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

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

  • Apply iCloud Photos

  • Import to your Mac

  • Import to your Windows PC

Use iCloud Photos

iCloud Photos keeps your photos and videos safe, upwardly to date, and available automatically on all of your Apple tree devices, on iCloud.com, and fifty-fifty your PC. When yous employ iCloud Photos, you don't need to import photos from one iCloud device to another. iCloud Photos always uploads and stores your original, full-resolution photos. You tin proceed full-resolution originals on each of your devices, or salve infinite with device-optimized versions instead. Either mode, you can download your originals whenever you need them. Any organizational changes or edits you brand are always kept upwardly to date beyond all your Apple devices. Learn how to set up and use iCloud Photos.

The photos and videos that you lot keep in iCloud Photos use your iCloud storage. Before yous turn on iCloud Photos, make sure that yous accept enough space in iCloud to store your unabridged collection. You tin can see how much space y'all demand and so upgrade your storage programme 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 reckoner.
  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'south name in the Photos sidebar.
  4. If asked, unlock your iOS or iPadOS device using your passcode. If you see a prompt on your iOS or iPadOS device asking you lot to Trust This Reckoner, tap Trust to proceed.
  5. Choose where you want to import your photos. Next to "Import to," you lot can choose an existing album or create a new 1.
  6. Select the photos you want to import and click Import Selected, or click Import All New Photos.
    macOS Photos Import window
  7. Wait for the process to stop, then disconnect your device from your Mac.

Import to your Windows PC

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

  1. Brand sure that y'all 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 bear on to your PC with a USB cable.
  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 you to Trust This Computer, tap Trust or Permit to continue.

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

If yous accept iCloud Photos turned on, you need to download the original, full resolution versions of your photos to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch before you lot 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. You can add together these videos to iTunes to play them in the correct orientation.

If y'all want to ensure photos from your iOS or iPadOS device have the best 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 Most Compatible. From at present on, your camera volition create photos and videos in JPEG and H.264 formats.

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