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How to Transfer Photos: Windows Vista/7 Users
If you have Windows 7 or Vista, there are two easy ways to transfer your photos directly to your desired folder or directory.
AutoPlay Method
When your iPhone device is connected, click on the Start Menu, and then Control Panel. Click Hardware and Sound. Select AutoPlay, scroll down to find where your iPhone device is listed, open the drop-down menu, and select "Ask me every time."
Step 1 - Connect your iPhone device
If you enabled the AutoPlay behavior using the method described above, you can skip this step, because your iPhone is already plugged in. If not, connect your device using the appropriate USB cable that your phone came with.
Step 2 - Import Pictures and Video
The AutoPlay prompt should appear with your device type listed at the top. Click the first link that says "Import Pictures and Video."
If for some reason the AutoPlay prompt did not appear, go to Start, then Computer, then right click on the icon for your iPhone device and select "Import pictures and video" from the context menu that appears.
Step 3 - Choose a directory, and import
Before you click Import, go to Import Settings, and select the "Import to" field to select the destination you want your photos to transfer to. By default, they will transfer to your My Pictures folder. You can also select the "Always erase from device after copying" option, though this is, as always, optional.
Click OK, then click Import, and your photos will be transferred to their designated directory.
Windows Explorer
If you don't want to mess with AutoPlay, you can find and transfer your photos manually using Windows Explorer.
Step 1 - Connect your iPhone device Step 2 - Click Start, then Computer
This should take you to a Windows Explorer page that lists your hard disk drive(s), and devices with removable storage. If connected properly, your iPhone device will register as a device with removable storage, and you will see the icon for it listed below this header.
Step 3 - Double-click your device's logo in Windows Explorer
Double-clicking your device will open it up as a directory, full of folders and sub-folders that store all of your phone's content.
Step 4 - Open your camera folder
Your camera folder should be located in [Your iPhone Device]\Internal Storage\DCIM\100APPLE. This means once you're in your iPhone's directory, click on the Internal Storage folder, then the DCIM folder, then the 100APPLE folder.
Step 5 - Transfer your photos
You can import your device's photos by selecting the ones you want, or pressing Ctrl+A to select them all, and dragging them onto your desktop. Or, you can hit Ctrl+C to copy the photos, and then hit Ctrl+V in the folder you want to copy them into.
Picasa only puts the pictures where you tell it to (the path is shown at the bottom left of the import screen). I'm not picking on you, but I DO recommend reading the Picasa instructions available on their site. It's one of the easier photo programs to use.
That said - if you know the name of at least one of the pictures you imported, you can use Windows search to find out what folder it was imported into.
Transfer Photos from iPhone to MacIn almost all cases, the fastest and simplest way to copy pictures from an iPhone to a Mac is with Image Capture and Preview. We'll discuss how with both apps: Using Image Capture to Import Photos in OS XThis is a fast and efficient way to pull photos off the iPhone, which treats the device as a digital camera:
Open Image Capture from the /Applications/ directory (or through Launchpad)
Connect the iPhone to the Mac through USB
Select a folder from the menu (default is Pictures folder) and then click "Import All"
OR: Select individual photos, and click "Import" to only copy those pictures over
You can also transfer pictures to your Mac with iPhoto or Preview, which is just as simple and actually has a virtually identical interface for initiating the transfer. Here is how to import with Preview: Copying Photos with PreviewThough Preview is usually thought of as an image viewer, it can also serve as a fast importer:
Plug your iPhone into your Mac
Launch Preview
From the File menu navigate down and select "Import from iPhone..."
Select "Import All" to get all the pictures, otherwise individually select pictures and click 'Import'
Look in your ~/Pictures/ folder for the photos from your iPhone
Optionally: Click the checkbox with "Delete after import" if you want to delete the photos after they have been copied over to the computer. The benefit of using either Preview or Image Capture is that these apps are on virtually every version of OS X since from the very beginning of the OS, so you won't find a Mac version without them. iPhoto on the other hand is generally limited to the consumer model Macs, thus making it not always available on pro models, but it does work as well, and iPhoto will also serve as a photo manager of sorts. Transfer Photos from iPhone to PC (XP)Using Windows Plug & PlayThis utilizes the pop-up that shows by default in Windows when a device is connected to the computer by way of USB.
Plugin your iPhone to the computer without iTunes running
Wait for a popup asking you what you want to do with the device
Select "View Content"
Find your photos through the folders that are displayed
Copy the images from Windows as usual
Note that in Windows 7 and Windows 8 you will often find the iPhone mounted under "Portable Devices" but it can also be found listed under "Digital Camera". Opening either will work to copy the pictures over, but typically Digital Camera opens directly to the DCIM directory whereas Portable Devices will sometimes require minor navigation within the folder to copy the files. Using iPhone as Digital Camera in Windows ExplorerIf your iPhone is already plugged into the PC, you can also try this method:
Open "My Computer"
Find the iPhone, it will appear as any other camera would
Open iPhone to find your Photos
Select the pictures you want to copy to your computer and copy/paste them into the desired location on your PC
The Windows approach treats the iPhone more like a file system, just like it does with standard digital cameras that are connected to a PC. That generally makes Windows even easier for moving pictures back and forth if you like to cut & paste things directly from one folder to another in My Pictures or My Documents. Nonetheless, you can also use your favorite photo importing application to pull the pictures from the device as well. Remember, if the iPhone pictures are not showing up in Windows, make sure the iPhone is unlocked first. Otherwise the iPhone will be found in 'My Computer' but all of the content on it will be invisible and inaccessible. If you run into that, all you need to do is touch the iPhone, unlock the screen and enter the passcode, and all of your stuff will be visible as expected. Finally, you can also sync your photos using just iTunes on either Mac OS or Windows but that is more for iPhone backup purposes and doesn't really serve as a means of accessing individual pictures.
On a Windows PC the easiest way to get pictures from your iPhone is to just use Windows Explorer, but there are two ways to go about this. In either case, unlock the iPhone before beginning, or else the photos may not be visible.
Hi Tiffany, When you try to import pictures from your phone are you using Samsung PC Studio?(Software CD which is included in your phone packaging) or are you simply connecting via USB cable and using Windows to download the pics? I'm confident that your import will work if you use Samsung PC Studio. If you don't have the disc you can download PC Studio from:
If you want to import photos with a Mac then you must plug in your iPhone and open iPhoto to import the photos. If you have a PC then plug in the iPhone and locate the Photo Transfer Wizard.
The easiest way to backup iPhone photos to computer is to just use Windows Explorer, and there are two ways to go about this. In either case, unlock the iPhone before beginning, or else the photos may not be visible.
Plug-in your iPhone to the computer without iTunes running then wait for a popup asking you what you want to do with the device, you need to select "Import Photos and Videos" and find your photos through the folders that are displayed, then copy the images from Windows as usual.
Or you can try the another way if your iPhone is already plugged into the PC. Open "My Computer" and find the iPhone, it will appear under Portable Devices section. Open iPhone to find your Photos and select the pictures you want to copy and paste them to the desired location of your computer. http://www.leawo.org/tutorial/how-to-backup-iphone-photos.html
opened iphoto and it gives "no items to import" ?
if true try this.
when iPhoto is open and your phone is connected, open the albumn of pictures you've taken with your iphone on your iphone. iPhoto should immediately recognize the new pictures you had taken and should indicate "x items to import." x being number of photos. An alternative to this can be If you individually delete the previously imported iPhone Camera Roll pictures using the trash can on the bottom right (touching the screen brings it up), iPhoto will then see the new iPhone pictures for importing. I believe this can be done without opening at the time of sync the iPhone Camera Roll picture album as you suggested. Give these a try and let me know.
Or you can try the another way if your iPhone is already plugged into the PC. Open "My Computer" and find the iPhone, it will appear under Portable Devices section. Open iPhone to find your Photos and select the pictures you want to copy and paste them to the desired location of your computer.
http://www.leawo.org/tutorial/how-to-backup-iphone-photos.html
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