Apple picker I am an iPhone user for several years and a Windows PC owner. However, I bought a Macbook some time ago and there was a problem with the synchronization of photos taken with the iPhone. I can get photos from my MacBook to my phone, but not from my phone to my computer anymore. Can you advise please? (Karel Šťastny)
Importing images and photos to an iPhone (or other iOS device) is simple, everything is arranged by iTunes, where we just set which folders we want to synchronize and we're done. Conversely, however, a problem arises. iTunes can't handle exporting, so another solution has to come up.
iCloud - Photo Stream
Transferring photos from iPhone to Mac is greatly facilitated by the new iCloud service, which includes the so-called Photo Stream. If you create an iCloud account for free, you can activate Photo Stream and all the photos you take on your iPhone will be uploaded to the cloud and synced with other devices with the same iCloud account.
However, iCloud - as far as pictures are concerned - does not serve as storage, only as a distributor of photos to other devices, so you will not find your photos in the Internet interface. On a Mac, you need to use iPhoto or Aperture, where photos from Photo Stream are automatically downloaded (if activated: Preferences > Photo Stream > Enable Photo Stream) Aperture?.
However, Photo Stream also has its pitfalls. iCloud stores "only" the last 1000 photos taken in the past 30 days, so if you want to keep photos on your Mac forever, you need to copy them from the Photo Stream folder to the library. However, this can be set automatically in iPhoto and Aperture (Preferences > Photo Stream > Automatic Import), then all you have to do is turn on the application and wait for all the images to be downloaded and imported into the library. And it also works the other way around if you check the option Automatic Upload, when you insert a photo into Photo Stream in iPhone, it will be uploaded to iPhone.
To use Photo Stream on Windows, it must be downloaded and installed iCloud Control Panel, activate your iCloud account on your computer, turn on Photo Stream and set where your photos will be downloaded and from where they will be uploaded to Photo Stream. Unlike OS X, no additional application is needed to view Photo Stream.
iPhoto / Aperture
We can use iPhoto and Aperture both with the iCloud service, but photos from iOS devices can also be imported into them manually. It is necessary to use a cable, but if we intend to copy a large number of photos, using a classic wire is usually the best solution.
We connect the iPhone, turn on iPhoto, find our phone in the left panel, select the desired photos and click Import Selected or by using Import All we copy all the content (iPhoto automatically detects if it no longer has some photos in its library and does not copy them again).
Image Capture and iPhone as disk
An even easier way is on a Mac through the Image Capture application, which is part of the system. Image Capture works similar to iPhoto but has no library, it's purely for importing images to your computer. The application automatically recognizes the connected device (iPhone, iPad), displays the photos, you select the destination where you want to copy the photos, and click Import All, as the case may be Import Selected.
If you connect iPhone to Windows, you don't even need to use any app. The iPhone connects as a disk from which you simply copy the photos to where you need them.
Third-party applications
Another way to drag and drop photos from your iPhone to your Mac is to use a third-party app. However, it is usually a more complicated path than the above-mentioned procedures.
Generally, however, these apps work by pairing your iOS device with your Mac via WiFi or Bluetooth and either dragging and dropping photos over the network via a desktop client (e.g. PhotoSync – iOS, Mac), or you use a browser (e.g. Photo Transfer App – iOS).
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It is very easy to download photos from iPhone using Adobe Bridge, which is part of Adobe Creative Suite.
The problem with iCloud is that Photostream compresses and shrinks those photos. it cannot be used.
I can do this on my mac. I would rather be interested in how to do it in win :) thanks :)
We also mention Windows in the article.
With iPhoto, it says that you can't choose to import into the folders where I want, but it creates some sort of library folder, so I use ImageCapture. However, the disadvantage of this procedure is that after (mass) renaming, it no longer recognizes the photos, so I have duplicates in my Mac several times.
Any other alternative?
The PICASA program is simple and clear. I haven't used anything else for years... 2 click IMPORT... http://www.picasa.com
Nice article, I can think of two things about it:
1) When I sync my photos to my iPhone via iTunes, I can't do anything with them and I can't transfer them to another computer.
2) I wonder if it is somehow possible to use an external HDD with the iPhot, where I would have my entire photo database nicely together and only some nice selections would be on the SSD disk, but otherwise everything would be on ext. HDD.
Ad 1) it can be done using third-party applications, see article
Ad 2) when starting iPhoto, hold down alt and you can choose another photo library, for example stored on ext. disc.
Overall, I would evaluate it in the way that if iOS can be criticized, it is the work with photos. If you just take pictures and don't solve anything, then it's ok, but if you need to organize your photos, then you will stumble. Anyone who has ever tried it knows what I'm talking about.
What to do when my iPhone is not displayed in Image capture or iPhoto and is not offered as a "device" :o/