How to Copy Photos from iPhone to iPad

Use iCloud

Open your iPhone's Settings app. The gray gear icon (⚙️) usually appears on the home screen.

Tap your Apple ID in the section above the Settings menu that contains your name and photo (if you added one).

If you're not signed in, tap Sign in to (device name) (Sign in to.), enter your Apple ID and password, then select Sign In.

If you're using an older version of iOS, you may not need to do this step.

Tap iCloud in the second part of the menu.

Tap Photos near the top of the "APPS USING ICLOUD" section.

Push the "iCloud Photo Library" slider to the green "On" position. Now, photos taken on your iPhone and photos saved in your Camera Roll will be saved to iCloud.

If you want to save space on your iPhone, tap Optimize iPhone Storage to save smaller versions of your photos on your device.

Push the "Upload to My Photo Stream" slider to the "On" position. Thus, new photos taken with iPhone will be synchronized with all devices that you have logged in with Apple ID when connected to Wi-Fi.

Open your iPad's Settings app. The gray gear icon (⚙️) usually appears on the home screen.

Tap your Apple ID in the upper part of the Settings menu.

If you're not signed in, tap Sign in to (device name) (Sign in to.), enter your Apple ID and password, then select Sign In.

If you're using an older version of iOS, you may not need to do this step.

Tap iCloud in the second part of the menu.

Tap Photos near the top of the "APPS USING ICLOUD" section.

Push the "iCloud Photo Library" slider to the "On" position. The button will turn green.

Press the circular Home button on the front of the iPad, below the screen.

Open the White Photo app with colorful flowers.

Tap Albums at the bottom of the screen.

Tap All Photos . It's one of the albums on the screen, usually displayed in the upper left corner. Once iPhone and iPad have synced with iCloud, photos from iPhone will appear in this folder.

Use AirDrop

Open Control Center on iPad by swiping the screen up from the bottom.

Tap AirDrop in the bottom left corner.

Turn on Bluetooth and Wi-Fi when asked.

Tap Contacts Only in the middle of the displayed menu.

Open the Photos app on iPhone with the multicolored flower icon on a white background.

Tap Albums at the bottom of the screen.

Tap All Photos . It's one of the albums on the screen, usually displayed in the upper left corner.

Select a photo by tapping the photo you want to share.

Tap the rectangular "Share" button with an up arrow in the bottom left corner of the screen.

Select more photos (optional). Drag the photo list left or right to view photos at the top of the screen, and tap the circle below the right corner of each photo to select.

Some users reported problems when using AirDrop to transfer multiple photos.

Tap your iPad's name that appears between the photos at the top of the screen and the sharing options at the bottom of the screen.

If you don't see the iPad name, you need to make sure the devices are close together (within about 1 meter) and AirDrop is turned on.

Turn on Bluetooth and Wi-Fi when asked.

View photos on iPad. A notification will appear indicating that iPhone is sharing the photo. Once the photo transfer is complete, the Photos app opens the photo on iPad.

Use Email

Open the Photos app on iPhone with the multicolored flower icon on a white background.

This method requires you to have the Mail app set up on your iPhone and iPad.

Select a photo by touching the photo you want to share.

Tap the rectangular "Share" button with an up arrow in the bottom left corner of the screen.

Select more photos (optional). Drag the photo list left or right to view photos at the top of the screen, and tap the circle below the right corner of each photo to select.

Tap Mail in the lower left corner of the screen to open a new screen that allows you to compose an email.

Enter your email address in the "To:" field at the top of the screen.

Tap Send in the top right corner of the screen.

Tap Send even if you get a warning about not entering a title.

Open the Mail app on iPad with the white closed envelope icon on a blue background.

Tap on the email you sent that is displayed at the top of Inbox.

Open a photo by tapping the attached photo and then pressing and holding the photo.

Tap Save Image . The photo has now been saved to your iPad's Camera Roll.

Samuel Daniel

Update 01 November 2023