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, y'all can transfer photos and videos to your reckoner. You can as well make your photos available on all of 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 safe, upwards to date and available automatically on all of your Apple tree devices, on iCloud.com and even on your PC. When you use iCloud Photos, you lot don't need to import photos from one iCloud device to another. iCloud Photos always uploads and stores your original, full-resolution photos. You lot can keep total-resolution originals on each of your devices, or relieve space with device-optimised versions instead. Either way, you can download your originals whenever you need them. Any organisational changes or edits you make volition always be kept up to appointment across all of your Apple devices. Find out how to fix upwardly and use iCloud Photos.

The photos and videos that you go along in iCloud Photos utilize your iCloud storage. Earlier turning on iCloud Photos, brand sure you have enough space in iCloud to store your entire drove. Y'all tin run into 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 of the photos and videos that are on your connected device. If the Import screen doesn't appear automatically, click the device'due south name in the Photos sidebar.
  4. If asked, unlock your iOS or iPadOS device using your passcode. If y'all run across a prompt on your iOS or iPadOS device asking you to Trust This Computer, tap Trust to continue.
  5. Cull where yous want to import your photos to. Next to "Import to", you can choose an existing album or create a new ane.
  6. Select the photos you desire to import and click Import Selected, or click Import All New Photos.
    macOS Photos Import window
  7. Wait until the process has finished, and so disconnect your device from your Mac.

Import to your Windows PC

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

  1. Make certain yous accept the latest version of iTunes on your PC. Importing photos to your PC requires iTunes 12.v.ane or later.
  2. Connect your iPhone, iPad or iPod affect to your PC with a USB cable.
  3. If asked, unlock your iOS or iPadOS device using your passcode.
  4. If y'all see a prompt on your iOS or iPadOS device asking you to Trust This Figurer, tap Trust or Let to continue.

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

If y'all accept iCloud Photos turned on, you'll need to download the original, total-resolution versions of your photos to your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch earlier importing to your PC.

When y'all import videos from your iOS or iPadOS device to your PC, some of them may appear the wrong manner up 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 accept the best compatibility with Windows 10, try following these steps:

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

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