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

With the Photos app and a USB cable, you lot can transfer photos and videos to your computer. Y'all can also brand your photos bachelor on all your devices with iCloud Photos.

  • Utilize iCloud Photos

  • Import to your Mac

  • Import to your Windows PC

Use iCloud Photos

iCloud Photos keeps your photos and videos safe, up to engagement, and available automatically on all of your Apple devices, on iCloud.com, and fifty-fifty your PC. When you utilize iCloud Photos, you don't demand to import photos from one iCloud device to another. iCloud Photos always uploads and stores your original, total-resolution photos. You lot can keep full-resolution originals on each of your devices, or salvage space with device-optimized versions instead. Either way, you can download your originals whenever yous need them. Any organizational changes or edits you make are e'er kept up to engagement across all your Apple devices. Acquire how to prepare and use iCloud Photos.

The photos and videos that you keep in iCloud Photos apply your iCloud storage. Before you turn on iCloud Photos, make certain that you have enough space in iCloud to shop your entire collection. Y'all can see how much infinite you need and and so upgrade your storage plan if necessary.

Import to your Mac

  1. Connect your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch on 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'due south proper name in the Photos sidebar.
  4. If asked, unlock your iOS or iPadOS device using your passcode. If y'all see a prompt on your iOS or iPadOS device asking you to Trust This Computer, tap Trust to continue.
  5. Choose where you lot want to import your photos. Side by side to "Import to," yous can choose 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 for the procedure to finish, and so 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. Make sure that you have the latest version of iTunes on your PC. Importing photos to your PC requires iTunes 12.5.1 or later on.
  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 y'all run into a prompt on your iOS or iPadOS device asking you lot to Trust This Computer, tap Trust or Let to keep.

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

If you accept iCloud Photos turned on, you need to download the original, full resolution versions of your photos to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod impact before you lot import to your PC.

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

If you desire to ensure photos from your iOS or iPadOS device have the best compatibility with Windows 10, try these steps:

  1. On your iOS or iPadOS device, open 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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