While it is quite easy to copy photos and videos from your computer to iPhone using iTunes, performing the reverse operation on the software is unfortunately impossible. It can be difficult to successfully save precious memories on your computer. In this tutorial, we present you solutions to get back iPhone photos and videos to your computer.
Recover Photos and Videos from iPhone with Windows File Explorer
- Connect your iPhone to your computer by USB. A Windows Explorer window should then open containing a folder Internal Storage. Open it up.
Note:If nothing happens, go to Computer > Apple iPhone
- Then open the folder DCIM.
- Now depending on what you want to recover open the 100APPLE folder to view your iPhone photos and videos. Otherwise open the 100CLOUD file to view the photos saved from iCloud on your iPhone.
- Select the photos and videos you want to recover on your computer, then drag them to the location where you want to copy them.
Recover Photos and Videos from iPhone with Image Recoverer on Mac
- Connect your iPhone to your Mac by USB.
- Press the CMD + Space keys on your computer to open the spotlight search. Enter Image transfer, then press the enter key on your keyboard to launch the software Image transfer.
- On the window Image transfer that opens in the left pane, click on the iPhone whose photos and videos you want to copy.
- Select the photos and videos you want to copy. Note: You can skip this step if you want to copy the entire photos and videos from iPhone.
- At the bottom of the image transfer window, select the location on your computer where you want to save iPhone photos and videos.
- Click on the button Import ou Import all to start copying photos from videos from iPhone to computer.
Recover Photos and Videos from iPhone with Photos software on Mac
- Connect your iPhone to your Mac by USB.
- Press the keys CMD + Space on your computer to open the spotlight search. Enter "Photos", then press the enter key on your keyboard to open the software Photos.
- On the window that opens in the left pane, click on the iPhone whose photos and videos you want to copy.
- Select the photos and videos you want to copy. Note: You can skip this step if you want to copy the entire photos and videos from iPhone.
- At the top of the window Photos, select the location on your computer where you want to save iPhone photos and videos.
- Click on the button Import the x selected items ou Import all new items to start copying photos from videos from iPhone to computer.
Although the iPhone is one of the most technologically advanced smartphones, its users criticize it for too little freedom when it comes to managing data with a computer. Despite Apple's efforts to increasingly facilitate access to data on its device, the slightest operation to recover a file from iPhone to a computer still requires too many manipulations.
To overcome this problem, there is software that allows you to manage your iPhone data more simply and quickly than by manually performing this type of manipulation. This is for example the case of software Dr.phone, a paid solution that allows you to manage all of the data on an iPhone in a much more complete and faster way. More than just iPhone data management software, Dr.phone also provides many answers to bugs or blockages that may be experienced by the smartphone to the apple.
Recover Photos and Videos from iPhone Using Dr.Fone
- Connect your iPhone to your computer by USB, then run the Dr.Phone software.
- Click on the insert To transfer to open the data transfer tool.
- Click on the insert Transfer photos from device to PC.
- In the window that appears, select the location where you want to copy your files and click on the button OK.
- Wait until your photos and videos are finished uploading.
Recover one or more specific photos from iPhone using dr.fone
- Connect your iPhone to your computer by USB, then run the Dr.Phone software.
- Click on the insert To transfer to open the data transfer tool.
- Click on the tab Photo to access photos on your iPhone.
Note: the videos that you have filmed or recorded on the web from your iPhone can be recovered via this tab.
- Now select the photo you want to recover and click on the button Export.
Note: Hold the Alt key (cmd on Mac) to select multiple photos.
- In the new window that appears, select the location where you want to save your photos and click on the button OK.
Recover one or more specific videos from iPhone using dr.fone
- Connect your iPhone to your computer by USB, then run the Dr.Phone software.
- Click on the insert To transfer to open the data transfer tool.
- Click on the tab Video to access videos from your iPhone.
Note: Videos that you have filmed or recorded on the web from your iPhone can be retrieved via the Photo tab.
- Now select the video you want to recover and click on the button Export.
Note: Hold the Alt key (cmd on Mac) to select multiple videos.
- In the new window that appears, select the location where you want to save your videos and click on the button OK.
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