Quick Way to Transfer Photos from iPhone to External Hard Drive

1. Quick Way to Transfer Photos from iPhone to External Hard Drive I believe that transferring photos from iPhone to an external hard drive is always a wise choice. For one thing, it backup iPhone photos to external hard drive and prevent permanent loss. For another, it saves your computer when you find available storage is starting to wane, assuming that you plan to transfer iPhone photos to computer at first. Better yet, by copying photos from iPhone/iPad to external hard drive, you can view these photos on any computer since it is very convenient for you to bring the external drive everywhere. In this article, you'll discover three ways to transfer photos from iPhone to external hard drive on Mac or Windows. Transfer Photos From iPhone to External Hard Drive with iOS Transfer FonePaw iOS Transfer is tool that we can use to finish this task. This program allows users to transfer 14 types of files, including moving photos from iOS devices to computer, external hard drive or flash drive. The images in Camera Roll, Photo Library and other photo albums on your iPhone can all be transfer in batch. Better still, you can move other large files, such as videos, movies, TV shows, etc. from iPhone/iPad to external drive and bring them to anywhere. You can download the free trial version of the program on your computer based on the operating system (Mac or Windows) 1. Connect iPhone 7/7 Plus/SE/6s/5s/4s to the computer At the beginning, connect your iPhone to the computer and launch the program on the PC. Then it will detect your device and show it in the program as the below interface. 2. Connect external drive to computer Now, connect your external hard drive to computer. You'd better scan your hard drive for viruses to protect your computer. And make sure the external hard drive has enough memory for the photos your want to export.

2. 3. Transfer photos from iPhone to external hard drive on Windows/Mac When your iPhone is showing on the windows of FonePaw iOS Transfer, and your external hard drive is recognized by your computer, click "Photos", which is at the left panel of the program main window. Now, you can see all photo albums on your iPhone. When you click any of the albums, the photos in the album will appear. You can select any photos you want to transfer to USB external hard drive. Click "Export to" > "Export to PC". In the next pop-up dialogue, select your external drive as the output destination. Bonus: Move Videos/Movies from iPhone to External Hard Drive Except for photos, videos (especially 4K videos) and movies can occupy your iPhone. Why not move them to external drive, too? To move iPhone videos/movies to external drive, click "Photos" and then choose the "Videos" album (for movies, select "Media" > "Movies". Here you can see all videos took. Select those you want to move and click "Export to" > "Export to PC". Download and Move iPhone Photos to External Hard Drive

3. Except for the convenient method mentioned above, you can also download iPhone photos after iCloud on your PC or Mac and then export the photos to the external hard drive. Step 1. Enable iCloud sync feature for photos on your iPhone. Step 2. Use your iCloud account to log in on iCloud.com or iCloud program. Step 3. Choose Photos and wait till all photos are loaded. Step 4. Select the photos you need and click "Download selected item" buttom. It might need a few minutes if there are lots of pictures. Step 5. Connect your external hard drive to the computer and copy all the pictures to the drive. Step 6. If you don't need the pictures on the computer, you need to delete the photos. Export iPhone Photos to External Hard Drive (Only for Camera Roll Photos) You can also use the default program on Win PC or Mac to export iPhone photos to external hard drive. However, the method can only be applied to photos in Camera Roll. If you have app photos or downloaded photos, you may use the above two methods. Windows Photo Gallery on PC Step 1. Connect your iPhone to the PC. Step 2. If you are using Windows 7, AutoPlay window will pop up. Select "Import pictures and videos using Windows" and then click "Import" to import the Camera Roll photos to PC. If you are using Windows 10, Launch Photos app, and hit the import button. You can then select items to import to PC. Step 3. Plug your external hard drive to the computer and move iPhone photos from PC to the drive.

4. Image Capture on Mac Step 1. Connect both your iPhone and external hard drive to your Mac. Step 2. Use Spotlight search to search for "Image Capture" and launch the program. Step 3. Click your the name of your iPhone and all the photos taken by your iPhone will be displayed. Step 4. On the "Import To" bar, select your external hard drive as the output destination. Step 5. To import only some of the photos, select the photos, then click "Import". To import all the photos, click "Import All". Can't decide which methods you should choose? The below tablet can give us the answers. FonePaw iOS Transfer is no doubt the most convenient and powerful method while the other two all have their limitations.