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Fast and easy way to transfer photos from iphone to mac?
If you want to protect your privacy, you can utilize iCloud Photos, Apple's official cloud service. iCloud Photos is a full-featured, browser-based service that allows you to transfer iPhone photos to Mac and then download them in your Mac browser. The operation is intuitive, wireless transmission without data cable, compatible with related devices, secure and encrypted, in line with the privacy requirements, the following two parts of the introduction of the use of methods.
On iPhone:
1. Connect to Wi-Fi, make sure you are running iOS 12 and above, sign in to Apple ID, check iCloud space, turn on iCloud photos.
2. Make sure the photos are local, upload them automatically when you turn on the function, choose storage mode in Settings - Photos, check the progress in Settings - General - iPhone Storage.
3. Delete photos that have been uploaded and backed up to Mac, optimize local storage.
On Mac:
1. Connect to Wi-Fi, run macOS 10.14 and above, install Safari or Chrome, sign in with the same Apple ID as your iPhone.
2. Go to iCloud page in your browser, sign in and click the Photos icon.
3. You can select all photos (Command + A) or single-select or multiple-select (Command key assisted), tap the Download button to select the save path and then save it, and look at the progress bar at the bottom of the browser.
4. Confirm photos and videos in Finder save path, check naming and integrity, can be organized as needed.
5. Delete photos on the webpage when iCloud space is insufficient, log out at the top right corner of the webpage and close the browser after operation.
As you can see, this is a very simple way to let you transfer photos from iPhone to Mac or Windows PC. However, you need to have enough iCloud storage and it takes more time for uploading and downloading the photos.