How to transfer pictures from your iPhone / iPad to your Windows computer

How to transfer pictures from your iPhone / iPad to your Windows computer

11)      Have the device on the Home screen

22)      Plug in the cable to the device and the computer

33)      Wait for Windows to connect to the device, either with the USB connect sound or installing drivers if this is the first you’ve connected the phone to the computer

44)      If File Explorer doesn’t open, click on the File Explorer icon in the Taskbar or type File Explorer in the Start a search field next to the Start button

55)      Look in the list on the left column for a device named “Apple iPhone / iPad” or the name of your device. (My iPhone5 is named Mary Jackson.)

66)      Left click on the device

77)      Double left click on Internal Storage

88)      Double left click on the DCIM folder

99)      Double click on the Apple100 folder (there may be multiple folder, and may need to check each folder for files)

110)  If the icons are small, change the View (fourth tab at the top of the window) to Extra large icons

111)  To select photos, there are a few ways:

A)     Select a single photo by clicking on it once to highlight, then right click for the menu to copy (leave the in the original location and place a file in the new location) or cut (remove the file from the original location and place it in the new location)

B)     Press CTRL and A at the same time to select all the files in the windows and them copy or cut them.

C)     Press CTRL and then click on each file you want to copy or cut.  If you need to scroll for more files, release the CTRL key, scroll, then press the CTRL button again

D)     Press SHIFT, then click on the first file you want to copy or cut, then click on the last file you want to copy or cut (again release the SHIFT key if you need to scroll down for more files) and the click on the last file to select all the files between

112)  Then click on the Picture folder in the left column and navigate to the folder that the pictures need to be in, or create a new folder

113)  Create a new folder by click on the folder icon at the top left, or right-clicking in a blank are of the window and clicking on New, then Folder and naming the folder, press Enter and then right-click and select Paste from the menu.  Or, just right-click and select Paste from the menu

114)  At the bottom of the window, when a file is selected, the status should say how many files have been selected, “51 items selects 102MBs” for example

115)  Two windows can be open at the same time for each folder, one for the device and another for the target location

116)  If two windows are open, files can be clicked and dragged across to the target folder or back to the device

117)  When finished, right-click on the USB icon, if present, in the lower right of the Taskbar, and the left click on the device to disconnect it.  If it is not there, wait until all operations (such as moving files) are complete, wait a few seconds, then unplug the device

118)  When cutting or copying files, a status window will be on the screen, when the operation is done, this windows will close automatically and any files that were pasted will still be highlighted until the mouse is clicked in a file

119)  The files can then be uploaded to a web site, or attached to an email

220)  When finished, close any windows that aren’t needed