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

Learn how to transfer photos and videos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your Mac or PC. Yous tin besides brand your photos available on all your devices with iCloud Photos.

  • Employ iCloud Photos
  • Import to your Mac
  • Import to your Windows PC

Utilise iCloud Photos

iCloud Photos keeps your photos and videos safe, 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 demand 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 infinite with device-optimized versions instead. Either manner, you lot tin can download your originals whenever you demand them. Any organizational changes or edits y'all make are always kept up to date across all your Apple devices. Learn how to ready and utilise iCloud Photos.

The photos and videos that you lot keep in iCloud Photos utilise your iCloud storage. Before you turn on iCloud Photos, make certain that you have enough space in iCloud to shop your entire collection. You can come across how much space yous need and then upgrade your storage plan if necessary.

Import to your Mac

Y'all tin can use the Photos app to import photos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your Mac.

  1. Connect your iPhone, iPad, or iPod impact to your Mac with a USB cable.
  2. Open 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'due south name in the Photos sidebar.
  4. If asked, unlock your iOS or iPadOS device using your passcode. If you encounter a prompt on your iOS or iPadOS device asking you to Trust This Computer, tap Trust to continue.
  5. Cull where you desire to import your photos. Next to "Import to," yous tin choose an existing album or create a new i.
  6. Select the photos you want to import and click Import Selected, or click Import All New Photos.
    macOS Photos Import window
  7. Wait for the process to finish, then disconnect your device from your Mac.

Learn what to do if you tin can't import photos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your computer.

Import to your Windows PC

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

  1. Make sure that you lot have the latest version of iTunes on your PC. Importing photos to your PC requires iTunes 12.five.1 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 lot see a prompt on your iOS or iPadOS device asking y'all to Trust This Calculator, tap Trust or Permit to continue.

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

If you accept iCloud Photos turned on, y'all need to download the original, full resolution versions of your photos to your iPhone before y'all import to your PC. Observe out how.

When you 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're having trouble importing photos from your iOS or iPadOS device to Windows 10, try these steps:

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

Larn what to do if you can't import photos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your computer.

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