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 tin can transfer photos and videos to your estimator. Y'all tin also make your photos bachelor 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 appointment, and available automatically on all of your Apple devices, on iCloud.com, and even your PC. When y'all use iCloud Photos, yous don't need to import photos from one iCloud device to another. iCloud Photos always uploads and stores your original, total-resolution photos. Yous can proceed total-resolution originals on each of your devices, or relieve space with device-optimized versions instead. Either way, you tin can download your originals whenever you lot need them. Any organizational changes or edits you make are e'er kept up to date beyond all your Apple devices. Learn how to gear up and use iCloud Photos.

The photos and videos that you lot go on in iCloud Photos employ your iCloud storage. Earlier yous turn on iCloud Photos, brand sure that yous have enough space in iCloud to store your entire collection. Y'all can see how much infinite yous need and then upgrade your storage plan if necessary.

Import to your Mac

  1. Connect your iPhone, iPad, or iPod bear upon to your Mac with a USB cablevision.
  2. Open up the Photos app on your estimator.
  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 name in the Photos sidebar.
  4. If asked, unlock your iOS or iPadOS device using your passcode. If y'all encounter a prompt on your iOS or iPadOS device asking you to Trust This Estimator, tap Trust to go along.
  5. Choose where yous desire to import your photos. Next to "Import to," y'all 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. Wait for the process to finish, then disconnect your device from your Mac.

Import to your Windows PC

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

  1. Make certain that you accept the latest version of iTunes on your PC. Importing photos to your PC requires iTunes 12.5.i or after.
  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 asking you to Trust This Computer, tap Trust or Allow to go on.

And then, visit Microsoft's website to learn how to import photos to the Windows Photos app in Windows x.

If y'all accept iCloud Photos turned on, yous need to download the original, full resolution versions of your photos to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch earlier yous import to your PC.

When you import videos from your iOS or iPadOS device to your PC, some might exist rotated incorrectly 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 photos from your iOS or iPadOS device have the all-time 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 Most Compatible. From now on, your camera volition create photos and videos in JPEG and H.264 formats.

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