copy photos from pc to iphone without itunes

#COPY PHOTOS FROM PC TO IPHONE WITHOUT ITUNES SOFTWARE#
#COPY PHOTOS FROM PC TO IPHONE WITHOUT ITUNES WINDOWS#

If you can't use iTunes, I guess you're stuck with using an Apple Camera Adapter. I drag and drop from pc to phone photo directory and.done. I knew it was a pain in the ass but didn't think it was this crazy. Holy fuck, I new Apple loved their walled garden and all but no way in hell would I ever to commit to this platform.

#COPY PHOTOS FROM PC TO IPHONE WITHOUT ITUNES SOFTWARE#

I found some unofficial software packages for the PC that can supposedly handle this task but I haven't tried them. If they are detected properly, Photos will start up and allow you to select photos to import. If the photos are not arranged this way, the iPhone will not detect them. The filesystem has to be FAT, FAT32 or exFAT. If the photos came directly from a digital camera, the filenames should be okay. Otherwise, you will need to use a powered USB hub.įor all three devices, the files must be arranged in the DCF directory structure.

The USB 3.0 version might work with more devices as it has a Lightning receptacle for power. The rest needed more power so the iPad displayed an error message.

On my USB 2.0 version, only one of my USB keys and one of my card readers worked. The USB adapters are meant for connecting directly to a self-powered camera. The other two are the Lightning to SD Card Camera Reader and the Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter. I have the Lightning to USB Camera Adapter (for USB 2.0). There are also the three Apple Lightning to camera devices.

#COPY PHOTOS FROM PC TO IPHONE WITHOUT ITUNES WINDOWS#

I just tested this with my iPad on Windows 10. Copying from the PC to the iPhone does not work. Unfortunately, you can only copy photos from the iPhone to the PC. If you connect the iPhone to your PC without iTunes, it will be visible in Windows Explorer using a PTP connection. It also dumped a whole collection of resized versions for every size of Apple device on the PC hard drive. There's the iTunes photo importing function, but the last time I tried it, it only sent a reduced size photo that fits the screen of the iPhone. The official method is iCloud Photo Library which is a paid service if you need more than 5GB and it requires an Internet connection. What are you going to do with these photos? If you intend to use photo editing apps such as Adobe Photoshop Lightroom for iPhone, you need to explore the specific import methods recommended by the app.Īll the official Apple methods have their problems.

Copy photos from pc to iphone without itunes