How to transfer iPhone photos to a USB stick?

If you want to free up some space on your iPhone and still keep the photos backed up, copying them to an external hard drive is the way to go. CopyTrans Photo can transfer iPhone photos and videos to any external hard drive, USB flash drive or an SD card.

• Transfer photos from iPhone to a flash drive or external disk
• Use flash drive alternative

Transfer photos from iPhone to a flash drive or external disk

1. Download CopyTrans Photo to PC from the following page: Download CopyTrans Photo

2. Install the program. If you need help installing CopyTrans Photo, please refer to the installation guide.

3. Connect a USB memory stick or an external drive to your computer and run CopyTrans Photo. Then plug in the iPhone or iPad to the PC. iPhone photos and albums will appear on the left-hand side of the program window while PC photos will appear on the right.

4. Select your external drive or memory stick from the tree on the right.

5. From the left-hand side, choose the photo album or the photos or videos that you wish to transfer. To select multiple photos, press and hold CTRL on your keyboard while clicking on each photo or just select them using the mouse.

6. Drag and drop the selected set of photos or videos to the right side.

   NOTE: You can also drag-and-drop entire iPad photo albums in the same way.

7. Click on the “Apply changes” button.

   TIP: Looking to transfer all photos and albums from an iPhone to a USB drive in one go? Then use CopyTrans Photo to run a 1-click Full Backup.

8. The selected iPad photos and videos have been transferred to the external drive or USB memory stick of your choice.

This is how to transfer iPad or iPhone photos to a USB flash drive or an external drive with the help of CopyTrans Photo.

Use a flash drive alternative

There is another place for your photos to live in: iCloud. Flash drives get lost, but iCloud is always there and can be accessed from any device that can connect to WiFi. So, after you downloaded images to PC, you might want to upload them to iCloud. If you’re up to it, we have a tool to help, called CopyTrans Cloudly.

Here is how to upload PC photos to iCloud:

1. Download and install CopyTrans Cloudly:

   Download CopyTrans Cloudly

2. Run CopyTrans Cloudly and enter your Apple ID credentials.
   

3. If you have two-factor authentication enabled, make sure to allow the connection and enter the verification code you received:
   

4. After you connected your iCloud account to CopyTrans Cloudly, click “Upload”.

   

5. Select the files you want to upload to iCloud. CopyTrans Cloudly works with .HEIC, .PNG and .JPEG.

   

6. When everything is selected, click “Upload”.

   

7. Great! All your pictures are now safely stored in iCloud.