How To Airdrop Photos From Mac To Mac

[music playing] if your iphone's photostorage is filling up and it's time to offload someof them to free up space, or you just want to back upyour pics for safe keeping, it's both quick and easy tosend your smartphone photos

How To Airdrop Photos From Mac To Mac, to your computer or the cloud. the process for pluggingin and transferring photos from an ios device basicallyhasn't changed for a decade, regardless if you're using a macos x or windows-based machine.

the process variesslightly between ecosystems and operating systems,but it's typically a matter of pluggingin your iphone and clicking theblue import button. for mac os x yosemite andnewer, plug your phone into your computer either usinga 30-pin usb cord or lightning cable, the same way you would doso if you were uploading music. the photos app shouldautomatically launch, but if not, open theprogram via launchpad

or your mainapplications folder. if using photos, clickthe blue import new button in the upper right corneror select the individual photos you wish to transfer beforeclicking the import selected button at the top. you can also check thebox beside delete items if you wish to automaticallydelete the photos on your iphone after importing. once done, select albumsfrom the dropdown menu

at the top of photosand open last import to view your recentlyuploaded images. for windows 8 and newer, theprocess is nearly identical. plug your phoneinto your computer either using a 30-pinusb cord or lightning the photos appshould automatically launch, but if not, open theprogram using the windows start menu or search bar. click the import buttonin the upper right

corner represented by a boxwith a downward arrow inside. afterward, check theindividual photos you wish to transferfrom your iphone and click continuein the bottom left. check the box in theresulting pop-up window if you'd like toautomatically delete the photos on your iphoneafter importing them or simply click the importbutton to transfer the images to your main pictures folder.

you can also clickthe gray change where their imported link toselect a new save destination. when finished, clickthe albums button accessible via the lefthand navigational pane, then select lastimport at the top to view, share, or edit any ofyour recently uploaded photos. using a cloud backupis another easy way to transfer photos fromyour iphone, and what's best is you can set them tosave them automatically.

the most widely usedcloud service is dropbox. to automatically uploadyour pics to dropbox, first download thedropbox mobile app, set up an account ifyou need to, and log in. when viewing the maininterface, tap the settings tab in the lower right corner,followed by camera upload in the resulting menu. toggle the slider beside cameraupload to enable the feature and allow the app toautomatically upload

all photos to your cameraupload's folder within dropbox. now, launching thedropbox app will prompt it to uploadany photos you've taken since the lasttime the app was open. you can also manuallyupload photos to dropbox by choosing the folder whereyou'd like to upload the files, tap the actionsmenu, then select upload file from theresulting dropdown menu. now choose the savelocation from what

you'd like to upload filesfrom, tap camera roll, and select the photosyou want to transfer, then tap the blue upload buttonin the upper right corner.