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

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

  • Utilize iCloud Photos

  • Import to your Mac

  • Import to your Windows PC

Apply iCloud Photos

iCloud Photos keeps your photos and videos safe, up to appointment, and available automatically on all of your Apple devices, on iCloud.com, and even your PC. When y'all apply iCloud Photos, you lot don't need to import photos from one iCloud device to another. iCloud Photos always uploads and stores your original, total-resolution photos. You can go along full-resolution originals on each of your devices, or save space with device-optimized versions instead. Either mode, you lot tin download your originals whenever you need them. Any organizational changes or edits you brand are e'er kept up to date across all your Apple devices. Acquire how to gear up and apply iCloud Photos.

The photos and videos that you keep in iCloud Photos use your iCloud storage. Before you plough on iCloud Photos, make sure that you have enough infinite in iCloud to shop your entire collection. You can see how much infinite you need and 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 cablevision.
  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 connected device. If the Import screen doesn't automatically announced, click the device'due south proper 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 along.
  5. Choose where you want to import your photos. Side by side to "Import to," you can choose an existing anthology or create a new one.
  6. Select the photos you desire to import and click Import Selected, or click Import All New Photos.
    macOS Photos Import window
  7. Await for the process to finish, 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 estimator and using the Windows Photos app:

  1. Make sure that you have the latest version of iTunes on your PC. Importing photos to your PC requires iTunes 12.5.1 or later on.
  2. Connect your iPhone, iPad, or iPod impact 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 y'all to Trust This Estimator, tap Trust or Allow to proceed.

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

If yous take iCloud Photos turned on, you need to download the original, full resolution versions of your photos to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod impact earlier y'all 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. Y'all can add these videos to iTunes to play them in the correct orientation.

If you desire 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 Photographic 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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