Have many interesting pictures on your iPhone and want to backup them on Mac? This article guides you through the process on transferring photos from iPhone 5/4S/4/3GS to Mac.

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3 Awesome Methods to Transfer Photos
from iPhone to Mac?
Thanks to the built-in camera of Apple iPhone, we are able to capture and store hundreds of
self-captured images and photos on its own hard drive. However, the memory of iPhone is
limited. You’d better transfer large-sized files from iPhone to your computer for backup so that
you can free up more space to save other new data. In this article, we’ll share 3 solutions with
the people who need to transfer iPhone pictures to Mac without iTunes.
Choose to read the method interests you:
1: Transfer iPhone pictures to Mac via iPhoto
2: Transfer photos from iPhone to Mac via Preview
3: Transfer iPhone photos to Mac with iPhone to Mac Transfer
Method 1: Transfer Photos from iPhone to Mac with iPhoto (Only
for photos taken with iPhone)
Step 1: First of all, you should connect your iPhone to the Mac and you'll see iPhoto will
automatically launch normally. If not, you can open the iPhoto manually.
Step 2: iPhoto will open to the Import window and show all the images and videos you shot
with the iPhone built-in camera under the "Camera Roll" category. Just select the pictures you
want to import into iPhoto.

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Step 3: Select the "Import Selected" option to transfer the checked photos into iPhoto. Or you
can directly drag the photos in the Camera Roll folder and drop to iPhoto.
Method 2: Transfer iPhone Photos to Mac with Preview (Only for
photos taken with iPhone)
Preview is another Mac built-in application for you to transfer iPhone photos in Camera Roll to
Mac computer.
Step 1: Plug your iPhone into the Mac and launch Preview.
Step 2: Navigate to the File menu and choose "Import from...(iDevice's name)" from the drop-
down list.

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Step 3: Choose the photos you want to transfer to your Mac and click the button of "Import" or
"Import All". Then, specify an output location where you want to save these transferred photos.
Method 3: Use Professional iPhone Photo to Mac Transfer (For
ALL your iPhone images)
As I mentioned above, the first two solutions only work for photos you taken with iPhone built-in
camera. If you want to export all iPhone images to Mac, iPhone to Mac Transfer is a good
choice for Mac users to transfer iPhone data, including music, movies, books, podcasts,
playlists, voice memos, etc. to Mac.
Tips: If you are running a Windows PC, I think you may like iPhone to Computer Transfer.
Step 1: Download and install the program on your Mac. Launch it and connect your iPhone to
the Mac. The program will detect your iPhone and show all the contents of your iPhone
including videos, audio, photos and more in the list.
Step 2: Open the "Photos" folder to bring up everything in your iPhone Photo Library. Check
the pictures you want to copy to your Mac.

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Step 3: Click on the export icon to start transferring photos from iPhone/iPhone 4/iPhone
4S/iPhone 5 to Mac. After a little while, the transferring will be finished and you can view the
output files on your computer as you want.
See Also:
• Sync iPhone Contacts to Gmail
• How to Transfer PDF Files to iPhone