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

With the Photos app and a USB cable, you lot can transfer photos and videos to your computer. You can also make your photos bachelor 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, up to date and bachelor automatically on all of your Apple devices, on iCloud.com and fifty-fifty on your PC. When y'all use iCloud Photos, you don't need to import photos from one iCloud device to another. iCloud Photos always uploads and stores your original, full-resolution photos. You tin can keep full-resolution originals on each of your devices, or save space with device-optimised versions instead. Either way, y'all can download your originals whenever you lot need them. Any organisational changes or edits you brand will e'er be kept up to engagement beyond all of your Apple devices. Find out how to set up and use iCloud Photos.

The photos and videos that you go along in iCloud Photos use your iCloud storage. Before turning on iCloud Photos, make sure that you have enough space in iCloud to store your entire collection. Y'all tin can meet how much infinite you demand and and so 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's name in the Photos sidebar.
  4. If asked, unlock your iOS or iPadOS device using your passcode. If you run across a prompt on your iOS or iPadOS device asking y'all to Trust This Computer, tap Trust to continue.
  5. Cull where you want to import your photos to. Next to "Import to", you tin cull an existing album or create a new one.
  6. Select the photos you want to import and click Import Selected, or click Import All New Photos.
    macOS Photos Import window
  7. Await until the procedure has finished, then disconnect your device from your Mac.

Import to your Windows PC

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

  1. Make certain that y'all have the latest version of iTunes on your PC. Importing photos to your PC requires iTunes 12.v.one or later.
  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 see a prompt on your iOS or iPadOS device request you to Trust This Computer, tap Trust or Allow to continue.

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

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

When you lot import videos from your iOS or iPadOS device to your PC, some may appear the incorrect way upwardly in the Windows Photos app. You can add together these videos to iTunes to play them in the correct orientation.

If you want to ensure that photos from your iOS or iPadOS device accept the best compatibility with Windows 10, attempt post-obit these steps:

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

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