

Connect your iPhone or iPad to your PC with a USB cable.Importing photos to your PC requires iTunes 12.5.1 or later. Update to the latest version of iTunes on your PC.However, if you haven’t already set up iCloud Photo Library-or don’t want to use it-then there are definitely better methods for getting those photos transferred over.You can import photos to your PC by connecting your device to your computer and using the Windows Photos app: In the end, if you already use iCloud Photo Library and find it does an okay job, then that’s probably how you should stick to transferring photos.

You also need to do this on your Mac by heading to System Preferences > iCloud, and then enabling the “Photos” option. But the jist is that you open Settings, tap your Apple ID, navigate to iCloud > Photos, and then enable the “iCloud Photo Library” option. If you want to try it out anyway, you can learn more about the feature and how to enable it in our full guide. RELATED: Everything You Need to Know About Using iCloud Drive and iCloud Photo Library It’s really convenient, but unfortunately, it also can be pretty unreliable. ICloud Photo Library automatically syncs your iPhone’s camera roll with your Mac, so whenever you take a photo on your iPhone, that photo automatically appears in the Photos app on your Mac.

Honestly, it’s not even a really good method. In short, iCloud Photo Library isn’t the best method for transferring photos. You can also just click “Import All” to transfer all the photos on your iPhone to your Mac without going through the selection process.įor the sake of completeness, we should talk about iCloud Photo Library. When you have all your photos selected, click “Import To” dropdown menu, and then select a folder where you’d like the save the photos.Ĭlick “Import” to import the selected photos. Hold the Cmd key down and click to select multiple photos.
