How to Copy Photos from Computer to Phone

Today's TipsMake will show you how to copy or move photos from computer to phone. You can proceed on iTunes if using an iPhone, or connect your Android phone to your computer via a USB charging cable. However, if you plug your Android phone into your Mac computer, a special program will be needed to open the device. In addition, we can also use cloud storage services such as iCloud for iPhone or Google Photos on Android.

By iTunes

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Connect your iPhone to the computer using the phone's charging cable through the USB port on the computer.

If your Mac computer doesn't have a USB port, you'll need to buy a USB-C to USB-3.0 adapter.

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Open iTunes. If iTunes doesn't open automatically, double-click the program icon. iTunes has a colorful music note icon on a white background.

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Click the iPhone icon. This iPhone image will appear at the top of the iTunes window. The iPhone's page opens.

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Click Photos . This tab is in the left sidebar under the "Settings" heading.

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Check the "Sync Photos" box. This option is at the top of the Sync Photos page. This will allow you to add photos from your computer to your iPhone.

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Click the "Copy photos from:" drop-down box . This option is near the top of the Sync Photos page. A menu will drop down.

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Click Choose folder… (Select folder). Actions are at the top of the drop-down menu.

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Select folder. Click the folder where you want to copy the photos, then select Select Folder .

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Select subfolders if necessary. Check the "Selected folders" radio button and then check each folder to which you want to copy images to exclude unwanted subfolders.

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Determine whether you want to include video. If you want to copy videos in the selected folder, check the "Include videos" box in the middle of the page, otherwise you can leave this box blank.

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Click Apply . The selected photo will start copying to iPhone. Once completed, the image will appear on the iPhone.

By USB cable with Android on Windows

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Connect your phone to the computer. Plug one end of the charging cable into the Android device, the other end into the USB port on the computer. This method is only for Android phones because iPhones require iTunes to copy photos via USB cable.

Tap Media device (MTP) on the Android screen when prompted.

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Open Start . Click the Windows icon in the lower left corner of the screen.

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Open File Explorer. Click the folder icon in the bottom left of the Start window.

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Click the folder containing the pictures. This is usually the Pictures folder in the left sidebar, but if you're copying pictures from somewhere else, click that folder in the sidebar.

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Select the photo to copy. Drag the mouse over the group of photos, or hold down the key Ctrland click each individual photo you want to select.

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Click Home . This tab is located in the upper left corner of the window. A toolbar will appear below the Home tab area .

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Click Copy to . The folder-shaped task is located in the "Organize" section of the toolbar. A drop-down menu will appear.

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Click Choose location… (Choose location). This option is at the bottom of the drop-down menu. A window will pop up.

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Click the Android device name. The device's name will be in the middle of the window, but you may need to scroll down first.

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Click the DCIM folder located below the Android device name. The contents inside the DCIM folder will appear.

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Click the Camera folder below the DCIM folder . The Camera folder will be selected as the location to store copied photos.

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Click Copy . This button is in the lower right corner of the pop-up window. The selected photo will start copying to your Android device's internal memory; Once done, you can open the Photos app on Android to view the photos.

By USB cable with Android on Mac

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Connect your Android device to your Mac computer. Use the Android charging cable to connect your device to one of the USB ports on your computer.

If your Mac computer doesn't have a USB port, you'll need to buy a USB-C to USB-3.0 adapter.

If Android asks you to select a connection type, tap Media device (MTP) on the screen before continuing.

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Download and install Android File Transfer. You:

Go to http://www.android.com/filetransfer/

Click DOWNLOAD NOW (Download now)

Install Android File Transfer

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Open Finder. This blue face icon is located in the Dock of your Mac computer.

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Select the folder containing the images. Click the photo storage folder in the left column. The folder opens in a Finder window.

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Select the photo to copy. Drag the mouse over the group of photos, or hold down the key ⌘ Commandand click each individual photo you want to select.

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Copy photos. Click the Edit menu item and then select Copy from the drop-down menu that appears.

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Open Android File Transfer. If Android File Transfer doesn't open automatically, you need to click on the spaceship-shaped Launchpad app, then select Android File Transfer with the green robot icon.

You can also click Spotlight in the upper right corner of the screen, enter android file transferand select the Android File Transfer icon.

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Double-click the Internal storage or SD card folder . Operations will vary depending on the location where you want to save the photo.

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Double-click the DCIM folder . Another folder will open.

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Double-click the Camera folder . This is where images on Android devices are stored.

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Paste the pictures into this folder. Click anywhere in the folder, select Edit , then click Paste Items from the drop-down menu. The selected photo will start copying to your Android device. Once completed, you can view the photos on Android's Photos app.

By iCloud

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Open the iCloud page. Visit https://www.icloud.com/ on your computer.

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Sign in to iCloud. Enter the Apple ID and password you use on your iPhone, then click →. The iCloud account will be logged in on the computer.

If you are already logged in then skip this step.

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Click the Photos icon in the shape of a multicolored pinwheel on a white background. The Photos app opens in iCloud.

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Click the "Upload" button. This button has a cloud icon with an up arrow. After you click, a File Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac) window opens.

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Click the photo storage folder. A list of folders will appear on the left side of the window, you can find the folder containing the appropriate images here.

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Select the photo to upload. Drag the mouse over the group of photos, or hold down the Ctrl(Windows) or ⌘ Command(Mac) key and click each individual photo you want to select.

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Click Open in the lower-right corner of the window. Photos will begin uploading to iCloud.

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Wait for the photo upload process to complete. This process will take a while depending on the number of photos you upload. Once done, you can access the photos on your iPhone.

For photos to display on iPhone, the phone must have iCloud Photo Library turned on.

By Google Photos

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Open the Google Photos website (Google Images) on your computer. Visit https://photos.google.com/, a page containing photos on your Android device will appear if they have been backed up.

The website may ask to log in to your Google account with your email address and password first if this is the first time you open Google Photos.

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Click UPLOAD . This blue button is at the top right of the page. After you click, a File Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac) window opens.

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Click the photo storage folder. Click the folder containing the pictures on the left side of the File Explorer or Finder window.

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Select the photo to upload. Drag the mouse over the group of photos, or hold down the Ctrl(Windows) or ⌘ Command(Mac) key and click each individual photo you want to select.

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Click Open in the lower right corner of the window.

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Choose upload quality. Please tick one of the following options:

High quality - Upload photos in high resolution with reduced file size. This option has little effect on your Google Drive storage limit.

Original - Upload photos at original resolution - may be higher than the "High quality" option. Your Google Drive storage limit will gradually decrease.

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Click CONTINUE . This option is located in the lower right corner of the quality window. Photos will start being uploaded to your Google Photos account.

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Open Google Photos on your Android device. The app has a red, yellow, green, and blue four-pointed pinwheel icon.

If you're not signed into Google Photos, you'll first need to enter your email address and password when prompted.

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Tap the ☰ button in the upper left corner of the screen. A menu will pop up.

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Tap Settings . It's near the bottom of the pop-up menu.

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Tap Back up & sync . This option is near the top of the Settings menu .

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You need to make sure that the option's switch is in the "On" position. If not, tap the switch to enable the photo backup option. Your Google Photos account will be synced with the Google Photos app, and all the photos you've uploaded to Google Photos will also appear on your Android device.