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. Y'all can also make your photos bachelor on all of your devices with iCloud Photos.

  • Utilize iCloud Photos

  • Import to your Mac

  • Import to your Windows PC

Utilise iCloud Photos

iCloud Photos keeps your photos and videos prophylactic, up to engagement and bachelor automatically on all of your Apple tree devices, on iCloud.com and even on your PC. When y'all utilize iCloud Photos, you don't need to import photos from i iCloud device to another. iCloud Photos always uploads and stores your original, full-resolution photos. You tin keep total-resolution originals on each of your devices, or relieve space with device-optimised versions instead. Either fashion, you can download your originals whenever y'all demand them. Any organisational changes or edits yous make volition always be kept up to date across all of your Apple devices. Find out how to set up and use iCloud Photos.

The photos and videos that you continue in iCloud Photos use your iCloud storage. Before turning on iCloud Photos, make sure that you have enough space in iCloud to store your entire collection. You can run into how much space you demand and then upgrade your storage program 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 calculator.
  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 y'all see a prompt on your iOS or iPadOS device request you to Trust This Computer, tap Trust to proceed.
  5. Cull where you want to import your photos to. Side by side to "Import to", you can choose an existing album or create a new 1.
  6. Select the photos yous desire to import and click Import Selected, or click Import All New Photos.
    macOS Photos Import window
  7. Expect until the process has finished, and so 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 sure 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 on to your PC with a USB cable.
  3. If asked, unlock your iOS or iPadOS device using your passcode.
  4. If y'all see a prompt on your iOS or iPadOS device asking you to Trust This Computer, tap Trust or Allow to continue.

Then visit Microsoft's website to find out how to import photos to the Windows Photos app in Windows 10.

If you have iCloud Photos turned on, y'all'll need to download the original, full-resolution versions of your photos to your iPhone, iPad or iPod bear upon before importing to your PC.

When you import videos from your iOS or iPadOS device to your PC, some may appear the wrong way up in the Windows Photos app. You tin can add these videos to iTunes to play them in the right orientation.

If yous want to ensure that photos from your iOS or iPadOS device accept the best compatibility with Windows 10, try post-obit these steps:

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

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