Shift photos and videos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Watch how to transfer photos and videos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your Mac or PC. You can also make your photos available connected every your devices with iCloud Photos.

  • Use iCloud Photos
  • Import to your Macintosh
  • Importation to your Windows PC

Use iCloud Photos

iCloud Photos keeps your photos and videos off the hook, adequate to date, and disposable automatically happening all of your Orchard apple tree devices, on iCloud.com, and even your PC. When you use iCloud Photos, you don't need to moment photos from one iCloud device to another. iCloud Photos ever uploads and stores your original, full-settlement photos. You can keep full-resolution originals connected each of your devices, or save space with device-optimized versions instead. Either way, you can download your originals whenever you need them. Whatever organizational changes or edits you make are e'er kept equal to date across all your Apple devices. Learn how to set up and use iCloud Photos.

The photos and videos that you keep in iCloud Photos utilisation your iCloud entrepot. Before you commove iCloud Photos, make sure that you have decent space in iCloud to memory boar your entire collection. You fire see how much space you need and then upgrade your storage plan if necessary.

Import to your Mac

You posterior usance the Photos app to import photos from your iPhone, iPad, operating theater iPod touch to your Mac.

  1. Connect your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your Mack 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 silver screen doesn't automatically appear, click the device's name in the Photos sidebar.
  4. If asked, unlock your iOS surgery iPadOS device exploitation your passcode. If you see a prompt on your iOS or iPadOS device asking you to Trust This Reckoner, tap Trust to continue.
  5. Choose where you want to import your photos. Next to "Importation to," you can prefer an existing album or make up a parvenue one.
  6. Choice the photos you want to import and click Meaning Hand-picked, or chatter Import All New Photos.
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  7. Postponemen for the work on to finishing, and then disconnect your device from your Mac.

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

Import to your Windows PC

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

  1. Make surely that you give birth the latest version of iTunes on your PC. Importing photos to your Microcomputer requires iTunes 12.5.1 or later.
  2. Connect your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch modality to your PC with a USB cablegram.
  3. If asked, unlock your iOS or iPadOS device victimisation your passcode.
  4. If you see a quick on your iOS or iPadOS device asking you to Desire This Computer, tap Trust operating room Allow to continue.

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

If you have iCloud Photos turned on, you require to download the freehanded, full resolution versions of your photos to your iPhone before you import to your PC. Find out how.

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

If you'rhenium 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, then tap Formats.
  2. Tap Most Compatible. From now on, your camera will create photos and videos in JPEG and H.264 formats.

Learn what to perform if you can't spell photos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your computer.

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