Saving iPhone photos to external storage device

I am trying to save photos from my iPhone into an external storage device. How do I do that?

iPhone 12 mini, iOS 26

Posted on Mar 7, 2026 7:49 AM

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Posted on Mar 7, 2026 9:12 AM

An iPhone 12 has a lighting port, so you will need an adapter to plug in an external drive. The drive should show up in the Files app. Then in Photos you can select pictures and choose Share>Save to Files, and then navigate to your drive. It works quite well.


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Mar 7, 2026 9:12 AM in response to LunaDelMar

An iPhone 12 has a lighting port, so you will need an adapter to plug in an external drive. The drive should show up in the Files app. Then in Photos you can select pictures and choose Share>Save to Files, and then navigate to your drive. It works quite well.


This says pretty much the same thing:

Transfer files from iPhone to a storage device, etc


Saving iPhone photos to external storage device

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