How to transfer photos and videos from your iPhones to macOS

Note: You will need to use either an Apple Lightning or USB type C cable to connect your iPhone to your computer.

• Connect one end of the Apple Lightning cable to your iPhone, and the other to your computer
• From within macOS open Spotlight Search
• Within Spotlight Search type: Image Capture and press Enter on your Keyboard
• Next, Unlock your iPhone

Note: If you are using a computer that is not also signed into your iCloud account. On your phone you will be prompted to; “Allow this device to access photos and videos?“. To which you need to select Allow.

• Return to macOS
• You will find that in Image Capture, your iPhone is no longer locked and you will see a list of the photos and videos stored on your phone.
• You can now either copy and paste photos and videos to your computer, or delete them from your camera roll

• Mydoodads article – A beginners guide to setting up a Synology NAS | Part 18 | Synology Photos
• Amazon store – Apple Lightning USB cable
• Amazon store – Apple USB-C to Lightning cable

• Apple article – Connect iPhone and your computer with a cable
• Apple article – Transfer photos and video from your iPhone or iPad to your Mac or PC