Launch Image Capture and tap your iPhone’s icon in the sidebar.Open the Launchpad and find the Image Capture app inside the ‘Other’ folder.

If you have not used the device with your Mac before you will likely be asked to ‘Trust’ your computer. (Make sure it is formatted correctly to work with your computer before you begin this task). Once you put the equipment you need together, exporting all your images and movies to the drive is really simple.ĭon’t forget - the process may take a while to complete if you happen to have a large collection of items to backup. Here’s how to save images to a drive without saving them to a Mac first. That can be a problem when your Mac gets full. Many Mac users think they need to save those images and movies to their Mac before they get to save them to a connected hard drive. Not only does this mean you can get to your images and movies even when you are offline, but it also provides another form of backup to saving on your computer, device and in iCloud. That’s why so many people like to backup their iPhone images and movies to an external hard drive.

The best backups are the ones you control.