Matt Mcgregor

Q: Transfer photos from iPad to Macbook Pro??

Hi All,

 

My daughter has an iPad which I want to download some of the images off to my MBP.

 

- I have tried turning on Airdrop and can't see the iPad.

- I have tried using 'Image Capture' which sees the iPad but none of the images on it.

(See images attached).

 

What is the easiest way to transfer photos from an iPad to MBP assuming I don't want to Sync the iPad to the MBP? (Just transfer them).


Macbook Pro 15" - 10.9.5 (Mavericks).

iPad - iPad Air 5th gen 64GB


Thanks in Advance.

 

Matt.

Airdrop - no devices found.jpg

Image Capture - no photos found.jpg

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)

Posted on Feb 21, 2015 5:36 PM

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  • by Alec660,

    Alec660 Alec660 Feb 21, 2015 5:39 PM in response to Matt Mcgregor
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    Feb 21, 2015 5:39 PM in response to Matt Mcgregor

    You could ask her to text the images to your Mac. Just go to iMessages on her iPad and select the images you want to send.

  • by Matt Mcgregor,

    Matt Mcgregor Matt Mcgregor Feb 21, 2015 6:05 PM in response to Alec660
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    Feb 21, 2015 6:05 PM in response to Alec660

    Hi Alec660,

     

    Do I use my iCloud address for this? I understand texting to a mobile device, not sure about the how to access texts on a MBP.

    I have actually emailed the images to my email account. But this is ridiculous. BOTH devices have

    - Wifi

    - Bluetooth

    - Airdrop

    - Made by Apple and purchased within the last 2 years.

     

    Why on earth, should I have to email images between devices that are sitting next to each other on the same Wifi network!!

     

    Appreciate the response, so thanks, but I'd like to find an easier way.

     

    Oh, and I also tried iPhoto via USB which doesn't work either.

     

    Ipad view in iPhoto.jpg

     

    Matt

  • by Alec660,

    Alec660 Alec660 Feb 22, 2015 6:59 AM in response to Matt Mcgregor
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    Feb 22, 2015 6:59 AM in response to Matt Mcgregor

    Hi Matt,

    Sorry for the late response. Click here to learn how to set up iMessages on an iPad:

    https://www.apple.com/ios/messages/ (Scroll down to the bottom of the page)

     

    To set up messages on a mac, click on the messages icon and sign in with your apple id.

     

    Many users have reported air drop not working well for them. It doesn't work for me and my devices are practically right next to each other.

     

    Hope I helped,

    Alec

  • by Demo,

    Demo Demo Feb 22, 2015 9:11 AM in response to Matt Mcgregor
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    Feb 22, 2015 9:11 AM in response to Matt Mcgregor

    Matt Mcgregor wrote:

     

     

    Oh, and I also tried iPhoto via USB which doesn't work either.

    Just a thought, but based on the fact that Image Capture and iPhoto did not see any of the images, that leads me to beleive that the images that you are trying to transfer are not in the camera roll on her iPad. You can only import images to iPhoto and Image Capture if the images are in the camera roll album on her iPad. If the images are in Photo Stream, she can save them to the camer roll and then you can import them.mAynced photos cannot be imported using this method.

     

    If the images were synced to her iPad from another computer, you can use a WiFi transfer app to move the images from her iPad to your Mac. I use this one.

    http://www.wirelesstransferapp.com/

     

    DropBox would be another way to transfer photos from her iPad to your Mac.

    https://www.dropbox.com/ipad

    https://www.dropbox.com/downloading?os=mac

  • by rccharles,

    rccharles rccharles Feb 22, 2015 1:06 PM in response to Matt Mcgregor
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    Feb 22, 2015 1:06 PM in response to Matt Mcgregor


    "To share content with AirDrop, both people need one of these devices using iOS 7 or later, or a Mac with OS X Yosemite"
    Use AirDrop to wirelessly share content - Apple Support

     

    third party wireless solutions.

    "Dukto is a simple application that allows you to share files between devices connected to the same (wireless) LAN network."

    http://www.tidal.it/?page_id=309&lang=en

    http://www.msec.it/blog/?page_id=11

     

    A simple and popular way to copy files and share files among your devices.

    https://www.dropbox.com/

     

    "Box lets you store all of your content online, so you can access, manage and share it from anywhere. Integrate Box with Google Apps and Salesforce and access Box on mobile devices" Rated the most secure cloud storage by SkyHigh Networks.  You can buy a license to run box one of your servers.

    https://www.box.com/