How To Download Photos From Iphone Ot Mac

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2. Music Transfer
3. Contacts Transfer

by Jenefey AaronUpdated on 2020-03-29 / Update for iOS File Transfer

Download and install the latest iTunes. Connect your iPhone to PC and run the program. Find the iPhone icon on the menu and click Photos tab under settings on the left. Check the box to Sync Photos from and browse to the wanted folder and select the picture you’d like to download. Click Apply to download pictures from iPhone. Transfer photos from iPhone to Mac with Apple Photos app. Photos app, the simpler photo manager and editor, which is launched by Apple has take the place of iPhoto and Aperture. With that, you can also easily import photos from iPhone to Mac with ease. Step 1 Run Photos on your Mac, and plug your iPhone into Mac with a USB cable. Now you should be back to the previous status quo, and be able to access data, particularly photos, from your iPhone or iPad, as was true for my father. This Mac 911 article is in response to a.

“I can’t import photos from my iPhone to my Mac on Catalina. They just won’t appear on the preview. Why can't import Photos from iPhone to Mac. Anyone else having this issue?”

iPhone camera allows us to capture the memorable moments and save the tracks of our life. Sometimes we transfer pictures from iPhone to Mac to make backups and iPhoto/Photos app can be the best choice. Many people have upgraded their iPhone to iOS 13/12/11/10 to get away from the crank calls or to gain more fluent experience of watching videos. However, some users may encounter several annoying problems after iOS update, cannot import photos from iPhone to Mac is the one I came across on Apple Support Community.

Part 1: How to Fix Cannot Import Photos from iPhone to Mac

If you cannot import photos from iPhone to Mac after iOS update, below are some possible fixes for you:

Disconnect your iPhone and plug it back to try again.
Reset Location & Privacy on iPhone Setting

On your iPhone, go to “Setting” application > General > Reset > Reset Location & Privacy. After setting, re-connect your iPhone to your macbook and tap “Trust on iPhone” when it prompts.

Import A Few Photos at One Time

Sometimes, if you are importing lots of photos from iPhone to Mac at one time, it will easily cause the photos app get stuck, so you can try to import a small fraction of photos when you can’t import photos from iPhone to Mac.

Turn off iCloud Photo Library

On iPhone setting, go to Apple ID > iCloud > Photos, turn off the “iCloud Photos Library”.

Restart iPhone and Mac
Reinstall macOS Catalina

Part 2: How to Import Photos from iPhone to Mac

Solution 1: Get Photos from iPhone to Mac with Preview

Preview allows you to view anything on the Mac and pictures are included. Thus this is an easy way for importing iPhone photos to Mac.

Connect your iPhone to Mac via a USB cable and then launch “Preview”.
Click File on the left of your screen and choose Import from your iPhone.
Select the photos you need to transfer and then click Import or Import All.

Solution 2: Transfer iPhone Photos to Mac Wirelessly

If you want to upload several pictures to your Mac and the iPhoto won’t work, Email will be the easiest way.

Open the Photos app on your iPhone and go to album, tap an album to choose the target one. Select the picture you want and tap on Share, Email. Type your Email address and hit Send. You can download the photos from your email on Mac with ease.

How To Download Photos From Iphone To Mac Catalina

Note: The methods mentioned are both limited as they are not allow you to import all the pictures from iPhone to computer.

Solution 3: Get Photos from iPhone to Mac with Tenorshare iCareFone

To import photos from iPhone to mac successfully, we highly recommend you Tenorshare iCareFone Mac, best alternative to iPhoto to upload all your iPhone pictures, music, call history as well as other data to computer without using iTunes.

Tenorshare iCareFone now fully supports iOS 13/12/11/10 and iPhone 11/Xs/Xs Max/XR/X/8/8 Plus/7/6/SE/5.

Step 1: Run the software after free downloading and installation, connect iPhone to computer and then choose “File Manager” on the main interface.

Step 2: Choose the “Photos” icon to preview all of the photos in your iPhone.

Step 3: Select the one you need and click “Export” button to save the photos in your computer.

Note: After moving photos from iPhone/iPad to Mac for backup, you can delete these photos as well as other unnecessary files from your iPhone with Tenorshare iCareFone easily.

Now you have imported all your photos to computer successfully. If you still have any questions or you got any better ideas, don’t forget to leave us a message!