How to Sync Photos from Computer to iPhone

"Hi, there. Does anyone know if it's possible to sync photos from computer to iPhone 6 Plus without iTunes. Sometimes, I don't want to sync all photos from a whole folder to iPhone, because it takes so much space. What I need is syncing some selected photos from computer to iPhone to keep. Any suggestion will be appreciated. Thanks!"

Generally, iTunes is the first tool that people usually use to sync photos from computer to iPhone. However, as the user above said, every time it only lets you sync photo folder(s) from computer to iPhone, not selected photos. In this article we are going to tell you also the 2 ways, using iTunes and without iTunes, to sync photos from computer to iPhone.

• Part 1: Sync Photos from Computer to iPhone without iTunes
• Part 2: How to Sync Photos from Computer to iPhone using iTunes
• Part 3: Comparison of the 2 ways

Part 1: Sync Photos from Computer to iPhone without iTunes

Syncing photos from computer to iPhone would be really easy, but then there will be situations where you might not want to shift all the photos from the folder to the phone. iTunes does help in syncing photos and videos but most of the times, entire albums are to be transferred. This eventually occupies more space in the iPhone. Wondershare TunesGo is a very good option to manage and transfer your iPhone photos.

Key Features of Wondershare TunesGo:

Transer photo, music, video, contact, message and more between apple devices and PC/Mac without iTunes.

Transer daten between iOS devices directly

Transfer photos, music (purchased/downloaded), playlists, movies, TV shows, music videos, podcasts, iTunes U and audio books between apple devices and iTunes.

Convert live photos to GIF.

Create GIF from images or videos.

Fix & optimize songs’ incomplete ID3 information, album cover to iPhone directly.

Automatically convert iOS-unsupported music formats to compatible ones.

Intelligently export exclusive files to iTunes and automatically filter the duplicate files.

Smartly merge all duplicate contacts.

Perfectly rebuld your iTunes library.

Fully compatible with iOS 11

How to Sync Photos from Computer to iPhone using TunesGo

Step 1 Install and launch TunesGo

• Install this software from the internet and launch it right away.
• Use a USB cable to connect iPhone with your Mac or Computer.

• When the device is succesfully connected, the basic information of your iPhone will be displayed on the primary window of TunesGo. All the iPhone devise including iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6S, iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C and all the devices supporting iOS 5, iOS6, iOS7, iOS8 and iOS9 are supported by TunesGo.

Step 2 Sync selected photos from Computer to iPhone

• Click "Photos" on the top. The camera roll and photo library albums will appear. Click "Photo Library", you will find "+ Add" option. Click on "+ Add" > "Add File" or "Add Folder". Now you can sync photos from your computer to iPhone.

• Next, browse the photos on your computer which you intend to sync.
• For syncing photos, click on the photos option and choose new album. Give it a name and open it. Click on add item and sync the photos from the computer to the iPhone.

Part 2: How to Sync Photos from Computer to iPhone using iTunes

If you don’t turn on iCloud photo library, you will have to sync photos manually using iTunes. Set up iTunes for syncing photos from Computer to iPhone. Every time when you sync your Apple device with iTunes, the videos and photos on your Apple device will automatically update and match the albums on your laptop or computer. Follow these steps to import the photos that are not on your Apple devices:

1. Ensure that you are using the latest version of iTunes.
2. Open iTunes.
3. Connect your Apple device with your computer using the USB cable.
4. In iTunes, click on the ‘Device icon’
5. On the side bar, you will find the option of photos. Click on that.

6. There will be a box near sync photos. Click on that.
7. A drop-down menu will appear, select the folder or the app you want to sync photos from.
8. Next, select for syncing all the selected albums or the photos.
9. Next, click on Apply.

All your photos and videos will be transferred from your computer to the iPhone.

When you want to transfer photos from your Mac to your iPhone, you can do it manually by using iTunes. Although iCloud Photo library is the best way to store and access all your data, iTunes help you to do the job easily. Before beginning the syncing, ensure the following things:

• Update all your devices to the latest version of iOS. All your iPad, iPhone and iPod touch must be of latest iOS version; Mac must be of latest OS X version and Apple TV be latest tvOS.
• Ensure that you are logged in to iCloud using the same Apple ID that you use on all your Apple devices.
• Next, set up all your devices with iCloud. If you own a personal computer, download iCloud for Windows.
• Ensure that all your devices are connected with Wi-Fi.

Turn on iCloud Photo Library

• On your Apple devices: iPad toch, iPad or iPhone, go to Settings, then go to iCloud and then click on photos. Turn on iCloud photo library.
• On your Mac, go to System preference, then click on iCloud, then click on the option next to photos and then turn on the iCloud photo library.
• If you own an Apple TV, go to settings, then go to accounts, then go to iCloud and turn on the iCloud photo library.

Part 3: Comparison of the 2 ways

	iTunes	TunesGo
Easy to use	No	Yes
Sync the photos you want from computer to iPhone	No	Yes
Sync the photos you want from iPhone to computer	No	Yes
Transfer the photos you want between iOS devices	No	Yes
Convert live photo to GIF	No	Yes
Create GIF from images or video.	No	Yes