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5 Ways to Transfer iPhone Photos to Computer

iPhone is popular for its design and unique operation experience. You may already have

one or two, or you would receive the newest iPhone 5S or iPhone 5C as a gift soon.

Surely, it is wonderful to take pictures with iPhone for its perfect camera performance,

but have you met such problems on transferring photos from iPhone to PC like below:

From Mike

From Robert

You may have a large amount of precious photos stored in iPhone, or save images from

applications such as Safari and Mail to your device, then require to transfer these images

to computer for releasing the device memory or share with family or for backing up. This

article will show you 5 different ways of transferring photos from iPhone to PC to

help you quickly find what best fit you.

They are: Windows Explorer, iTunes, iCloud, Dropbox, File transfer tool for iPhone

“Uh, I used up all the memory

in my iPhone taking pictures

of our honeymoon and need

to save these pictures to my

computer. However, I have no

idea on how to do that.

Somebody help?”

“Does anyone have method about the

iPhone photos to computer? In this

holiday, my parents gave me one

iPhone 5, I was so happy that I used it

taken many photos, and now want to

share them with my family. Hope

anyone help me transfer my iPhone

photos to my computer. Thank you

very much.”

1. Move photos from iPhone to local disk with Windows Explorer

Requirement: iPhone, USB cable, a computer to plug the device into

Windows treats the iPhone as either a digital camera or a file system, depending on how

the photos are accessed. On a Windows PC, the easiest way to get pictures from your

iPhone is to just use Windows Explorer, but there are two ways to go about this. In either

case, unlock the iPhone before beginning, or else the photos may not be visible.

Using Windows Plug & Play

This utilizes the pop-up that shows by default in Windows when a device is connected to

the computer by way of USB.

Plug-in your iPhone to the computer without iTunes running

Wait for a popup asking you what you want to do with the device

Select “View Content”

Find your photos through the folders that are displayed

Copy the images from Windows as usual

Using iPhone as Digital Camera in Windows Explorer

If your iPhone is already plugged into the PC, you can also try this method:

Open “My Computer”

Find the iPhone, it will appear under Portable Devices section

Open iPhone to find your Photos

Select the pictures you want to copy and paste them to the desired location of

your computer

Remember, if the iPhone pictures are not showing up in Windows, make sure the iPhone

is unlocked first. Otherwise the iPhone will be found in ‘My Computer’ but all of the

content on it will be invisible and inaccessible. If you run into that, all you need to do is

touch the iPhone, unlock the screen and enter the passcode, and all of your stuff will be

visible as expected.

View the screenshot below:

2. Transfer iPhone photos to computer using iTunes

Requirement: iPhone, USB cable, a computer to plug the device into, iTunes

If you're using Windows, you can sync the photos on your device with iTunes on your

computer. If you have multiple albums on your iPhone, it is recommended to place the

individual folders into a larger folder. In this folder, you can have more subfolders than

you desire to sync with your iPhone because you can individually select which subfolders

you want in iTunes.

Organize your photos in folders

Plug in your iPhone and open iTunes

Click the Photos tab

Check the box to "Sync Photos From"

Select "Choose folder..." from the drop down menu

Browse to the desired folder

Select which options you prefer

Click sync

Depending on how many photos you're syncing, it has the potential to take some time.

There you have it! Now you can carry around those thousands of photos you have stored

on your computer.

3. Transfer iPhone photos to computer using iCloud

Requirement: iPhone, USB cable, a computer to plug the device into, iCloud, Wi-Fi

You can also use the Apple iCloud service to sync photos from iPhone to your computer.

Just enable iCloud on your iPhone in Settings and turn on Photo Stream. Then download

the iCloud Control Panel onto your computer. After that, all photos that you take with

your iPhone will be saved within seconds directly to your computer if you're connected to

WIFI. If you're not connected to WIFI when you take the pictures, they will be synced to

your computer the next time you have WIFI connection.

Take note that iCloud won't transfer videos recorded with your iPhone and is unable to

sync photos taken before iCloud is on.

4. Transfer photos and videos from iPhone to PC using Dropbox

Requirement: iPhone, a computer to plug the device into, Dropbox, Wi-Fi

To Transfer iPhone photos to computer using Dropbox, you need to install Dropbox app

onto both your iPhone and your PC. Then open the Dropbox app on your iPhone and

switch to the Uploads tab. Press the + icon at the top left corner and select the photos you

need to transfer. Choose an upload destination and start to upload. By the time you get to

your computer, the photos you selected will be waiting to be downloaded to your

Dropbox folder.

Note: videos can also be transferred to computer in the exact same manner.

View the screenshot below:

5. Transfer iPhone photos to PC using robust iPhone file transfer tool

Requirement: iPhone, a computer to plug the device into, iPhone/iPod/iPad file transfer

tool

M2mate introduces an easy-to-use File Transfer tool for iPhone which may be the best

iPhone/iPod/iPad tool for newbie uses who are bored with difficult operations to transfer

files between iPhone and computer or between iOS devices. It gives you a hand on

managing your iPhone or iPad/iPod like a piece of cake, better than iTunes for its simple

and easy operation, fast and fluent responding speed. Furthermore, it embeds with a video

conversion tool that helps convert Apple unsupported video/audio format to the right

formats for seamlessly enjoyment.

Plug-in your iPhone to the computer and run iPhone/iPad/iPod transfer tool

Click the "Photos" button in the left directory tree to bring up the photo window

Check iPhone photos and click "Export to" to export them to any location on your

computer

Click "OK" when the transferring ends.

Note: iTunes should be installed on computer, but you don’t need to open.

Does this work to transfer photos from my iPod touch or iPad to computer?

Yes, these transferring procedures are exactly the same for all iOS devices, whether

moving photos from an iPhone, iPod, iPod Touch, or iPad, it is all the same process and

handled through Windows Explorer, iTunes, iCloud, Dropbox, iPhone/iPad/iPod file

transfer tool in the exact same manner.