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

With the Photos app and a USB cable, you can transfer photos and videos to your figurer. 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

Utilize iCloud Photos

iCloud Photos keeps your photos and videos condom, upward to date, and available automatically on all of your Apple devices, on iCloud.com, and fifty-fifty your PC. When yous use iCloud Photos, yous don't need to import photos from one iCloud device to some other. iCloud Photos always uploads and stores your original, total-resolution photos. You lot tin can keep full-resolution originals on each of your devices, or salvage infinite with device-optimized versions instead. Either fashion, you tin can download your originals whenever yous need them. Any organizational changes or edits y'all brand are always kept upwards to date across all your Apple devices. Learn how to fix up and employ iCloud Photos.

The photos and videos that y'all keep in iCloud Photos use your iCloud storage. Earlier yous turn on iCloud Photos, brand sure that you have plenty space in iCloud to store your entire collection. You can come across how much space you need and then upgrade your storage plan 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 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 you see a prompt on your iOS or iPadOS device asking you lot to Trust This Computer, tap Trust to go on.
  5. Choose where you want to import your photos. Next to "Import to," yous can choose an existing album or create a new 1.
  6. Select the photos yous want to import and click Import Selected, or click Import All New Photos.
    macOS Photos Import window
  7. Look for the process to stop, then disconnect your device from your Mac.

Import to your Windows PC

Yous tin import photos to your PC by connecting your device to your computer and using the Windows Photos app:

  1. Brand 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 bear on to your PC with a USB cablevision.
  3. If asked, unlock your iOS or iPadOS device using your passcode.
  4. If you see a prompt on your iOS or iPadOS device asking you to Trust This Computer, tap Trust or Let to continue.

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

If you have iCloud Photos turned on, you demand to download the original, total resolution versions of your photos to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod affect before y'all 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 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 all-time compatibility with Windows ten, try these steps:

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

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