How to transfer photos from icloud to flash drive

Method 1. The Easiest Way to Transfer Photos from iPhone to Flash Drive
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Method 2. Transfer Photos from iPhone to Flash Drive via Photos App
Method 3. Transfer Photos from iPhone to Flash Drive via Windows Explorer
Method 4. Transfer Photos from iPhone to Flash Drive via iCloud

Why need to transfer photos from iPhone to flash drive?

iPhone comes with amazing photography technology allowing users to take beautiful photos. However, as the photo quality is updated, photos take more storage space than before. You may get the "iPhone storage full" notification, so just migrate some photos to USB and free up some storage space on your iPhone.

In addition, transferring photos from iPhone to USB flash drive is a wise idea to avoid data loss. If you got some important pictures on your iPhone, you can create a backup on a USB drive or other storage device. Once you encounter a problem making everything on iPhone lost, you can still have the extra copy of your photos. And USB comes with large storage and great portability, so you can take your photos wherever you go.

Next, we will introduce the 4 most commonly used methods to move photos from iPhone to USB thumb drive easily. And you can also follow the video guide.

Method 1. The Easiest Way to Transfer Photos from iPhone to USB Flash Drive

FoneTool is one professional iPhone transfer software. You can transfer iPhone photos, music, videos, messages, photos, contacts to a USB flash drive/external hard drive/ PC with ease. It is an ideal solution to protect your important iPhone photos from loss or damage.

● Fast transferring speed: This tool migrates data from iPhone to a USB flash drive with amazing speed, for example, 10 GB of photos can be moved to another place in no more than 10 minutes.
● Selective and preview Transfer: FoneTool allows you to select some specific photos to transfer if you don't want to move all pictures.
● Wide compatibility: It works with various storage devices and computers. You can move pictures and other data from iPhone like iPhone 14/13/12/11/X, iPad, iPod Touch to USB/HDD/SSD/CD/computer/laptop.
● Various backup & transfer features: Besides transferring to flash drive, it can also import files to an iPhone, and provides professional backup solutions to protect iPhone data from loss.
● Interactive and simple GUI: It is an easy-to-use tool, so you can figure it out quickly even for the first time to use.

Download and install FoneTool on your computer, then follow the guidelines below to securely download/transfer photos from your iPhone to USB flash drive.

How to Transfer Photos from iPhone to USB stick

Step 1. Launch FoneTool > Connect your iPhone and USB flash drive to computer.

Step 2. On the Home screen, click Phone Transfer option > Go to iPhone to PC.

✍Note: If you want to make a backup of your iPhone, you can select "Full Backup" or "Selective Backup" features.

Step 3. Click the "+" icon.

Step 4. Select the pictures you want to transfer and click OK.

Step 5. Click Start Transfer > Choose your USB flash drive as the destination, and you can create a folder in it. Then click Transfer.

Wait for the process to get finished, then all these selected pictures are saved on your USB flash drive.

Method 2. Transfer Photos from iPhone to Flash Drive via Photos App

"Photos" is a Windows photos manager that helps you export Camera Roll photos from iPhone to Windows 11, 10, 8, 7 computer. Then you can save them to an external USB drive.

1. Connect your phone and unlock it. Then click Trust and type the password if you are asked to Trust this computer.

2. Click Import and select From A USB device. After that, it will automatically detect your photos on the iPhone, you just need to wait for a few minutes.

3. Select the photos you don’t want to import because all the new photos will be checked by default. Then, click Import Selected. After the operation is 100% completed, you can see it in your Pictures folder.

4. Insert the flash drive into the USB port and create a new folder called iPhone pictures. Copy and paste those pictures into this folder.

Method 3. Transfer Photos from iPhone to USB Flash Drive via Windows Explorer

File Explorer is a built-in function of a Windows PC with which you can view and manage files in your devices and drives. You can use it to transfer pictures from iPhone to a thumb drive. Sometimes you can't find the DCIM folders on your computer because the connection has not been successfully built. If you have that problem, refer to this guide: Fix iPhone Internal Storage not Showing or Empty DCIM Folder.

1. Connect your iPhone and unlock it. Connect USB flash drive into computer and create a new folder called iPhone Pictures in it. Then, click Trust to allows your computer to access your photos.

2. Go to Computer or This PC, and you see a new device named xxx iPhone.

3. Then, double-click the iPhone and open Internal Storage > DCIM folder, then preview your photos here and transfer specific photos from iPhone to USB flash drive via Copy and Paste.

Method 4. Transfer Photos from iPhone to Flash Drive via iCloud

Firstly, please make sure there is enough iCloud space. This method allows you to upload all your photos to iCloud and then download them to any networked computer. However, iCloud's free space must be larger than the space occupied by the photo. iCloud offers 5GB of free space, you may need to upgrade your iCloud storage before you can store more photos.

Here are how to download pictures from iPhone to USB flash drive

1. Open the "Settings" of the iPhone. Enter the Apple ID.

If you haven’t logged in, tap Sign in to the iPhone, enter your Apple ID and password and click Sign in.

2. Select "iCloud">"Photo".

3. Click on the "iCloud Photo Library" switch. Then, as long as Wi-Fi is connected, the photos and videos on the phone will be uploaded to the iCloud account.

If you have a lot of photos, you may need to upload them for hours and be patient.

If you want to save iPhone storage, tap Optimize iPhone storage to keep smaller versions of your photos on your device.

4. Download and open iCloud on your computer. In a web browser, go to https://www.icloud.com/.

5. Log in to iCloud. Enter your Apple ID email and password. If you are already logged in to iCloud, you can skip this step.

6. Click on the "Photos" app and enter. Click the Photos tab in the upper left of the page.

7. Select the photo you want to download. Hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac) and click on each photo you want to download.

8. Click the "Download" button. Select the download location and the photo will be downloaded to your computer.

9. Insert the USB disk, open it, and create a new folder called iPhone pictures.

10. Copy and paste the image file imported into the computer and move it to the USB.

Conclusion

Here we discussed 4 methods of how to transfer photos from iPhone to USB flash drive. You can choose the 4 tools to transfer pictures from iPhone to your flash drive based on your need. By contrast, FoneToolcan be the best choice in most conditions with its fast speed and various advantages.

By the way, you may have some duplicate photos after the transfer, FoneTool provides Photo Deduplication feature allow you find and delete duplicate photos on iPhone and PC.

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How do I Download my entire iCloud photo library?

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

On iCloud.com, tap Photos..

Tap Select, then tap a photo or video. To select multiple photos or videos, tap more than one. To select your entire library, tap Select All..

Tap the more button ..

Choose Download, then tap Download to confirm..

How do I transfer iCloud photos?

To start a request to transfer the photos and videos in iCloud Photos: Sign in with your Apple ID at privacy.apple.com. Select Transfer a copy of your data. Follow the prompts to complete your request.

How do I transfer photos from iCloud to external hard drive 2022?

Press Ctrl on your PC or Command on Mac and choose multiple or total photos in iCloud. 5. Go to the right upper corner and click the Download button in cloud shape and click Download to save the photos on your Windows PC or Mac.