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

With the Photos app and a USB cable, yous can transfer photos and videos to your reckoner. You can also make your photos bachelor on all your devices with iCloud Photos.

  • Apply iCloud Photos

  • Import to your Mac

  • Import to your Windows PC

Use iCloud Photos

iCloud Photos keeps your photos and videos safe, up to date, and available automatically on all of your Apple devices, on iCloud.com, and even your PC. When yous use iCloud Photos, you don't need to import photos from i iCloud device to some other. iCloud Photos always uploads and stores your original, total-resolution photos. You can continue total-resolution originals on each of your devices, or save space with device-optimized versions instead. Either way, you tin can download your originals whenever you demand them. Whatsoever organizational changes or edits you make are always kept upwards to date beyond all your Apple devices. Learn how to fix up and use iCloud Photos.

The photos and videos that you keep in iCloud Photos use your iCloud storage. Before you turn on iCloud Photos, make sure that you take plenty space in iCloud to store your entire collection. You lot can see how much space you need and so upgrade your storage programme if necessary.

Import to your Mac

  1. Connect your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your Mac with a USB cablevision.
  2. Open up the Photos app on your reckoner.
  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 announced, click the device's proper name in the Photos sidebar.
  4. If asked, unlock your iOS or iPadOS device using your passcode. If you lot run across a prompt on your iOS or iPadOS device asking you lot to Trust This Computer, tap Trust to continue.
  5. Cull where you want to import your photos. Next to "Import to," you can choose an existing album or create a new 1.
  6. Select the photos you want to import and click Import Selected, or click Import All New Photos.
    macOS Photos Import window
  7. Wait for the procedure to finish, and so disconnect your device from your Mac.

Import to your Windows PC

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

  1. Make certain that you have the latest version of iTunes on your PC. Importing photos to your PC requires iTunes 12.5.1 or later.
  2. Connect your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your PC with a USB cablevision.
  3. If asked, unlock your iOS or iPadOS device using your passcode.
  4. If you run across a prompt on your iOS or iPadOS device asking yous to Trust This Computer, tap Trust or Let to go on.

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 demand to download the original, full resolution versions of your photos to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod bear on before 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 lot can add these videos to iTunes to play them in the correct orientation.

If you desire to ensure photos from your iOS or iPadOS device have the all-time 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 Most Compatible. From now on, your camera will create photos and videos in JPEG and H.264 formats.

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