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I have ten years old photos on my iPad 2 . They don’t seem to be able to reach the iCloud ! I want to transfer these photos to my iPhone 7 Plus before getting rid of my iPad 2 ! How do I go about it ? Thanks you .
iPad mini 2 Wi-Fi
Is iCloud Photos turned on in Settings->iCloud on the iPad?
Otherwise, you can try Airdrop form the iPad to the iPhone: link-> How to use AirDrop on your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support
If you have a computer (Mac or PC) with iTunes / Finder you can use that to transfer them out of the iPad and onto the iPhone.
Step 1: link-> Transfer photos and videos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your Mac or PC - Apple Support
Step 2: link-> Sync your photos manually using the Finder - Apple Support
link-> Use iTunes to sync your iPhone, iPad, or iPod with your computer - Apple Support
Is iCloud Photos turned on in Settings->iCloud on the iPad?
Otherwise, you can try Airdrop form the iPad to the iPhone: link-> How to use AirDrop on your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support
If you have a computer (Mac or PC) with iTunes / Finder you can use that to transfer them out of the iPad and onto the iPhone.
Step 1: link-> Transfer photos and videos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your Mac or PC - Apple Support
Step 2: link-> Sync your photos manually using the Finder - Apple Support
link-> Use iTunes to sync your iPhone, iPad, or iPod with your computer - Apple Support
Quoting directly from Apple… albeit from the iPhone User Guide:
Use AirDrop on iPhone to send items to nearby devices
With AirDrop, you can wirelessly send your photos, videos, websites, locations, and more to other nearby devices and Mac computers (iOS 7, iPadOS 13, OS X 10.10, or later required). AirDrop transfers information using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth—both must be turned on. To use AirDrop, you need to be signed in with your Apple ID. Transfers are encrypted for security.
Use AirDrop on iPhone to send items to nearby devices – Apple Support (UK)
Thank you for the suggestions.
However there is no Airdrop on my IPad 2 .
yes , iCloud is turned on on both appliances but the iPad is rejecting my password.
I tried to sync the iPad to my MacBook Air with a cable without luck ! although it looks as if they are communicating, I can’t find the photos on the MacBook Air .
My problem is I have about 6000 photos in The Cloud which I can see on the MacBook, iPhone , iPad 5 .
A lot (not all because of lack of storage ) of these photos are also on the iPad 2 . But I have also about 500 earlier photos on the iPad 2 which I would like to transfer to the iCloud .
What MacBook Air do you own?
What macOS is it running?
When you connect the iPad 2 to your Mac, the Photos app doesn't automatically launch and eventually ask to import the photos/images from your iPad 2?
@MichelPM: Really? AirDrop was released with iOS 7, I thought the iPad 2 had it.
Now that I think about it, maybe it didn't work with Macs then. Been a while can't remember for certain.
If the iPad is being detected, on the Mac, open the Image Capture app, and it should let you import all the photos as long as they were taken or created on the iPad. If they were synced before from a different computer, those cannot be copied back directly.
You would need a 3rd party application for to get them off the iPad in that case. iExplorer is a pretty good app for this. Link-> https://macroplant.com/iexplorer
AirDrop NOT part of iPad.
No AirDrop option in iOS 9.3.5 on 2011 iPad 2, running iOS 9.3.5.
NO Airdrop feature/option under the Photos app Share icon.
None.
I am almost sure at that time, AirDrop was both an iPhone and Mac feature, but this feature was yet to come to the iPad.
Maybe it was part of iOS 10 for iPad, but is no where to be found on either my iPad 2 or 3 models running iOS 9.3.5.
Sorry.
While it may take longer, you could always email these images to yourself in small batches to your iPhone and Mac.
Just another option to try with using this old iPad, just in case everything else fails.
Best of Luck to You!
There is no Airdrop feature on very old 9-11-year old iPad models.
What happens when you attempt to import the photos to your Mac using the photos app on the Mac?
I still have and own a fully active and functioning iPad 2, runnning iOS 9.3.5 and NO AirDrop feature found anywhere.
Transferring photos from obsolete iPad 2
