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

With the Photos app and a USB cablevision, you tin can transfer photos and videos to your computer. Yous 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 rubber, up to date, and available automatically on all of your Apple tree devices, on iCloud.com, and even your PC. When you use iCloud Photos, yous don't need to import photos from one iCloud device to another. iCloud Photos always uploads and stores your original, full-resolution photos. You can keep full-resolution originals on each of your devices, or save space with device-optimized versions instead. Either way, you can download your originals whenever you need them. Any organizational changes or edits yous make are e'er kept up to engagement across all your Apple devices. Learn how to set up up and apply iCloud Photos.

The photos and videos that you keep in iCloud Photos use your iCloud storage. Before yous turn on iCloud Photos, brand sure that you have enough infinite in iCloud to store your unabridged collection. You can see how much space you demand and then upgrade your storage plan if necessary.

Import to your Mac

  1. Connect your iPhone, iPad, or iPod affect to your Mac with a USB cable.
  2. Open up the Photos app on your figurer.
  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's name in the Photos sidebar.
  4. If asked, unlock your iOS or iPadOS device using your passcode. If you lot run into a prompt on your iOS or iPadOS device asking you to Trust This Figurer, tap Trust to continue.
  5. Choose where you want to import your photos. Next to "Import to," y'all can choose an existing anthology or create a new one.
  6. Select the photos you lot want to import and click Import Selected, or click Import All New Photos.
    The macOS Photos Import window
  7. Wait for the procedure to cease, then disconnect your device from your Mac.

Import to your Windows PC

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

  1. Update to 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 upon to your PC with a USB cable.
  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 Computer, tap Trust or Allow to continue.

And then, visit Microsoft'southward website to learn how to import photos to the Windows Photos app in Windows ten.

If y'all have iCloud Photos turned on, yous need to download the original, total resolution versions of your photos to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch before you import to your PC.

When you import videos from your iOS or iPadOS device to your PC, some might exist rotated incorrectly in the Windows Photos app. Y'all can add these videos to iTunes to play them in the correct orientation.

If y'all desire to ensure photos from your iOS or iPadOS device have the best compatibility with Windows x, try these steps:

  1. On your iOS or iPadOS device, open up the Settings app.
  2. Tap Camera, then tap Formats.
  3. Tap Well-nigh Compatible. From now on, your camera volition create photos and videos in JPEG and H.264 formats.

Visit Microsoft's website to learn how to import photos using Windows vii or Windows 8.

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