Image Capture is my preferred method because it’s fast, efficient, no frills, and allows users to quickly and easily copy the images from an iPhone (or iPad, or any camera), directly to the Mac.

OR: Select individual photos, and click “Import” to only copy those pictures over.

Select a folder from the menu (default is Pictures folder) and then click “Import All”.

Connect the iPhone to the Mac through USB.

Open Image Capture from the /Applications/ directory (or through Launchpad).

Image Capture is a fast and efficient way to pull photos off the iPhone, which treats the device as a digital camera:

Using Image Capture to Import Photos in Mac OS X How to Transfer Photos from iPhone to Macįor Mac OS X, the fastest and simplest way to copy pictures from an iPhone to a Mac is with Image Capture and Preview. We’ll cover the Mac OS X methods of how to copy pictures from an iPhone to a Mac first, and then how to copy pictures from iPhone to Windows methods second.īefore beginning, make sure the iPhone is unlocked.

There are a few means of copying pictures from iOS to computers, we’ll cover more than one each so that you can decide which method is appropriate for you.

How to transfer photos to Windows PC from iPhone.

How to transfer photos to Mac OS X from iPhone.

If you want to jump directly to the transferring photo guides on this page for Mac OS X or PC, use these links:

How to send iphone photos to computer