, you'll be able to deselect any photos that you don't want to transfer. Uncheck any photo you don't want to transfer.
  6. Adjust the date range for the groups. The import tool will group photos into separate folders based on the date they were taken. You can use the slider in the lower-right corner to adjust the range for the folders. Moving the slider all the way to the right will place all of the photos in a single folder.
  7. Name the folders. By default, each folder will be labeled with the date range that it contains. You can give each folder a custom name before you start importing to make finding the right photos easier. Click the "Enter a name" option for each folder to rename them.
  8. Decide if you want to delete the photos off your iPhone after transferring. If you want to free up some space on your iPhone, you can set the import tool to delete the photos off of your iPhone's storage after they have successfully transferred to your PC.
    • To enable this, click the "More options" link and then check "Delete files from device after importing."
    • While you're here, you can adjust some other import options, such as the default import folder. Most users can leave these at their defaults.
  9. Start transferring the images. Click the "Import" button after you are satisfied with your import and organization settings. The photos will begin copying to your computer. This may take a while if you have a lot of photos to transfer. Don't disconnect your iPhone until the process is complete.[1]

iPhone to Mac

  1. Connect your iPhone to your Mac via USB. You'll need to unlock the screen if it's locked with a passcode. Use the USB cable that you use to charge your iPhone.
  2. Open Image Capture on your Mac. This program comes preinstalled on all Mac computers. You can find it in the Applications folder.
  3. Select your iPhone from the Devices list. You can find this list in the left frame. You may have to expand "Devices" to see it.
  4. Set the location that you want to transfer the images to. Click the "Import To" menu at the bottom of the window and select the folder that you want to import the images to. By default, they will be transferred to your Pictures folder.
  5. Select the images that you want to transfer, or transfer them all. You can select specific images that you want to transfer, or you can just transfer all of them at once.
    • Hold ⌘ Command and click each image that you want to select. You can also click an image, hold ⇧ Shift, and then click another image to select all of the images between the two.
    • If you just want to transfer all of the images, click "Import All" in the bottom-right corner.
  6. Click "Import" to transfer your selected images. The images will be copied to the folder that you selected from the "Import To" menu at the bottom of the window. It may take a while to transfer a lot of images.[2]
    • You can also simply click and drag images from the Image Capture window into open folders or onto your desktop.

Tips

  • If your iPhone doesn't show, you may not have the latest driver installed on your PC. Right click on the Start button, click on the "Control Panel" and then "View Devices and Printers". Your iPhone should appear under "unspecified devices". Right click and select Troubleshoot. It may prompt you to install a driver and restart your PC (close down other apps before you restart).

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Sources and Citations

  1. ↑ http://www.digitaltrends.com/photography/best-ways-get-photos-iphone/
  2. ↑ http://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac-software/how-transfer-photos-your-iphone-mac-3461028/
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