How to transfer photos/videos from iPhone to computer without iTunes

Currently there are many ways for you to send videos from your computer and photos to your iPhone. You can use Drive, TeraBox, or other cloud storage services to transfer videos and photos from your computer to your iPhone.

However, users will still have to wait to upload files to cloud storage before logging in to the cloud storage application or web service to download photos or videos to their iPhone. So you can use a few ways below to copy photos from iPhone

Method 1: Use 3uTools to quickly copy photos and videos to your computer

Step 1: First select the iDevices icon > then select Photos to select the photos and videos you want to transfer from iPhone to computer. Next, select the photos and albums available on your device:

1. Camera Roll: The user's main album, containing all the photos and videos the user uses.
2. Videos: Contains all the videos you have recorded on your device, including screen recording and camera recording.
3. Live Photos: Animated live photos
4. Screenshots: Screenshots.
5. Screen Recording: Video records the screen.
6. Import from 3u: All videos and photos are transferred from 3uTools
7. Recently Detected: All photos and videos in the Deleted section on iPhone.

Step 2: Select the photos and videos you want to copy from iPhone. If you want to select multiple photos and videos, hold CTRL and click on the file you want to select.

Step 3: Once you have selected the photo and video files you want to copy to your computer, select Export to export the selected photo and video files.

Step 4: Select the folder to which you want to transfer the selected files and click OK to start transferring files.

Step 5: After that, if you have completed the file transfer, you will see a message displayed as shown below.

Now check the folder you have chosen to transfer files to, you can transfer individual files or select the entire folder to transfer back from your computer to your iPhone.

Maybe with current iPhone 15 models, file transfer speed has increased rapidly, especially on the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max series when they are equipped with USB-C 3.0 ports. With USB-C connection ports on iPhone 15 models, file transfer speeds will be significantly improved.

Method 2: Copy photos from iPhone to computer right in the Windows Explorer window.

Step 1: Connect your iPhone or iPad to the computer using a cable.

Step 2: Allow the computer to access the phone by clicking Trust .

Step 3: Open My Computer or This PC

Windows will recognize your iPhone/iPad as a USB drive, and display it in the Explorer window as shown. Click on the device name to open the folders stored on the iPhone in the Windows Explorer window.

Step 4: Access the iPhone's photo folder.

And to copy photos from iPhone to computer, go to the iPhone folder (name of your iPhone) > Internal Storage > DCIM > 103APPLE (depending on the device, this name may be different), select the necessary photos and copy them. computer as usual.

Of course, you can do the opposite, copy photos from your computer to your iPhone, iPad to review when needed or use as wallpaper.

Method 3: Transfer photos from iPhone to computer using the Photos app on Windows 10

Windows 10 provides you with a very useful feature that helps transfer photos from a device connected via USB to your computer extremely quickly. You do the following:

Step 1: Connect your iPhone or iPad to the computer using a cable via USB port.

Step 2: Go to the Windows search bar and type Photos to search for the Photos app.

Step 3: Click Import located at the top right of the Photos window and select From a USB device.

Step 4: Another dialog box appears, photos on the connected iPhone device will be displayed here. Select the photos you want to transfer to your computer and then click Import Selected.

At this time, the image will be immediately transferred to the Download folder on the computer being used.

Hopefully this way to copy photos from iPhone, iPad to computer without iTunes will help you copy the photos you need quickly and save more time.

Good luck!

Jessica Tanner

Update 11 April 2024