How to save your iPhone photos directly to an external hard drive on MacHow do I save my iPhone photos to an external hard drive? Using Image Capture you can cut out half the work!
If you take a lot of photos with your iPhone, you know how just how much space they can take up on your phone and in your iCloud account. Saving your photos to an external hard drive not only will allow you to free up space on your iPhone, it can also give you a safe place to store your photos in case you happen to lose them. Backing up your data is also a good thing!
Instead of transferring your photos from your iPhone to your Mac and then transferring those photos from your Mac to your external hard drive, you can automate the process using Image Capture on your Mac.
How to save your iPhone photos directly to an external hard drive on Mac
Plug in your external hard drive to your Mac.
Plug in your iPhone to your Mac. Make sure you select to Trust the computer if you haven't done so already.
Launch Image Capture from Launchpad.
Click on your iPhone in the sidebar.
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How to save your iPhone photos directly to an external hard drive on Mac