Hi everyone i transferred all my pictures of my children onto my iphone so i could reset my laptop to factory settings. Well now i dont know how to put them all back on my lappy, some of the pics are not taken with my iphone, i cant loose these pics they are of my children from almost 6 years ago 😟 help me please 🙂
iPhone 5s, iOS 8.1
As you probably now understand, using iTunes to sync photos to a phone is designed in a way that the originals should always remain on the computer; i.e., the phone is not meant to be a backup for the computer. You can use 3rd party software to copy them from the phone back to the computer but the ones not originally taken on the phone are likely to be lower resolution than the originals. Following is one 3rd party software that claims to transfer iTunes synced photos. There may be others. http://www.wideanglesoftware.com/touchcopy/features/features_photo.php
What windows version are you running? Usually it will prompt you when you plug your phone to the computer.
Import photos and videos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your Mac or Windows PC
Import media to a Windows PC
Before importing your media:
Windows 8: Learn how to import photos and videos from a camera, phone, or DVD (Windows Help)
Windows 7 and Windows Vista: Learn how to get pictures from your camera to your computer (Windows Help)
If your computer doesn't recognize an attached iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch as a camera, and prevents you from importing photos to your computer, learn how to resolve the issue.
Jose@ wrote:
What windows version are you running? Usually it will prompt you when you plug your phone to the computer.
No version of Windows or Mac will prompt to transfer photos that were placed onto to the phone from a computer via iTunes sync. They are treated differently than photos that were taken on the phone. i.e., if you take a photo on the phone and connect to a computer, it should prompt as you say -- but it will then only allow you to transfer the photos taken on the phone that were never removed from the phone. If the photos are removed from the phone and then put back via iTunes sync they will not be transferrable by that method.
FoxFifth wrote:
Jose@ wrote:
What windows version are you running? Usually it will prompt you when you plug your phone to the computer.
No version of Windows or Mac will prompt to transfer photos that were placed onto to the phone from a computer via iTunes sync. They are treated differently than photos that were taken on the phone. i.e., if you take a photo on the phone and connect to a computer, it should prompt as you say -- but it will then only allow you to transfer the photos taken on the phone that were never removed from the phone. If the photos are removed from the phone and then put back via iTunes sync they will not be transferrable by that method.
Thanks Fox5th
iTunes: Syncing photos
You can't reimport pictures synced from your computer to your device back to your computer. You can only import pictures in the Camera Roll or Saved Photos from your device to your computer. If you need to retrieve synced photos from your device:
No 3rd party app needed.
Im using windows vista, im so not technical. I thought "oh ok i can store the pics on my phone m then jus put them back" im going to try the touchcopy link and see if i can sort it out. If not this phone is staying with me for life, it will become an antique. Ill let u know how i get onn. Thank you
Sent from my iPhone
Try to email to yourself first, it will be the easiest first step.
Thank you sooooooo much!! this has worked and all of my pics are now visible to be transferred back to my laptop. I cant thank you enough for helping me to retrieve all my children's pictures. Apple were no help what so ever.
Thanks again
Take care
You can try to transfer photos from iPhone 5s to PC by following ways:
1.Use cloud drive like Dropbox, One Drive. Upload your photos from iPhone to cloud and download on your computer.
2.Use iTunes. Open iTunes > Connect your iPhone > Select your phone's icon in the Devices list on the left. Click the Photos tab. If you want to sync all your photos, enable the option for "All photos, albums, events, and faces."
Read more from official support: Import photos and videos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your Mac or Windows PC - Apple Support
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