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Getting pictures from your digital camera onto your OS X Lion hard drive is a pretty simple task.

Launch Image Capture (its in your Applications folder) if it didnt launch when you connected your camera.

Now choose the appropriate application from the Connecting This Camera Opens pop-up menu.

Either way, an orange highlight shows you which photos are going to be downloaded when you click the Download button.

If you were to click the Download or Download All button now, Image Capture would download the photos in your camera to the Pictures folder inside your Home folder.

So try to remember.

If you dont, Image Capture scolds you with the scary warning dialog.

If youve organized your photos into albums on your iPhone, these same albums appear in the Photos app on your Mac.

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Youll learn how to use iCloud and AirDrop to import photos from iPhone to Mac wirelessly.

Table Of Contents: How To Transfer Photos From iPhone To Mac Click any title link below to go straight to that section of the article: Cable Or Wireless Transfer How To Transfer Photos From iPhone To Mac Wirelessly 1.

Transfer Photos Using AirDrop How To Transfer Photos From iPhone To Mac With A Cable 3.

Copy Photos To Folder On Mac Using Image Capture Note: If you have a Windows PC rather than a Mac, click here to learn how to transfer photos from iPhone to PC.

Cable Or Wireless Transfer There are two main ways to transfer photos from iPhone to Mac: Download photos from iPhone to Mac using the iPhones charger cable Copy photos from iPhone to Mac wirelessly (without a cable) Once youve explored the different ways to transfer photos, you can decide which method works best for you.

How To Transfer Photos From iPhone To Mac Wirelessly Do you want to know how to transfer photos from iPhone to Mac wirelessly There are many iPhone photo transfer apps available.

Below, youll discover two ways to copy photos from iPhone to Mac without having to use any cables: Download photos from iPhone to Mac using iCloud Photos Transfer photos from iPhone to Mac using AirDrop Method 1: Download Images Using iCloud Photos Best For: Automatic wireless transfer of all photos from your iPhone iCloud Photos offers a simple way to transfer your entire photo library from iPhone to Mac.

And once youve set it up, new photos that you take with your iPhone automatically download to your Mac.

Youll never have to think about copying photos to your Mac again The photo transfer happens automatically as long as youre connected to Wi-Fi.

What Is iCloud Photos iCloud Photos is Apples online photo storage service.

When you activate iCloud Photos, all your iPhone photos get stored in iCloud.

Images in iCloud automatically download to your other iCloud devices including Mac and iPad.

When you sync iCloud Photos on your iPhone and Mac, the same photos appear on both devices.

Note that iCloud Photos is different to iCloud Photo Sharing.

If youd like to share your photos with other people, iCloud Photo Sharing is a great option.

Switch On iCloud Photos How do you start using iCloud Photos Its simple On your iPhone, go to Settings Photos.

Click the Apple icon at the top left of the screen, then go to System Preferences iCloud.

If you dont have the latest macOS (Mojave), this checkbox is titled iCloud Photo Library.

Note that you must be signed in with the same Apple ID on your iPhone and Mac.

You can check this on your iPhone by going to Settings your name iCloud.

But once the initial transfer is complete, new photos you take with your iPhone automatically upload to iCloud (as long as you have Wi-Fi).

These images then automatically download to the Photos app on your Mac.

Note that youll need enough iCloud storage to store all your images in iCloud Photos.

You can buy more iCloud storage by going to Settings on your iPhone.

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