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 computer. You tin can also make your photos available on all your devices with iCloud Photos.

  • Use 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 bachelor automatically on all of your Apple devices, on iCloud.com, and even your PC. When you utilise 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 can go along full-resolution originals on each of your devices, or save infinite with device-optimized versions instead. Either way, yous can download your originals whenever you need them. Any organizational changes or edits you make are always kept up to date across all your Apple tree devices. Larn how to prepare and employ iCloud Photos.

The photos and videos that you keep in iCloud Photos apply your iCloud storage. Before you turn on iCloud Photos, make certain that you take enough infinite in iCloud to store your unabridged collection. You can run across how much space you need then upgrade your storage plan if necessary.

Import to your Mac

  1. Connect your iPhone, iPad, or iPod impact 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 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 asking y'all to Trust This Computer, tap Trust to continue.
  5. Cull where you want to import your photos. Next to "Import to," you can cull an existing album or create a new i.
  6. Select the photos you desire to import and click Import Selected, or click Import All New Photos.
    macOS Photos Import window
  7. Wait for the process to end, 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 reckoner 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 cable.
  3. If asked, unlock your iOS or iPadOS device using your passcode.
  4. If y'all run into a prompt on your iOS or iPadOS device request you to Trust This Computer, tap Trust or Permit to continue.

Then, 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, full resolution versions of your photos to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod bear on before you import to your PC.

When yous import videos from your iOS or iPadOS device to your PC, some might be rotated incorrectly in the Windows Photos app. You tin 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 have the best compatibility with Windows 10, endeavour these steps:

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

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