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

With the Photos app and a USB cablevision, y'all can transfer photos and videos to your computer. Yous can besides make your photos bachelor on all your devices with iCloud Photos.

  • Employ iCloud Photos

  • Import to your Mac

  • Import to your Windows PC

Use iCloud Photos

iCloud Photos keeps your photos and videos rubber, up to date, and available automatically on all of your Apple devices, on iCloud.com, and even your PC. When you lot use iCloud Photos, you don't need to import photos from ane iCloud device to another. iCloud Photos always uploads and stores your original, full-resolution photos. You can proceed total-resolution originals on each of your devices, or save infinite with device-optimized versions instead. Either way, you tin download your originals whenever yous need them. Any organizational changes or edits you brand are always kept up to date beyond all your Apple devices. Learn how to gear up up and use iCloud Photos.

The photos and videos that y'all keep in iCloud Photos use your iCloud storage. Earlier yous turn on iCloud Photos, make certain that yous accept enough space in iCloud to store your entire collection. Y'all tin run into how much space y'all demand 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 connected device. If the Import screen doesn't automatically appear, click the device'south proper name in the Photos sidebar.
  4. If asked, unlock your iOS or iPadOS device using your passcode. If yous see a prompt on your iOS or iPadOS device request you to Trust This Figurer, tap Trust to keep.
  5. Choose where you want to import your photos. Adjacent to "Import to," you can choose an existing album or create a new one.
  6. Select the photos yous want to import and click Import Selected, or click Import All New Photos.
    macOS Photos Import window
  7. Wait for the process to terminate, 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 calculator 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.five.1 or afterward.
  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 you meet a prompt on your iOS or iPadOS device asking you to Trust This Computer, tap Trust or Allow to proceed.

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

If you accept iCloud Photos turned on, you demand to download the original, total resolution versions of your photos to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod bear upon earlier you lot import to your PC.

When you lot import videos from your iOS or iPadOS device to your PC, some might be rotated incorrectly in the Windows Photos app. You tin 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, and then tap Formats.
  3. Tap Most Compatible. From now on, your camera will create photos and videos in JPEG and H.264 formats.

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