Thursday 30 April 2015

How to copy photos from iPhone to PC

It is now more than a week that you're having fun with your new iPhone. How many apps you've downloaded so far? And how many photos you've taken? I imagine many. Then explain to what absurd reason you have not yet done so to store them on your computer.

Do not make excuses. I know that you do not have a very "friendly" with the PC, but in this case leaves many precious memories that you can lose at any moment. You do not want to take a risk so great?

Come on, take a few minutes to spare - so it takes - and discover how to download photos from iPhone to PC following the instructions I am about to give you. I assure you it is much easier than you imagine.


Copy iPhone photos on Windows



To transfer photos from an iPhone to a computer equipped with the Windows operating system is critical that the PC will be installed iTunes, Apple's multimedia software. If you have not already done so, then connected to the website of Cupertino company and click the Download button to download iTunes on your computer.

The download is complete, open the installation package called iTunesSetup.exe, presses the Next button and complete the setup of iTunes before clicking Install, and then click Yes two consecutive and Finish.

Now it is left to connect the iPhone to your computer using the cable Lightning / Dock supplied, wait automatically start iTunes and presses the Authorize button that appears on the screen of "the iPhone" to allow communication between your smartphone and your PC. This is only necessary the first time you connect your iPhone to your computer.

Next, go to Start> Computer (or This computer), right-click the icon of the iPhone and select the item Import pictures and videos from the menu that appears. This will open the window for you to import photos and movies saved on the memory of the iPhone (which from now on should automatically run every time you plug the device into your computer).

If you want, then enter the tags you want to assign to the photos to be transferred to the PC (separated by commas) and presses on the Import button to start copying images to your computer. Photos will be stored in the Pictures folder in Windows and organized into sub-folders renamed with the current date.

To change the name to be assigned automatically to the location where the photo or import them, click on the item Import Settings and select the settings you prefer from the drop-down menu in the window that opens. By affixing the checkmark next to erase from device after importing you can make sure that the images imported to the PC from being removed automatically from the phone memory.


Download iPhone photos on Mac



After seeing how to download photos from iPhone to PC, we move to the procedure to be followed on a Mac.

Being produced by Apple, the Mac already include "standard" all the software needed to transfer images from the iPhone. This means that you have to do is connect your phone to your computer, launch the Photos application (on OS X 10.10.3 or higher) or iPhoto (on earlier versions of the operating system) and press the button Import all new pictures that you located at the top right. After the procedure you will be asked if you want to keep the pictures on the memory of the iPhone or if you delete them.

You can also import some images on Mac leaving others on "the iPhone." In this case, you must select the photos you want to transfer to your computer by cmd + click on their thumbnails and press the Import button selected which is located at the top right.

All shots in or imported into iPhoto app Photos OS X are stored in a library "locked" which contains all the images. If you prefer to save your photos freely in a folder on your computer, launch Image Capture and select the iPhone icon from the sidebar of the latter.

iCloud/Dropbox


With iCloud, you can create an online backup of all the photos that you take with your iPhone and download them to your computer (or other iOS devices).

To be precise, the Photo Stream service retains the last 1,000 photos taken on iOS devices and allows you to download them to your computer using applications Photo (Mac) and iCloud Control Panel (Windows), while the service Library Photos iCloud stores photos and videos permanently but it requires the signature of one of the paid plans of iCloud Drive. You can find more information about it in my tutorial on how to archive photos to iCloud.

If you use Dropbox, you can also install the free app Carousel and store photos you take with your "iPhone by" on Dropbox. In short, the choice are a lot.

Original post: Salvatore Aranzulla