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Can’t import iPhone photos to windows 10 PC after iOS update?

Some iPhone users report that when they plan to import some iPhone photos to Windows 10 PC after iOS update, an unexpected error occurred during the transfer by Explorer, even the native Windows photos software would not work. How to solve this issue?

 

1. Check the Connection between iPhone and the computer

 

Check if your iPhone is in charger when connected the computer with the USB cable, if not, have a try to unplug and plug it again. Change to another USB cable to connect the iPhone and the computer, or plug the USB cable to another computer USB port to have a try.

 

2. Check if your iPhone can be recognized by the computer

 

Make sure that you have trusted your iPhone on the computer, and trusted the computer on the iPhone, open iTunes and make sure you can view the iPhone information.

view iPhone information in itunes

 

3. Change the transferred photo from HEIC to JPEG photo formatuter

 

On iPhone 7 Plus and later, iPhone use new high efficiency format .HEIC and HEIV as the photo and video file format. But unfortunately, photos software and Windows 10 doesn’t support the HEIC and HEIV files. Go to iPhone Settings -> Photos -> scroll down and find the Transfer to Mac or PC tab, tap Automatic. It will automatically transfer iPhone photos and videos in a compatible format (jpg and mp4).

import iPhone photos to windows 10 PC

 

4. Use the third - party application to transfer

 

If you have used the Automatic option when transferring to Mac or PC, it still fails. We recommend using iPhone Cleaner to transfer photos and videos to the computer. It is an iPhone desktop tool application that can help transfer iPhone data as well as manage and clean up iPhone storage. Download and install iPhone Cleaner on the computer.

Download for PCDownload for Mac

Run iPhone Cleaner and select Device Manager feature, and click the Photos button.

manage iPhone photos

After accessing the Photos option, you can click Export All to transfer all photos and videos to the computer.

import iPhone photos to windows 10 PC

And you can use other features to remove iPhone large files and application to free up iPhone storage

free up iPhone storage

 

 

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