How in God's name do I transfer video from my iPhone 5 to MacBook Air?

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How in God's name do I transfer video from my iPhone 5 to MacBook Air?

This is ridiculous. I mean, I can't believe that I have to go onto the Apple forum to ask this question, but, please, somebody, help me out. How in God's name do I transfer video taken on my iPhone 5 to my MacBook Air (running Yosemite)? I've: (a.) been to the vague and unhelpful Apple support page, (b.) read the (no) Help sections on iPhoto and iMovie, and (c.) looked on the Internet. Astoundingly, there's nothing. I've now made an appointment to go to the Genius bar ... to be walked through how to transfer video from my Apple iPhone to my Apple Mac. No, I'm not over 70 years old. ...

iPhone 5, iOS 8

Posted on Oct 25, 2014 10:25 AM

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Answer 1

Oct 25, 2014 10:33 AM in response to bongofriendy

Are they both logged in to the same i cloud account(you are on the wrong forum BTW). if so you should be able to have them synching together so that everything on one is on the other.-this link describes what to do iOS: How to transfer or sync content to your computer

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kahjot

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Oct 25, 2014 10:33 AM in response to bongofriendy

I find third party apps useful for transferring images. I've been using Photo Transfer App for two years: it works great. It's worth checking to see if it or an app like it is compatible with Yosemite.

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Old Toad

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Oct 25, 2014 10:37 AM in response to bongofriendy

Connect the camera to your MBA via its cable and launch Image Capture (located in the Applications folder). You'll be able to select the videos you want to import and save them in iPhoto or to any folder on the MBA.

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bongofriendy Author

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Oct 25, 2014 10:57 AM in response to Old Toad

Toad,

Thanks, man.

B--

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bongofriendy Author

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Oct 25, 2014 5:56 PM in response to nigelgreenlee

Nigel,

Thanks for the advice...

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bongofriendy Author

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Oct 25, 2014 5:58 PM in response to kahjot

Kahjot,

Checked out the app. Looks pretty good. Too bad that a third-party app is what gets the job done best.

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bongofriendy Author

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Oct 25, 2014 6:10 PM in response to bongofriendy

Update:

A friend walked me through it in iPhoto. Mind you, iPhoto was no help at all. Pitiful. I went to iPhoto Help and typed in "Import Video." Nothing. I typed in "Transfer video." Zilch. Ahhh, but you can import video. Really very simply. Connect device (in my case, iPhone 5) to MacBook, open iPhoto, click on iPhone icon under "Devices" in the side menu, click on the videos you want to import, and then click "Import Selected." Thank you, friend. And thanks to those who've replied to the original post.

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kahjot

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Oct 25, 2014 7:05 PM in response to bongofriendy

Glad you got it sorted out, using what you already have. I don't use iPhoto at all, so for me a third party app is a better fit.

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