Transfer photos from iPhone 5 to PC without iCloud?

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Transfer photos from iPhone 5 to PC without iCloud?

Hello,

Please can somebody advise?

Having had iPhones for ages (3GS and 4) I have never had a problem transferring photos from my iPhone to my Windows Vista laptop. I have always plugged it in, then used the 'autoplay' option.

No problem.

But with my new iPhone 5 this option does not come up, nor is the phone visible in my 'Computer' section - the only thing that is is Photo Stream.

This is an empty folder.

I don't want to use iCloud - although it seems to be set up on my iPhone. If I ask it to delete the account it says it will delete everything stored in iCloud off my phone, so I am scared to do that!

Can somebody please explain (in very simple terms - I'm no techie!!) how I can do it 'the old way' - ie just transferring photos directly?

I sync and back up my phone as I should, it is just the photos that are a problem. The only way I have been able to do it so far is emailing them to myself!!

Thanks,

Em 🙂

iPhone 5, iOS 6, Windows Vista laptop

Posted on Oct 15, 2012 3:17 AM

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emmylou69 Author

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Oct 15, 2012 5:48 AM in response to emmylou69

Ahh - don't worry, have solved it now with help from someone on another forum 🙂

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TYCinIC

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Oct 21, 2012 2:32 PM in response to emmylou69

@emmylou69,

how did you solve this? can you link me to the solution on the forum you mentioned?

thanks for any help you can provide!

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emmylou69 Author

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Oct 22, 2012 6:47 AM in response to TYCinIC

Hiya,

It was as simple as having to unlock the iPhone before you connect it to the computer. Apparently this wasn't necessary on previous iPhones and Apple haven't told anyone.

When I unlocked it before connecting it worked fine - brought up the 'autoplay' window.

Hope this helps you :)

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rish92

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Mar 31, 2013 7:26 PM in response to emmylou69

It worked!! 🙂

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Chrisckc

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Apr 28, 2013 9:41 PM in response to emmylou69

hi emmy

i'm facing the same issue. could you link me to the solution on the forum you mentioned? Thanks,

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Apr 28, 2013 10:06 PM in response to Chrisckc

Have you tried: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3195 ?

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emmylou69 Author

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Apr 29, 2013 12:07 AM in response to Chrisckc

Hi Chris

All you need to do is connect the phone when it is unlocked :)

Or follow all the instructions on Mike's link.

It was as simple as that :)

Em

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Chrisckc

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Apr 29, 2013 12:29 AM in response to emmylou69

Thanks Em,

haha how dumb am i...i didn't realize the unlock is to unlock the phone ....i thought some thing needs to be unlocked from the settings in the phone... It working fine now. Thanks so much 🙂

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emmylou69 Author

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Apr 29, 2013 12:58 AM in response to Chrisckc

No problem, glad it helped :)

And you aren't at all dumb, it is an easy mistake to make!

Em :)

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Zloff

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Dec 30, 2013 10:40 PM in response to emmylou69

I would just email them to you're-self if you don't have more then five or so.

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Dec 30, 2013 11:48 PM in response to emmylou69

We can use Amacsoft iPhone to PC transfer to mvoe iPhone photos to PC in 2 steps, and I often use it to move songs to PC. Have a try, good luck!

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Jan 1, 2014 4:42 AM in response to thanksgee2

I wouldn't have thought any extra software was necessary to transfer the photos manually.

Once I'd realised I needed to unlock the phone, as mentioned above, the phone appears in Windows Explorer and I just selected it and 'drilled down' through 'Internal Storage' then 'DCIM' to get to individual folders of photos/videos.

I was then able to select any photos I wanted and copy them to my PC. This can be done by selecting individually using CTRL to pick non-consecutive items (or CTRL-A to select all ) and then using CTRL-C to copy the selected items. I then selected a destination folder on the PC and used CTRL-V to paste them into that folder.

Sorry if this seems obvious to some but not everyone knows.

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Jan 4, 2014 1:34 AM in response to emmylou69

No matter how many photos you want to transfer, or how large the file is, you can export them at one time. And all transferring process will be finished within 2 simple steps:

1. Launch transfer tool on your Mac and connect iPhone to Mac.

2. Preview and mark photos you want to transfer, then click "Export" to finish it.

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sallywil

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Nov 6, 2014 7:20 AM in response to TYCinIC

I transferred photos and video from my iPhone 5S by taking the USB cable from the phone's charger, connecting it to the iPhone and to my PC's USB port, and after Windows 7 recognized the iPhone, transferred the photos and video to the PC. The iPhone was displayed in My Computer just like a flash drive or flash card. I clicked "Open folder to view files," then "DCIM," and then chose the folder that contained the images. I did NOT expect this to work, but it did, perfectly.

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Jan 8, 2015 7:29 PM in response to emmylou69

Follow this article to transfer photos from iPhone to computer by simply copying:

Import photos and videos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your Mac or Windows PC - Apple Support

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