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 can transfer photos and videos to your computer. Yous can too make your photos available on all your devices with iCloud Photos.

  • Utilise 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 y'all utilise iCloud Photos, y'all don't demand to import photos from 1 iCloud device to another. iCloud Photos e'er uploads and stores your original, full-resolution photos. You can go on full-resolution originals on each of your devices, or save space with device-optimized versions instead. Either fashion, you can download your originals whenever you need them. Whatsoever organizational changes or edits you make are always kept up to engagement across all your Apple devices. Learn how to set up and use iCloud Photos.

The photos and videos that you continue in iCloud Photos use your iCloud storage. Before you turn on iCloud Photos, make sure that y'all have enough space in iCloud to shop your entire collection. Y'all can see how much space y'all demand and and so upgrade your storage plan 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 continued device. If the Import screen doesn't automatically appear, click the device's proper name in the Photos sidebar.
  4. If asked, unlock your iOS or iPadOS device using your passcode. If you run across a prompt on your iOS or iPadOS device asking you to Trust This Computer, tap Trust to keep.
  5. Choose where y'all desire to import your photos. Adjacent to "Import to," you can choose an existing album or create a new one.
  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

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

  1. Make certain that you lot have the latest version of iTunes on your PC. Importing photos to your PC requires iTunes 12.5.1 or afterwards.
  2. Connect your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your PC with a USB cable.
  3. If asked, unlock your iOS or iPadOS device using your passcode.
  4. If you meet a prompt on your iOS or iPadOS device request you lot to Trust This Computer, tap Trust or Allow to continue.

So, visit Microsoft's website to learn how to import photos to the Windows Photos app in Windows 10.

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

When you import videos from your iOS or iPadOS device to your PC, some might be rotated incorrectly in the Windows Photos app. Y'all can add together these videos to iTunes to play them in the correct orientation.

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

  1. On your iOS or iPadOS device, open up the Settings app.
  2. Tap Camera, so tap Formats.
  3. Tap Most Compatible. From at present on, your camera volition create photos and videos in JPEG and H.264 formats.

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