Transference photos and videos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Learn how to transfer photos and videos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your Macintosh or PC. You can likewise make your photos available on all your devices with iCloud Photos.

  • Employ 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 mechanically on altogether of your Orchard apple tree devices, on iCloud.com, and even your PC. When you use iCloud Photos, you don't want to import photos from one iCloud gimmick to another. iCloud Photos always uploads and stores your original, glutted-result photos. You can hold open entire-firmness of purpose originals connected apiece of your devices, or save space with device-optimized versions instead. Either way, you rump download your originals whenever you need them. Any organizational changes or edits you make water are e'er kept finished to date crosswise every your Apple devices. Learn how to set 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, prepar sure that you have enough space in iCloud to store your entire collection. You can see how much space you need and past upgrade your storage plan if necessary.

Import to your Mac

You can use the Photos app to import photos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your Mackintosh.

  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 Spell block out with all the photos and videos that are on your connected device. If the Spell sort doesn't automatically appear, get through the device's name in the Photos sidebar.
  4. If asked, unlock your iOS operating theater iPadOS device victimisation your passcode. If you witness a prompt on your iOS Oregon iPadOS device asking you to Trust This Computer, tap Trust to cover.
  5. Choose where you want to import your photos. Next to "Import to," you can select an existing album operating room create a new indefinite.
  6. Superior the photos you want to import and click Import Selected, or click Import All New Photos.
    macOS Photos Import window
  7. Delay for the cognitive process to finish, past disconnect your device from your Mack.

Learn what to do if you can't importation photos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your computer.

Import to your Windows PC

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

  1. Make sure that you have the fashionable version of iTunes along your Personal computer. Importing photos to your PC requires iTunes 12.5.1 or future.
  2. Join your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your PC with a USB cable.
  3. If asked, unlock your iOS operating theater iPadOS device using your passcode.
  4. If you see a prompt on your iOS or iPadOS twist asking you to Trust This Computer, tap Trust Beaver State Allow to stay on.

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

If you consume iCloud Photos turned on, you need to download the original, full resolution versions of your photos to your iPhone before you import to your PC. Find out how.

When you import videos from your iOS Oregon iPadOS device to your PC, some mightiness be rotated incorrectly in the Windows Photos app. You tail add these videos to iTunes to play them in the correct orientation.

If you're having trouble importing photos from your iOS or iPadOS device to Windows 10, try these stairs:

  1. On your iOS or iPadOS device, open the Settings app. Dab Camera, then tap Formats.
  2. Tap Most Compatible. From now happening, your tv camera will produce photos and videos in JPEG and H.264 formats.

Study what to do if you can't importee photos from your iPhone, iPad, surgery iPod touch to your computer.

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