Copy files from your smartphone

 An older document, but it checks out.

So, you want to get your pictures off your iPad / Android tablet,

a short tutorial for Windows

 

Turn on computer and wait for it to completely boot up.

 

Plug in USB / Thunderbolt cord to Computer and tablet.

You should hear a chime when the computer detects the tablet being connected.

 

Click on File Explorer (it's the icon on the Taskbar that looks like a stack of folders).

 

Tablet should be in Devices and drive section of This PC (for Windows 8.1 and Windows 10) or  Computer (for Windows 7) called Apple iPad or your device's name.

            Double click on the device.

 

The next folder to show should be Internal storage, double click that icon.

 

If your iPad asks if you trust this device (your computer) tap on “Trust.”

 

Look for the DCIM folder, double click.

 

Apple iPad, you will see randomly named folders in ascending order.

Android, you will see a folder named Camera, double click that folder.

 

Highlight one folder or file (by clicking on it once), CTRL-A (press the CTRL key and then tap the A key) to select all the folders or files.  CTRL-C to copy them all.

 

In left pane, click on Pictures folder. The Pictures folder should be near the top of the list on the left column.  If you do not see the Pictures folder under Favorites, check under Libraries or click your User name to display all your folders, then you can click and drag the Pictures folders to the Favorites and create a new Favorite there.

 

Click on New Folder of CTRL-SHIFT-N to create a New Folder in the Pictures folder.  Name the folder (you can just type the name of the folder while it's highlighted in blue) and then press ENTER, the new folder should open, if not press ENTER again.

 

In the folder, CTRL-V to paste the folders and files.  Depending on how many folders and files, this can some time, longer than 20 minutes to an hour.

 

When done, look through the folders and rename as needed.  You can rename the randomly named folders Apple created by right clicking on the folder and selecting Rename.

 

On the iPad, you will have to delete the files that successfully copied (I don't know of a way to remove files all at once from an Apple device).  On an Android device, you can use CTRL-X instead of CTRL-C to Cut / Move instead of Copy.  Only do this if you are going to make a back up (to another device such as a USB flash or hard drive).