Download My Photos From My Phone To My Computer
Alfonsa Pan
You may have snapped thousands of photos on your Android phone over the years. Maybe you're preparing to wipe your old phone to trade it in for a new Samsung Galaxy or just want to look at your photos on a big screen instead of the little black slab in your hand. No problem. You can transfer your photos to your Windows computer in a few different ways.
If you use a music app like Spotify or iTunes, you can download songs you've paid for on your computer from the website. For iOS users, import your downloaded music to iTunes to sync your iPhone and Mac libraries.
iCloud Photos keeps your photos and videos safe, up to date, and available automatically on all of your Apple devices, on iCloud.com, and even your PC. When you use iCloud Photos, you don't need to import photos from one iCloud device to another. iCloud Photos always uploads and stores your original, full-resolution photos. You can keep full-resolution originals on each of your devices, or save space with device-optimized versions instead. Either way, you can download your originals whenever you need them. Any organizational changes or edits you make are always kept up to date across all your Apple devices. Learn how to set up and use iCloud Photos.
There are many reasons you may want to transfer photos from phone to your computer. From backing up your images for safekeeping, transferring a snap to edit on your computer, or simply to free up space on your phone - learning how to transfer photos from phone to computer is essential.
The steps above will copy photos from your iPhone camera roll and photos added by iTunes. If you're interested in copying pictures included in your text messages, iMessages and WhatsApp messages, try reading our How to transfer photos from iPhone messages article for more information.
Or if you like to regularly back up your iPhone photos to your PC, TouchCopy provides the fantastic option to scan the iPhone for any new photos taken that you have not backed up to the PC before. This way, you can easily save only the photos which are not yet stored on your computer to save yourself time and keep your photo library organized and up-to-date! Find out how TouchCopy can export new iPhone photos to PC >
If you need to copy all photos from your iPhone to your Mac, including photos on your camera roll, images added to your device by iTunes, as well as pictures included in youriPhone messages, we recommend using TouchCopy. TouchCopy also allows you to access other data on your iPhone, including your music, contacts and messages, and copy it to your Mac. Let's see how:
If you'd like to transfer photos from your Android phone to your PC over Wifi, we recommend Droid Transfer. The app will also copy other data from your Android phone, including music, contacts and messages. Here's how to transfer photos from phone to laptop or PC over WiFi:
If you regularly back up your Android photos to PC, we recommend using Droid Transfer's "Save New Photos" feature. This will automatically scan the Android when you connect it for new photos which you haven't backed up to the PC before. Then, you can easily and quickly save these photos to the computer. Find out how to save new photos from Android to PC with Droid Transfer >
Transferring files from your Android phone to a Mac can be a little more difficult. For this type of transfer, we would recommend using Android File Transfer. Once installed on your Mac, you'll be able to connect your Android phone to the Mac, and copy files from the device to the Mac.
If you find yourself regularly transferring photos from your phone to your computer, you may want to consider using a cloud service. Cloud storage services store your data in "the cloud" (an external server). This is great, because you can then link your computer and multiple devices to your cloud account which allows you to access all of the data at any time, on any device. Thinking about photos specifically, you can set your phone up to store any photos you take in your cloud storage, so that they're not taking up loads of space on your device.
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