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How to transfer downloaded photos to the Photos app on iPhone 17 Pro?

How do you move photos from a downloaded file to the Photos app on iPhone 17 Pro



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Original Title: Moving downloaded file

iPhone 17 Pro, iOS 26

Posted on Jan 26, 2026 2:08 AM

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User profile for user: Richard.Taylor
Richard.Taylor
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Jan 29, 2026 11:18 AM in response to Mypippa

Mypippa wrote: How do you move photos from a downloaded file to the Photos app on iPhone 17 Pro

How did you "download" this picture? Here I've selected a picture of an interesting book from a screen on Safari

and, with a long press, I get a menu with "Save to Photos" as an option.


What did you do? Are you sure that what you have is a picture file, and not a pdf or something else?

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