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

With the Photos app and a USB cable, you can transfer photos and videos to your figurer. Y'all can also make your photos available on all your devices with iCloud Photos.

  • Employ iCloud Photos

  • Import to your Mac

  • Import to your Windows PC

Utilise iCloud Photos

iCloud Photos keeps your photos and videos safety, up to engagement, and available automatically on all of your Apple tree devices, on iCloud.com, and even your PC. When you utilise iCloud Photos, yous 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 can keep total-resolution originals on each of your devices, or relieve space with device-optimized versions instead. Either mode, you tin can download your originals whenever yous need them. Any organizational changes or edits you make are e'er kept up to appointment across all your Apple devices. Learn how to set up upwards and use iCloud Photos.

The photos and videos that you keep in iCloud Photos apply your iCloud storage. Earlier y'all plough on iCloud Photos, make sure that yous accept enough infinite in iCloud to store your entire collection. Yous tin run into how much space you demand then upgrade your storage program if necessary.

Import to your Mac

  1. Connect your iPhone, iPad, or iPod affect to your Mac with a USB cable.
  2. Open up the Photos app on your computer.
  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 proper noun in the Photos sidebar.
  4. If asked, unlock your iOS or iPadOS device using your passcode. If you lot see a prompt on your iOS or iPadOS device request yous 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 anthology or create a new one.
  6. Select the photos you lot desire to import and click Import Selected, or click Import All New Photos.
    macOS Photos Import window
  7. Look for the process to terminate, then 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 figurer and using the Windows Photos app:

  1. Make sure that yous have the latest version of iTunes on your PC. Importing photos to your PC requires iTunes 12.5.ane 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 come across a prompt on your iOS or iPadOS device asking yous to Trust This Calculator, tap Trust or Allow to continue.

And then, visit Microsoft's website to learn how to import photos to the Windows Photos app in Windows x.

If y'all take iCloud Photos turned on, you need to download the original, full resolution versions of your photos to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod affect before you import to your PC.

When y'all 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 these videos to iTunes to play them in the correct orientation.

If you want to ensure photos from your iOS or iPadOS device take the all-time compatibility with Windows 10, try these steps:

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

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