How to transfer Photos from iPhone to Flash Drive (PC or Mac)

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How to transfer photos from iPhone to Flash Drive

If you wish to transfer your photos or other data from iPhone 5/6/7/8/X to another device (PC, Mac, Android Phone), you may use different services for this purpose (for example, iTunes). But sometimes it is not easy to transfer data through iTunes, for example when PC hasn’t an internet connection. USB drive is a good old device for photos back up and for presentations and quick access to your data. If you need to transfer photos from iPhone to the Flash Drive on Windows PC or Mac, please read our useful guide below.

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Article’s Guide

  1. Use Automatic Solution
  2. Manual solution for Mac OSX
  3. Manual solution for Windows XP
  4. Manual solution for Windows 7
  5. Manual solution for Windows 8
  6. Manual solution for Windows 10

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Click Get iMazing button on your PC or Laptop. Then, choose your language and install iMazing. You can follow the guide below to copy photos from iPhone to External Drive without iTunes.

How to transfer photos with iMazing?

  1. Download and run iMazing installation
  2. Connect your External Hard Drive to PC/Laptop via USB cable
  3. Run iMazing icon from your desktop

  4. Go to the “Backup” folder

  5. Connect your iPhone to computer via iPhone lighting cable
  6. iMazing will offer you to tap trust this computer – tap it on your iPhone, and press continue button on iMazing

  7. Choose the category you want to transfer and then click the “Start” button

  8. If you want to change backup folder, go to the settings and change it.

Note: if you still have questions or something is not clear, write about it in the comments. We will help you in no time.

MobilrTrans supports importing of Camera Roll photos, PhotoStream, Photo Libraries, photos from iTunes, photo albums, etc. When the transferring process will be finished, all your photos from iPhone will be saved in the selected folder. Note, that trial version allows to transfer no more than 30 files per day. This solution is suitable for Windows XP/7/8/10.

How to transfer Photos from iPhone to Flash Drive without iTunes

Mac OSX:

  1. Connect your Flash USB To your Mac/Macbook
  2. Connect your iPhone/iPad Device To Your Mac/MacBook via lighting cable
  3. Launch Image Capture app
  4. Find your iPhone/iPad in the left bar and open it
  5. Choose all the photos on your iPhone/iPad and select destination for transfer
  6. Press Import

If you are using Windows system, you should make sure that Apple Mobile Device Support drivers have installed on your computer.

Windows XP:

  1. Connect your Flash Drive and iPhone/iPad to your computer
  2. Click Start and choose All Programs > Accessories > Scanner and Camera Wizard
  3. Select your iPhone or Ipad device in the list
  4. Choose all photos, that you want to transfer and click Next
  5. Specify the destination to your Flash drive

Windows 7/Windows Vista:

  1. Connect your iPhone/iPad and Flash drive to the computer
  2. Wait for the AutoPlay pop-up window
  3. Choose Import Pictures and Videos in the Device options list
  4. After that, the process of import
  5. Click Import Options
  6. Change destination from My Pictures on your Flash Drive
  7. Click OK

Windows 8/Windows 8.1:

  1. Connect your iPhone/iPad and Flash Drive to the computer
  2. Open The PC
  3. Right click on your iPhone/iPad, choose Import pictures and videos
  4. Click Review, organize, and group items to import
  5. Go to More Options link
  6. Change destination from default to your Flash Drive
  7. Pick your photos and click Next and Import

Windows 10:

  1. Connect your iPhone/iPad and Flash Drive to the computer
  2. Open Photos app by clicking the Start menu
  3. Click Import > From USB Device
  4. In the opened window, choose your iPhone/iPad
  5. Select photos you’d like to import and press Import Selected


How to transfer photos from iPhone to external hard drive using iTunes

  1. Connect your iPhone/iPad and Hard Drive to the computer
  2. Open Itunes app
  3. Click on the Device button
  4. In the opened window, choose your Photos
  5. Press Sync Photos, select folders you’d like to import and the destination folder
  6. Then press Apply and Done buttons

Note: if you’ve enabled iCloud photo synchronization, you will have to disable this function in the Settings


In case, if these ways don’t work or aren’t suitable for you, we strongly recommend you to use our automatic solution and install AnyTrans!

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Written by Ilyas Dzhubanov

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