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[Plasnart]

Question: Can an apple iphone be plugged into a PC to transfer photos?
Reason: I've been a satisfied android user until the last few years when I stupidly thought I could get adequate service from a cheap (low $200s) phone. Nope, so bought another. Nope again so bought another. Now I've got 3 sh1t phones when I could have bought a decent one! I used to have a work-issued iphone and it gave me no problems so now thinking of crossing back to the dark side. Iphone SE is $679 with specs that will do me fine, I think.

Hence my question. Can I transfer pics from the iphone to a PC easily? Just plug and play or is it a bit more of a hassle?

[Maxhead]

What? People still use PC’s?
Well, I’ll be


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[Plasnart]

What? People still use PC’s?
Well, I’ll be


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Old Skool mate. I don't cloud or anything up there either.

[MB]

Question: Can an apple iphone be plugged into a PC to transfer photos? …………………Just plug and play or is it a bit more of a hassle?

FULL Tech Answer: Yes Plassy Mate, iTuneys required though on top of your desk which in its self can cause issues.
SMALL Outback Tip: Sucks when off grid and trying to access your devices already downloaded track maps and icrapple decides it’s time to connect to iTuneys for an update before seeing what you already own, guessing the same for music/photos too?
TIP: Always carry backup Paper Maps


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[Plasnart]

FULL Tech Answer: Yes Plassy Mate, iTuneys required though on top of your desk which in its self can cause issues.
SMALL Outback Tip: Sucks when off grid and trying to access your devices already downloaded track maps and icrapple decides it’s time to connect to iTuneys for an update before seeing what you already own, guessing the same for music/photos too?
TIP: Always carry backup Paper Maps


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If I have to deal with itunes its a deal breaker. Has to be plug and play direct between devices. I don't do elec maps only paper ones (Old Skool mate haha!). Only asking about photo transfer which is important to me.

[Hodge]

Surely nowdays there is a protocol to just plug the phone in and access a photo folder directly from the explorer ??
Or is crapple still shoving their iTunes down people's throats ??
Sorry Plasy . No direct answer here. Have been Apple free for decades so dont know how far backwards they've catapulted.

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[Cuppa]

Itunes no longer exists on Macs.

Transferring photos to a PC from an iphone should be as easy as running a usb cable to the PC from the iphone & having the PC treat the iphone as USB stick.

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[Plasnart]

Thanks @Cuppa great advice mate. That's exactly what I was hoping for.

[Brissieboy]

There is also a free windows programme 'EaseUS MobiMover' which allows two-way transfer of various files between PC and iphone as well as backup management - all without itunes.

[jff45]

Just use iCloud for Windows and your photos will be on the PC anyway.