Step 1: Connect your iPhone to your Mac via USB cable. Step 2: Open iPhoto App on your Mac. Usually, this would be opened automatically when you used the app before. Step 3: iPhoto starts to scan and load photos on your iPhone. Select the photos and click Import Selected. After that, iPhone asks you to delete those photos from iPhone or keep. Download photos from iPhone to Mac using the iPhone’s charger cable; Copy photos from iPhone to Mac wirelessly (without a cable) Once you’ve explored the different ways to transfer photos, you can decide which method works best for you. How To Transfer Photos From iPhone To Mac Wirelessly.

Need to make more room for iPhone by downloading photos to computer? Read this tutorial to get detailed instructions.

Quick Start

• If you don't care about the possible 500MB storage taken by iTunes synced photos and only want to download camera photos from iPhone to computer, you can try Photos (for Mac) and AutoPlay (for Windows PC).
• If you want to free up as much space as possible on iPhone by downloading all photos (Camera Roll & Photo Library) to computer, give a try on PrimoPhoto.

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When check your iPhone storage in Settings, you will find that pictures often take up the most space. Generally, 1,000 photos will occupy up to 2.5GB space on your iPhone. That's no platitude, and downloading your iPhone pictures to computer and then clearing them from your device is the most effective way to save iPhone space as well as make copies of your photos.

The conventional way like Photos or AutoPlay allows you to download photos from iPhone to Mac or PC, but only works for pictures in iPhone Camera Roll. And you should not forget about the photos in Photo Library (the iTunes synced pictures), which can neither be transferred with the mentioned ways nor be directly removed from iPhone, eating up your iPhone storage. In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to download photos from iPhone to PC/Mac computer, covering pictures in iPhone Camera Roll and Photo Library.

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Download Pictures from iPhone to Mac Computer | Photos

The Photos app or iPhoto on older Macs (before Yosemite 10.10. 3), will display all the photos that are stored on your iPhone's camera roll, and here is how to download the pictures from iPhone camera roll to computer with Photos.

Step 1. Connect your iPhone to Mac. Photos is set to open automatically as soon as you plug your iPhone into your Mac.

Step 2. Click on Import, you can click 'Import All New Items' or you can click on individual photos and then click 'Import XX Selected'.

Step 3. Then the newly imported photos will show in an album named 'Last Import'.

Download Pictures from iPhone to PC Computer | AutoPlay

On a Windows PC, when you connect your iPhone for the first time, you'll see Windows install assorted drivers. After a few seconds, the AutoPlay dialog box will appear. AutoPlay allows you to download all pictures from iPhone camera roll to PC.

Step 1. Connect your iPhone to computer and wait for AutoPlay window.

Step 2. When it appears, click 'Import pictures and videos' or 'Open folder to view files'.

Step 3. If you choose 'Import pictures and videos', AutoPlay will download all photos from your iPhone to computer. If you choose 'Open device o view files', you will need to find the pictures you need among multiple folders under DCIM.

If there is no AutoPlay pop-up dialogue, open My Computer to use Windows Explorer to find your Photos and copy them from iPhone to computer.

Download iPhone Photos to Computer with PrimoPhoto

PrimoPhoto is a handy iPhone photo manager that is available on both Windows PC and Apple Mac. It would be much easier and quicker to manage all types of photos on iPhone. Try PrimoPhoto on your computer, if you：

• Want a simple & all-around iPhone photo management solution.
• Need to export/import photos from/to iPhone frequently.
• Need to manage photos in Camera Roll, Photo Library and different Albums.
• Want to transfer pictures from one iPhone to another without tedious sync.
• Want to view all photos in a convenient thumbnail view to select multiple items.

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Here is how to download iPhone photos to computer with PrimoPhoto on Mac, and the steps are almost identical on a Windows PC.

Step 1. Get PrimoPhoto installed on your computer (PC or Mac), and connect your iPhone to the computer via a cable.

Step 2. Open PrimoPhoto, Choose a photo category by Camera Roll, Photo Library or by Albums.

Step 3. Choose the photos you'd like to download from iPhone to computer, set the destination on your computer to save the pictures. Click the Export button to get the photos to computer.

Comparison Table of the Above Methods – What Makes PrimoPhoto Stands Out

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The Image Capture Utility as available on Mac computers is a very handy tool that allows you to transfer Photos from any device connected to a Mac. In this article, you will find the steps to Transfer Photos from iPhone to Mac using the Image Capture App on your Mac.

Transfer Photos From iPhone to Mac

The Image Capture Utility is hidden in the Applications Folder of every MacBook and this useful tool makes it really easy to transfer images from any device that is connected to a Mac.

In case you are not using iCloud, you should consider using Image Capture to backup iPhone Photos to Mac. After making a backup, you will be able to select and Bulk Delete all the Photos from your iPhone.

In case you do not want to bulk delete Photos, you can select and delete specific photos in the Image Capture window. The larger screen of your Mac makes it much easier to see photos and delete them, as compared to deleting images directly on an iPhone.

Transfer Photos From iPhone to Mac Using Image Capture

Follow the steps below to make a backup of all your Photos on iPhone to a Folder on your Mac using the Image Capture utility on your Mac.

1. Plug your iPhone into the Mac using its supplied lighting to USB Cable.

2. Next, click on the Finder icon in the Dock of your Mac.

3. Next, click on Applications in the side menu and then double click on the Image Capture App (See image below)

4. Once the Image Capture App is Launched on Mac, you will see your iPhone in the Devices section.

5. Click on your iPhone and you will see all the images in the right window of the image capture screen.

6. By default, the Image Capture App transfers Photos from iPhone to a Folder on the Desktop of your Mac. However, you can choose any other destination for your iPhone Photos by clicking on the Down-arrow button (See image below).

If you go ahead with the default option (Desktop), Image Capture App will automatically create a Folder on the Desktop of your Mac and download Photos from iPhone to this new Folder. The Folder will have the same name as the Name of your iPhone.

7. Next, Click on Import All button to import all the Photos from your iPhone to a Folder on the Desktop of your Mac (See image below)

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8. Wait for the Photos to be downloaded to your Mac.

The amount of time required to transfer Photos to Mac will depend on the quantity and size of images on your iPhone. Once the download is complete, make sure that Photos are indeed available on the Desktop of your Mac.

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Note: Backup of your iPhone Photos will be available in a Folder having the same Name as your iPhone.

Delete Photos From iPhone

Once Photos have been downloaded to your Mac, you can either Bulk Delete all the Photos from your iPhone or go through the process of deleting only selected Photos from your iPhone.

1. To Bulk Delete Photos from your iPhone, Press the Command and A keys on the keyboard of your Mac. This will result in all the Photos on your iPhone being selected by the Image Capture Utility and you will see check marks on all Photos (See image below)

2. After selecting all the Photos, right-click anywhere within the image capture window and then click on the Delete option in the Menu that appears (See image above)

3. Next, you will be prompted to confirm that you do want to delete images from your iPhone. Click on Confirm to begin the process of deleting all the images on your iPhone.

In case you do not want to Bulk Delete Photos, you can also go through the Photos in the Image Capture window and delete selected Photos by right-clicking on the selected Photo and then clicking on the Delete option.