This functionality would normally run any time any external peripheral is attached to the PC. If you are lucky, Windows would recognise the device and run the AutoPlay function. Why is it the quickest, because once you set it up, the process is almost automatic!Ģ. This functionality comes with every Windows OS as a standard.

The quickest way of transferring photos/videos from your iDevices to your PC is by using the Import Pictures and Videos feature of Windows. But maybe after learning the quickest technique I describe below, you might choose differently. You might argue that this is not simple at all, but after trying other ways of transferring photos, I decided that this is the simplest and most straight-forward of all. Phew! We found our sanity back AND our patience has been paid off! You should have the name of your iDevice under Portable Devices.

Plug the USB cable from the iDevice to the PC.ģ. Now let’s have a look at the simplest one first.ġ. You can in fact use both depending on the need. You may choose which ever you see fit to your situation. Note that both techniques require a physical connection between your iDevice and the PC via the USB Cable. In this post I want to show you 2 ways of importing the photos/videos one is the simplest one and the other is the quickest.

So if you want to transfer photos/videos from your desktop back to iDevices please read my tips here. So, since the iPhone is treated as a USB device, you can practically plug the USB cable from your iPhone to your PC and you are ready to transfer your photos/videos.īe aware that while you can easily download your photos from iDevices to your desktop, the reverse is not true! You can NOT just drag and drop photos to the iPhone. The only limitation is that Windows is only allowed to ‘see’ the Camera Roll folder! You don’t have access to other ‘internal’ folders of the iDevices, presumably this is for our own protection, though others (read: non-iPhone users) would scream ‘Freedoommm!’ – or the lack of it that is. In Windows, the iPhone (and presumably other iDevices) is considered one of USB devices, hence it’s treated like it! In fact, I like the way Windows deals with this issue compared to Mac OSX. Well, it turns out that it is indeed quite simple, as simple as saying ‘Plug and Play’. Worst, they think they need something like iTunes to do this supposedly simple thing.

Many iPhone/PC users (as opposed to iPhone/Mac users) are not sure how to transfer/import/download/save their iPhone photos/videos to the PC.

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