Are you looking for an easy way to back up your iPhone photos to a flash drive or a hard drive? Then you are in the right place as that is exactly what we are going to show you in this tutorial.
Here you will find detailed steps that will allow you to transfer your photos and videos from your iPhone to a storage device with ease.
Before you begin to make sure you have a USB Flash Drive or Hard Drive that is formatted with exFAT or FAT32 format.
Things you need:
You will also need a flash drive or hard drive that comes with a USB-C connector.
If you don’t have a USB-C flash drive, then you can also use an adapter listed below.
If you have an older iPhone such as an iPhone 14 or older, then you will need the following adapter.
Backup iPhone photos to flash drive or hard drive
- Connect the flash drive or hard drive to your iPhone by plugging it into its charging port.
- Launch the Photos app and select the photos that you want to copy to the flash drive.
- Tap on the share button from the bottom.
- From the share sheet menu tap on the Save to Files option.
- From the menu that opens, access the main Browse page and tap on your flash drive or hard drive’s name.
- On the next screen tap on the Save button to start copying your selected photos or videos to the flash drive.
In step 6 you can also tap on the three dots button to create a new folder in the flash drive and then copy your photos into that folder.
There you have it, this is how you can transfer photos from iPhone to a flash drive or hard drive and back up photos locally.
