Give both of your devices a chance to find each other. On your computer you can find this in the Finder under the Go drop-down menu. On your iPhone you can find this in Settings>General>AirDrop. Make sure your personal hotspot is turned off.
Make sure that both devices have both wifi and Bluetooth turned on.The caveat is that you’ll need to have your computer and your phone within Bluetooth and/or wifi range. You can even transfer PNGs, which is handy if you’ve just used an app to remove a background from your photo.
If you have a somewhat current Mac (2012 or newer) and are running OS X Yosemite or later you can use AirDrop to transfer photos from your iPhone to your Mac. (From $0.99/month for 50GB to $9.99/month for 2TB.) Transfer photos from your iPhone to your Mac via Airdrop
Or, if you find iCloud incredibly convenient and want to use it for all your photo/video needs, you can always upgrade your iCloud plan to give you more space.
Once on your Mac, you can move the images to a different file if you like to prevent overloading your free 5GB limit. If you want to delete the photos from your iPhone and keep them on your Mac, make sure to switch off sync after you’ve transferred everything. All your iPhone photos will be accessible from the Photos app on your Mac.Īnother thing to note is that while you have iCloud Photo Library on, any changes you make to photos on one device will automatically sync to the other. As long as iCloud is active on your Mac, the photos and videos will sync through iCloud and you’ll no longer need iTunes for the syncing. If you’re already syncing photos to your iPhone via iTunes and you turn on iCloud, you’ll see a message that says “Photos and Videos Synced from iTunes will be Removed.”ĭon’t worry. Note, iTunes and iCloud can’t sync photos at the same time. Once iCloud is set up on both devices and you’re signed in with the same ID, your media should automatically sync between your iPhone and your Mac while iCloud is turned on.
As one would expect, transferring photos from an iPhone to a Mac is pretty straightforward.