Backup iPhone: 5 Solutions to Transfer your iPhone Photos to PC

iPhones are great companions especially when it comes to storing files for you. Most people use their iPhones to store music files, documents, videos, and much other cool stuff. If you are that type of person who loves photos, then you will concur that iPhones can be very good in taking photos and keeping your albums intact. Regardless of the quality of storage and graphical display iPhones provide, things may turn sour whenever you lose those important photo files. Some good examples of photos one may never think of losing are wedding photos, birthday photos among others. Now, the point is it is always advisable to transfer and backup your iPhone photos and cut yourself some difficult experiences you should not be going through. Let's look at some very efficient methods to back up your iPhone photos.

• Part 1. Transfer and Backup iPhone Photos with iPhone Backup Tool
• Part 2. Transfer and Backup iPhone Photos with iCloud
• Part 3. Transfer and Backup iPhone Photos with iTunes
• Part 4. Transfer and Backup iPhone Photos with Photos app for Mac
• Part 5. Transfer and Backup iPhone Photos with PhotoTransfer App for Windows
• Video Tutorial: How to Backup iPhone Photos to PC

Part 1. Transfer and Backup iPhone Photos with iPhone Backup Tool

Wondershare TunesGo is designed to let you share especially files - multimedia content from PC to device and vice versa. Photo transfer can be achieved with ease using this cross platform software. The software allows drag and drop photo transfer whilst ensuring that photo arrangement is made quite easy to a user. Of course, you will have to install the iPhone Backup tool in your computer to help you backup iPhone photos to PC. The software is available for both Mac and Windows users. Download and install the software from the button below.

Step 1 You will need to first connect your device to PC using a USB cable, then launch the installed application. And click the option Photos on the top of your homepage.

Step 2 Your photo albums will appear and you will need to select the photos on the right click to select "Export to PC", and select the destination folder where you want to backup your photos and then click "OK" that you are set to transfer the photos to your computer.

You can also backup and transfer photos from iPhone to PC all in one click.

Part 2. Transfer and Backup iPhone Photos with iCloud

iCloud is another awesome place to backup those photos you really treasure. The cloud gives you 5GB free memory space, but you need to pay for more space in case you need to. To back your photos with iCloud, you have to set you an Apple ID. You can upload up to 1000 photos to iCloud but always keep in mind that whenever you surpass this mark, your photos will be automatically deleted and replace with the new ones you upload. After creating an ID, go to Setting and click on iCloud followed by a click on Photos. Enable the button next to iCloud Photo Library on iPhone to automatically upload your photos to iCloud.

Part 3. Transfer and Backup iPhone Photos with iTunes

One other great method to backup your photos is to use iTunes. iTunes is popular among users from the apple community but it is slowly moving to the Windows world as well. With iTunes, you can sync and backup your iPhone to PC. Just connect your iPhone to PC using a USB cable, then launch your iTunes application. The next step is to locate your device from the interface and locate photos to sync on them on the Settings tab. Click on Sync button on the lower right side of the interface and finish syncing your photos. Please note that iTunes could only sync the photos in Camera Roll which have been created by iPhone itself, the photos from Photo Library which have been synced by iTunes would be erased when you use it.

Part 4. Transfer and Backup iPhone Photos with Photos app for Mac

You can use the Photos app to import photos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your Mac. Make sure that you have the latest version of iTunes on your Mac. Importing photos to your Mac requires iTunes 12.5.1 or later.

To transfer photos from iPhone to Mac, you should connect your iPhone to Mac first. You might need to unlock your iOS device using your passcode. You might also see a prompt on the iOS device asking you to Trust This Computer. Tap Trust to continue. On your Mac, the Photos app automatically opens. If it doesn't, open the Photos app. The Photos app shows an Import screen with all the photos and videos that are on your connected device. To import a selection of photos, click the ones you want, then click Import Selected. To import all new photos, click Import All New Photos.

Photos and videos that you sync from your computer to your iOS device using iTunes can't be imported back to your computer.

Part 5. Transfer and Backup iPhone Photos with PhotoTransfer App for Windows

If you are a windows user and you wish to transfer your photos to your PC from an iPhone, then this is the app for you. The application is deigned to allow swift communication from PC to iPhone. You will need to install the app on your iPhone and PC for this to work. You can get both apps from http://www.phototransferapp.com. After installation, connect the two devices to same Wi-Fi networks, then start the app in your iPhone first. Launch your the phototransferapp on Windows.

If the connection is okay, you should be able to see your iPhone from the PC.

Click on your device and authorize the connection and click your device again for your photos to appear on the interface.

Select the photos you wish to backup on your windows PC, then find the application bar and look for an option named Download Images. Click on this button to download those images to your PC.

Video Tutorial: How to Backup iPhone Photos to PC