How to Transfer Full Resolution Photos from iPhone to PC
If you want to know how to transfer photos from iPhone to PC without losing quality, find ways in this detailed guide and AOMEI FoneBackup might be the best choice!
Best way to transfer photos from iPhone to PC without losing quality?
I did by using a USB-C cable and imported the photos but they lose quality. One of my pictures was 4MB in size and now it’s s 2MB on PC for some reason. And some pictures have a grey shade over some of my photos and ruined them.
- Question from Reddit
We can easily take great photos with the advanced camera of the iPhone and record the bits and pieces of life. However, the iPhone has limited storage space and cannot store all the photos. So we need to transfer photos from iPhone to computer to free up space.
In addition, we can use Photoshop to edit the photos to make them much better. Whether you want to transfer photos to your computer as a backup, or want to beautify your pictures, you definitely don’t want to lose the original quality and metadata of your photos. So how to get full resolution photos from iPhone to PC? Keep reading to learn more.
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1. How to transfer photos from iPhone to PC without losing quality
How to transfer photos from iPhone to computer with usb? That's AOMEI FoneBackup! With its powerful feature, you can easily send high-quality photos and videos from iPhone to PC.
- 1000 + full quality photos can be moved to PC within 10 minutes.
- Preview and select photos/videos as you like to transfer.
- All files will be exported without any quality compressing.
- Fully compatible with iPhone 16/15 and iOS 18/17.
100% SecureYou can click the download button to get AOMEI FoneBackup and follow the steps below to get the best way to import photos/videos from iPhone to PC.
Step 1. Launch AOMEI FoneBackup and conntect your iPhone to computer.
Step 2. On the home interface, click the Phone Transfer option. Go to iPhone to PC and click Get Started.
Step 3. Click the plus icon > Select the photos you want to transfer and click OK to continue.
Step 4. Choose a storage path from the Transfer Settings option to save your photos > Finally, click Start Transfer to begin the task.
2. How to transfer full resolution photos from iPhone to PC wirelessly
iCloud service is the primary cloud backup and storage service for an iPhone. There is one feature called iCloud Photos. When this option is enabled, all your iPhone photos will be uploaded to iCloud without losing quality and you can check these photos via iCloud.com on computer.
On your iPhone: Connect your iPhone to a stable Wi-Fi network > Go to Settings app > Tap [your name] > Tap iCloud > Tap Photos > Turn on iCloud Photos and wait for the sync.
On your PC: Open a browser and go to iCloud.com > Enter your Apple ID and passcode to enter your iCloud account > Click Photos to view your photos in iCloud > Then you can download photos to computer at full quality.
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Apple only gives you 5GB of free storage on iCloud. When the storage space is insufficient, you will meet the photos not uploading to iCloud from iPhone issue.
3. How to send photos from iPhone to laptop without losing quality - Dropbox
Besides iCloud, there are many cloud storage services also can help you transfer full resolution photos from iPhone to PC, such as Dropbox, Google Drive, and OneDrive. You can save your photos to these clouds first and then download them to your computer.
Here we take Dropbox as an example. It's important to note that Dropbox only offers 2 GB of free storage.
1. Download the Dropbox app on iPhone.
2. Open the Dropbox app and log in to your account.
3. Tap the Files option > Tap the More icon > Choose Upload Files to upload iPhone photos to Dropbox.
4. On your computer, go to the Dropbox website and log in to your account > Find the photos you uploaded before and download them to PC.
4. How to transfer photos from iPhone to computer without losing quality - Windows Explorer
iPhone can act as a USB storage device when connected to a computer. You can open your iPhone in File Explorer and find your photos. Then you can copy and paste the selected photos to your PC.
1. Connect your iPhone to computer via USB cable > Tap Allow or enter the passcode on iPhone if asked.
2. Go to File Explorer > Find your iPhone under This PC > Open your iPhone.
3. Go to Internal Storage > DCIM folder > Open those folders named 100APPLE, 101APPLE, 102APPLE, etc. to find the pictures you need to transfer.
4. Copy and paste the selected pictures to PC without losing quality.
When your iPhone is not importing photos to Windows PC, that may be because there are no photos to import, iPhone's internal storage folder (DICM folder) is empty or something went wrong. You can try again or choose another way like AOMEI FoneBackup to fix it.
Final Words
That’s all about how to transfer full resolution photos from iPhone to PC.
- To transfer high-quality photos/videos from iPhone to computer with USB, AOMEI FoneBackup will be a nice choice, or you can use Windows Explorer.
- To send photos from iPhone to laptop/desktop without losing quality wirelessly, you can use iCloud or Dropbox.