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Simplest way to transfer iPhone photos to a Mac?

  • 04-09-2018 02:10PM
    #1
    davidjtaylor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 768 ✭✭✭


    Hi

    At the moment I plug in my iPhone 7 (iOS 11.4.1) to a usb cable attached to the Mac (10.13.6), then select what I want in Image Capture and drag them to a folder. Is that not long-winded in this day and age? It also takes a long time.

    Airdrop has never worked for me (maybe the iMac's too old or I'm incompetent) but what I'd love to see is tap & hold a photo and select 'send to me', 'me' being a designated spot on my Mac. I don't care how it gets there but the cable thing must be old hat now.


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  • #2
    Sad Professor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,713 ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    iCloud Photo Library. Everything will just sync over the cloud. You'll need to pay for more iCloud storage, though.


  • #3
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 41,253 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    I have auto uploads to Dropbox and google photos.
    So I simply open those files on the laptop and cut/copy out the photos.


  • #4
    davidjtaylor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 768 ✭✭✭davidjtaylor


    Ah yes, dropbox, not thought of that, thanks!


  • #5
    davidjtaylor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 768 ✭✭✭davidjtaylor


    OK Dropbox users, why doesn't it work?

    See the attached iPhone screenshot. 'Post' is greyed out. Any ideas?


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