One important thing to remember is that, unfortunately you cannot just plug your iPhone in and start copying images to it. This ‘limitation’ often takes new iPhone users by surprise as they expect the iPhone works like a USB drive (or just about every other mobile phone on that matter). Sadly that is not the case. If you are wondering why, well it’s probably just enough to know that it has something to do with Copyright Protection. You can get photos out from the iPhone easily though, just not the other way around. So here we are, in a typical Apple’s way, being forced to find alternatives to do a simple thing (I can almost hear the triumphant whup from the Android users now). Email One of my favourite method of transferring photos from my Mac or PC; really from just about any Internet device that capables of doing email; is by emailing the photo to myself as an attachment.
ISkysoft iTransfer for Mac let you install the apps you have saved on your Mac to your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Android phones. Backup photos, music, and videos from iPhone/iPad/iPod/Android to Mac or iTunes Library, transfer media files between iPod, iOS and Android devices.
This method is in my opinion the simplest and probably the quickest way of doing it. As a bonus, you can also use this method to transfer photos between devices. Sending photo attachment via Gmail The only thing to consider is that it only works well if you want to just send a small number of photos. This is due to a limitation that email providers (e.g. Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo) have imposed on the size of an attachment that can sent in one email. Although there is no one stopping you to send more than one email, each with a couple of photos. It’s not the end of the world, just a bit tedious.
Online Cloud Storage I’ve touched on the subject of before, though probably more as a method to backup your photos instead of transferring them. But since the Cloud Storage is accessible anywhere where you can use Internet connection, it could also be used as a transfer medium. Seagate Media App 5. Direct Wi-Fi Transfer – Mobile App So far we are talking about how to transfer photos indirectly, i.e. We need to use a ‘ temporary‘ medium to transport our photos. Now let’s talk about how we can transfer them directly. The first direct method is by utilising the local Wi-Fi network and with the help of third-party apps.
First you need to install the app. There are a few apps in the App Store that can do this, you can use any of them. I myself is using one called.
The idea is the app will use the local Wi-Fi network to make a connection between your mobile device and your Mac or PC. The caveat is that your Mac or PC needs to be on the same Wi-Fi network as your mobile device.
When you run the app in the mobile device it will act as a ‘server’ and will publish an IP Address. You can then use this IP Address to connect your Mac or PC to the device. Simple Transfer – Transferring Simple Transfer – Transfer Successful Simple Transfer – Photo is in Camera Roll 6. AirDrop (Mac Only) One of the new features coming out from Cupertino was what is called the. AirDrop reminds me of the old days when sharing files between two mobile devices was as easy as turning on the Bluetooth connection between the two. The earlier iPhone didn’t have this, but since the release of AirDrop, not only that you can transfer files between mobile devices but also between a Mac to iOS Devices or other Mac.
There are obviously particular system requirements which you need to know to find out whether your devices support AirDrop. These requirements are:. your iOS device needs to include a lightning connector. your iOS device. your Mac needs to be a 2012 or later model with installed.
Your Mac and iOS device both need bluetooth and Wi-Fi turned on. You do not have to be connected to a specific Wi-Fi network. If your devices fulfil the above requirements then you can start. First you need to turn on AirDrop on your iOS Device. AirDrop receiving I think AirDrop is really cool, and as I mentioned before, it not only works between Mac and iOS Devices but also between iOS Devices.
You don’t even need a connection to the Internet. Unfortunately it only works for a Mac. I haven’t heard any news from Apple if they are going to extend this capability to PC. ITunes Photo Sync Another way of transferring photos directly is via the iTunes Photo Sync. Many of you might’ve never open let alone used iTunes before, so this is probably a good excuse to do it.
Download and install if you haven’t and open it. Then connect your iPhone to your desktop Mac or PC via the USB cable.
If everything goes ok, the iPhone icon at the top bar will be activated. Click on this icon and you will see some more menu on the left side-bar. Select the Photos menu item to open the Sync Photos screen.
ITunes Photo Sync from iPhoto When you finish your selection click on the Apply button and iTunes will start syncing your photos to your iDevice. This method of using iTunes to transfer photos/videos are very suitable when you want to transfer a big number of photos and videos. And since it’s not using either the Internet or wireless connection, the transfer rate would be pretty fast and reliable and free.
Bonus: Third-Party Apps If you, like so many others, never use or hate using the notorious Apple iTunes, there is another way and that is to use third-party apps. Many software makers had recognised that iTunes was just too hard to use and rose to the challenge to develop an alternative app to iTunes and create a better experience to the uses. Here are some third-party apps that you might want to have a look and try: Wondershare TunesGo Retro is a Chinese software company that has about 50 odds apps actively developed and sold.
One of these software is called. TunesGo allows you to access your iPhone data without using the notoriously bloated iTunes. These include your Songs, Photos and Videos, Contacts and SMS. For photos, not only that you can download them from the iPhone to your PC or Mac, but it also works vice-versa! You can add photos directly to your iOS Device! I’ve tried this myself, and it does genuinely work.
By the way, as you can see in the following screenshot, downloading photos is not the only thing that TunesGo is good at. TunesGo Retro is Free to try. There is a version for and for. If you decided to keep it, the license costs $19.95 per year, or $39.95 for a lifetime (for 1 user). Final Thoughts People say “ Many roads lead to Rome” – this is indeed what we have learnt today. Some road take a direct route, others went around the mountain first before reaching the final destination.
Which ever road you choose would depend in the situation you have at that moment. But what ever situation that is, I hope I have given you enough ‘directions’ to choose which ‘route’ to take. If you you think there are more method to transfer photos from desktop to iDevices that hasn’t been covered here, please let me know in the comment, I will definitely put it up and give you attribution./fusionbuildercolumn/fusionbuilderrow/fusionbuildercontainer. Hi Chris, Thanks for replying. You are right that they are in the correct order in Collections – but in Albums they are not. Within the Albums section, it automatically sorts the photos into “Events” as organised in iPhoto, but those Events are in a completely random order (and similarly for “Faces” within the Albums section).
A couple of other points: 1) They are in the correct order in iPhoto on my Mac. As this is an Apple product (as opposed to a 3rd party photo organiser) I would have expected consistency? 2) All other apps on the iPhone do order them correctly. For example in Facebook if I go to upload a photo, the screen then does order all the events in the correct order – it is literally only the Photos app that randomises them. I’m quite happy to e-mail screenshots if that will help make any of this clearer. Thanks again for your time.
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