Cannot transfer image from Windows to iPhone via cable

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Cannot transfer image from Windows to iPhone via cable

How can I transfer an image from Windows 10 to my iphone over a cable?

I can see the iphone in itunes. But there is no function to transfer the image file that direction.

Windows has some fool app that opens when I cable them together. But it will not transer that direction.

I can see the iphone as a USB resource in "This PC". It opens as Internal Storage, then as a folder named 202601_. If I try to drag the image file into this folder I get a circle bar symbol, which means "No no, we know better'n you what you need."

This is an image pertaining to medical records. I do not want to send the image over email, or via some cloud, where who knows who might look at it. A cable is the route.

Please don't waste your time telling me "You Can't." USB resources normally support two directional transers.

Is it not permitted because of security concerns? That would be bogus in this case. I control the physical access to both devices. There is zero security concern.

Sorry about the attitude, but I paid $500 for this phone. I feel I should be able to use it in this way.

THANX IN ADVANCE

iPhone SE, iOS 18

Posted on Jan 30, 2026 7:57 PM

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woodness Author

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Jan 30, 2026 8:14 PM in response to woodness

OK, I found a way to do it, by hunting around within itunes. Click on the rectangle at the top left that represents the phone. A menu opens. Click on photos. At the top there's the words "Sync Photos". Just to the left of this there's this innocent-looking little square. Actually, that's a secret button, click on it. This make the function come alive, altho it's a little toady to use but it can do the job. For some reason it's programmed to erase stuff on the phone, THEN transfer the file I want to transfer.

Actually, the whole management is toady. I want every last function that the system can do in one pull-down menu at the top. Why have secret buttons and secret key combinations?

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