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Q: transfer photos from iphone to external hard drive

What is the best way to transfer pictures and videos from your iphone/ipad to an external hardrive?

iPhone 4, iOS 5.1.1

Posted on Aug 4, 2012 1:49 PM

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  • by Allan Sampson,

    Allan Sampson Allan Sampson Aug 4, 2012 1:51 PM in response to ipjoe
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    Aug 4, 2012 1:51 PM in response to ipjoe

    Import the photos/videos from the Camera Roll with your computer as with any other digital camera followed by transferring the photos/videos from your computer to the external drive.

  • by ChrisJ4203,

    ChrisJ4203 ChrisJ4203 Aug 4, 2012 1:53 PM in response to ipjoe
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    Aug 4, 2012 1:53 PM in response to ipjoe

    I'll assume you are talking about the pictures and videos in the Camera Roll. Once you connect the phone to the computer, you would import them in the same way that you do the ones from a digital camera. If you use Windows, it should show up in Auto Run. If using a Mac, I belive you select either iPhoto or another program to import them. Settings in the Import app for Windows lets you select the location to import to, I would imagine that is the same for a Mac.

  • by TownieBrownie,Helpful

    TownieBrownie TownieBrownie Jan 31, 2013 9:04 AM in response to ipjoe
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    Jan 31, 2013 9:04 AM in response to ipjoe

    Felt I should post the answer since it took me forever to figure out and I have found no clear/ accurate explantion when in here or googling online.

     

    Go to Finder in the dock at the bottom of the page (usually all the way left with a face)

    Select Applications

    Select Image Capture

     

    Should be very clear how to do it after this.

    But just in case:

    Icon of iphone will be on the left under Devices and your pictures should automatically pop up and then at the bottom it says Import to: and you select other and then select your external harddrive.

  • by kniplr,Helpful

    kniplr kniplr Jan 31, 2013 3:46 PM in response to TownieBrownie
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    Jan 31, 2013 3:46 PM in response to TownieBrownie

    This is the correct solution. No need to import to your computer first, just straight away import to external hdd.

    Thanks!

  • by Jayfavre,

    Jayfavre Jayfavre Mar 11, 2013 11:26 AM in response to TownieBrownie
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    Mar 11, 2013 11:26 AM in response to TownieBrownie

    Thank you!!  I never need to use iPhoto again - it is the only application that consistenly crashes everytime I open it.  It is bulky and such a mess.  I am currently and finally backing up all my iphone photos (7,470 pics) to my extrenal drive.  And it is so easy!

  • by TownieBrownie,Helpful

    TownieBrownie TownieBrownie Apr 2, 2013 8:53 AM in response to TownieBrownie
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    Apr 2, 2013 8:53 AM in response to TownieBrownie

    UPDATE:

     

    I have just realized that when you do this, on the bottom left of Image Capture you can scroll down and adjust the setting so that when plug you iphone into your computer that image capture automatically pops up and not iPhoto or make it so no import program pops up at all. At the very least I am glad to have the option to not have iPhoto automatically pop up because I don't like it.

     

    Also- you can select the box below this to have photos automatically deleted from your phone after they import. I was doing it manually on my phone and obviously this takes a while.

  • by Boselife,

    Boselife Boselife Apr 26, 2013 9:11 AM in response to ipjoe
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    Apr 26, 2013 9:11 AM in response to ipjoe

    You can also use iCloud if you have set it up...just turn on the Photo Stream on any device that you want to use it with (if you have an iPod for example) and have iCloud downloaded to your computer then your photos will automatically be uploaded to the iCloud and then downloaded to your devices (including computer) when connected to wifi.
    It's a really handy way to transfer photos from iPhone to hard drive easily.

  • by yocobear,

    yocobear yocobear Sep 12, 2013 9:26 AM in response to TownieBrownie
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    Sep 12, 2013 9:26 AM in response to TownieBrownie

    Thank you so much! After searching far and wide for the right answer, I found your answer. Thanks again.

  • by tancyhome,

    tancyhome tancyhome Dec 28, 2013 1:06 AM in response to ipjoe
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    Dec 28, 2013 1:06 AM in response to ipjoe

    Maybe the Coolmuster iPhone iPad iPod to computer transfer can help you.

  • by Newaioywa,

    Newaioywa Newaioywa Dec 28, 2013 1:38 AM in response to ipjoe
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    Dec 28, 2013 1:38 AM in response to ipjoe

    Hey, i found this tip for you which exactly tells you how to transfer photos and other files from iPhone to external drive, which i think will help you, have a look: http://goo.gl/sXVu13!

  • by angelmocha9,

    angelmocha9 angelmocha9 Feb 3, 2014 3:47 PM in response to TownieBrownie
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    Feb 3, 2014 3:47 PM in response to TownieBrownie

    You are a lifesaver. Thank you!  I was searching for hours trying to find out how to back up my photos because my iPhone was full and so was iPhoto. I was able to back up everything using my external and it holds a lot! You're the best.

  • by dudbertman,

    dudbertman dudbertman May 22, 2014 9:45 AM in response to TownieBrownie
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    May 22, 2014 9:45 AM in response to TownieBrownie

    Well done you made that look easy

  • by glenrose88884444,

    glenrose88884444 glenrose88884444 May 28, 2014 10:10 PM in response to ipjoe
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    May 28, 2014 10:10 PM in response to ipjoe

    Thank you TownieBrownie,

    I was beating my head against the wall. I get very frustrated with Apple insisting on taking all their users thru their pathways such as iphoto assuming that it's what every user wants. It's a long way around the bard often, clumsy and not pragmatic for the professional user. Comparing to WIndows which has none of this sort of thing.

  • by christinadeleon,

    christinadeleon christinadeleon Aug 4, 2014 9:16 PM in response to TownieBrownie
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    Aug 4, 2014 9:16 PM in response to TownieBrownie

    THANK YOU!!! I have been searching for this for what seems like YEARS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!

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