Most iPhone and Windows 10 PC owners need a convenient way to transfer or import photos from their iPhone to the Windows 10 computer. Transferring pictures from your iPhone to your computer not only saves space on your iPhone but also provides a secondary backup of your personal photos and memories. Although storing your iPhone photos on the cloud instead of your computer can save space on both devices, keeping your data on the PC is handy for offline viewing and extra backup security.
Importing photos from iPhone to Windows 10 is not difficult if you know the correct and feasible methods discussed in this article. Before applying any of the methods to transfer photos from iPhone to Windows 10, ensure that iTunes is installed on your Windows 10 PC. Having iTunes installed and a USB cable for data transfer between iPhone and computer can be handy in communication between both the devices.
Note: Installing iTunes only ensures hassle-free communication between your PC and the iPhone and cannot be used to transfer or copy photos from your iPhone to the computer.
Guide to download and install iTunes on Windows 10
For your Windows 10 computer to identify the iPhone or iPad in the File Explorer, installing iTunes is the first step that needs to be done.
1. Open the Microsoft Windows store from the Windows Start Menu or the taskbar if you have pinned the Microsoft store icon.
2. Search for iTunes in the Windows store.
3. Click on the Get button to download iTunes to your computer.
4. Launch or open iTunes after the download is finished.
Method 1: Use Windows 10 Photos App
The Windows 10 Photos App is a pretty handy Photos app that comes inbuilt with the Windows OS. You can import or transfer your iPhone or iPad photos to Windows 10 easily using Windows 10 built-in photo app.
1. Connect iPhone/iPad to Windows 10 PC with a USB cable.
2. Open the Photos app from the Windows Start menu icons. If you can’t find the Photos icon in the Start menu, type in the keyword “Photo” in the Start menu’s search bar and then click on the Photos icon to launch the Photos app.
3. After opening the Windows Photos app, click the Import button (Downward facing arrow) from the top right corner of the app’s homepage window.
4. Choose all your iPhone or iCloud photos to import or deselect the ones you don’t want to import or transfer to your Windows 10 PC. Then click on the Import or Continue button, after which the Windows Photos app will start the importing procedure.
After the importing process from your iPhone to the PC finishes, you can access them easily via the Windows Photos app or another supported application to browse the local photos. The photos importing speed mainly depends on your PC storage format and the type of the USB cable.
The Windows Photos app is probably a simpler way to transfer images between the iPhone or iPad and the Windows 10 PC. Still, there are other photo transferring and importing methods available which you might consider.
Method 2: Use Windows File Explorer
Transferring or importing your iPhone or iPad images using the Windows File Explorer is as simple as manually copying the USB devices'(USB Flash Drive, Memory Card, Pendrive, External Hard disk, etc.) files to your Windows 10 computer.
1. Connect or Plug your iPhone or iPad into your Windows 10 PC using a compatible USB cable.
2. Open the Windows File Explorer by pressing the Windows Logo Key and the E keys simultaneously(Windows + E) or from the Start menu, desktop, or taskbar.
3. From the Windows File Explorer’s sidebar, click on the This PC option.
4. Click on the name of your iPhone or iPad in the sub-menu of This PC.
5. Open the Internal Storage folder by double-clicking on it and then double-click the DCIM folder to access the photos.
6. You can select all the folders or images by pressing Ctrl + A keys in the target folder and then copy those contents to your desired directory in your Windows 10 PC’s storage space. You can also choose only some selected photos by clicking on the desired images while holding the Ctrl key.
7. After selecting the desired image folders and photos, click on the option called Copy to from the top of the current Window.
8. Select the Choose location option and then choose your desired location to copy all the selected content on your computer’s storage.
Note: You can also right-click on the selected images and folders inside the Internal Storage of your iPhone or iPad and then paste those contents into a folder of your Windows 10 PC.
Method 3: Transferring iPhone or iPad photos using iCloud
Windows 10 supports iCloud to wirelessly sync your iPhone or iPad’s photos if you have backed up those photos to the iCloud on your device.
1. Open the Microsoft Windows Store from the Start Menu, desktop, or the taskbar if you have pinned it.
2. Search for the iCloud app on the Windows Store.
3. Click on the Get button to download iCloud to your computer.
4. Launch or open iCloud after the download is finished.
5. Type in your Apple ID and password in the prompted window, and then click the Sign In button.
6. Open the photo options by clicking on the options button present next to photos.
7. Ensure that the checkbox near the iCloud Photos is checked and the checkmark is present.
8. If you want your Windows 10 PC’s photos and videos to be imported to your iPhone or iCloud, you can opt for them by checking in the checkbox near the Upload new photos from my PC option.
9. Click on the Done button and then the Apply button, which will download your iCloud’s photos to your Windows 10 PC.
We hope this article about Importing photos from iPhone to Windows 10 has solved all your queries regarding the same topic.
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