

Now you have photos on your USB flash drive and a backup copy available on Google Photos.

You’ll see all your photos there, select the ones you need and download them.Now on your PC or Mac, open Google Photos in a browser.It has 15 GB of free storage and will require a Google account Back up your photos and videos on Google Photos.The process is simple and almost exactly like iCloud. Google Photos is another good cloud storage service that allows you to upload photos for free. Now you have successfully copied iPhone photos from your camera roll to a flash drive using the Photos App. Drag the whole library to the flash drive and wait for the Mac to transfer photos from iPhone to the drive.Open another Finder window, but this time open the Pictures folder you just copied.Now you can plug in your flash drive in the USB port of the Mac.This will transfer iPhone photos from iPhone to the Mac.Select the camera roll photos you want to transfer to the flash drive and then click on “Import Selected” or in case you want to import all photos click on “Import All New Photos”.Now you’ll see all your camera roll photos here.

Run it manually in case it doesn’t start it up Once connected, the Photos app will automatically boot up.Make sure you have the latest version of iTunes on Mac.It’s the same one that you use to charge the phone Connect your iPhone or iPad to the Mac using the USB cable.

You will need a USB cable and a macOS laptop or computer for this to work.Here is how you can connect your iPhone to the Mac and transfer files manually: You can download the photos and manually transfer them to the camera roll, which would be required to transfer them to a Mac. However, the Photos app can only transfer photos from the iPhone camera roll, so you won’t be able to use it for photos you got from other sources like iCloud shares or downloads. Using a Mac system to transfer photos from iPhone to a flash drive is easy thanks to the Photos app.
