How to Transfer Photos from Android to Computer

Connect Android to computer. You’ll use your Android’s charging cable to connect your Android to one of your computer’s USB ports.

• If Android asks you to choose a connection method, select Media device (MTP) on the screen before continuing. ^[1]

Open Start

. Click the Windows icon in the lower left corner of the screen.

Open File Explorer

. Click the folder icon in the lower left corner of the Start window. With this action, the File Explorer window will appear on the screen.

Click on Android’s name. This is the information displayed in the drop-down list on the left side of the File Explorer window. You’ll probably have to drag down the scroll bar on the left side of the File Explorer window to see the Android’s name.

• You can also click This PC in the top-left drop-down list, then double-click the name of your Android device below the “Devices & drives” heading in the middle of the window. book.

Double-click the “Internal storage” or “SD card” folder. The folder that you open may vary depending on where the photos to be transferred are stored and the type of storage available on your Android device.

Double-click the “DCIM” folder. You will see another folder here.

Double-click the “Camera” folder. This is where Android’s photos are stored. This will show you a list of photos saved on Android.

• If the photos are saved in an album, you’ll have to open another folder before continuing.

Select photos on Android. Click and drag your mouse over the photos you want to transfer to your computer to select them. You can also hold down the Ctrl key while clicking each photo to select multiple individual photos.

Click Home . This is the tab in the upper-left corner of the File Explorer window. A toolbar will appear below the Home tab after your action.

Click Copy . This selection has a two-sheet icon in the “Clipboard” section of the Home toolbar. The selected pictures will be copied as soon as you perform the operation.

• You can also click Cut next to the scissors icon to delete a photo on Android once it has been transferred.

Select the save folder. Click a folder on the left side of the File Explorer window. This will be the folder you use to save the images.

Click Home again, then choose Paste . The Paste option has an icon that looks like a paperclip and is displayed next to the Copy icon. This will move the copied image to the selected folder.

• If you click Cut instead of Copy , your photo will be removed from Android.

Connect Android to Mac. You’ll use an Android charging cable to connect your Android device to one of your computer’s USB ports.

• If your Mac doesn’t have a USB port, you’ll need to purchase a USB-C to USB-3.0 adapter.
• If Android asks you to choose a connection method, tap Media device (MTP) on the screen before continuing.

Open a web browser on Mac. Since Android doesn’t automatically sync with your Mac, you’ll need to download an official program to connect Android to your Mac.

Open the Android File Transfer page. You need to visit http://www.android.com/filetransfer/. This will open the program download page.

Click DOWNLOAD NOW . This is the green button in the middle of the page. The Android File Transfer installation file will be downloaded to your computer after this operation.

• Depending on your browser settings, you may have to confirm the download first or select a download folder.

Install Android File Transfer . On macOS Sierra and newer, you’ll double-click the DMG file, verify it in System Preferences, and then click and drag the Android File Transfer icon onto the “Applications” folder’s icon. “.

• On macOS with a version lower than Sierra, simply click and drag the Android File Transfer icon onto the blue icon of the “Applications” folder.

Open Android File Transfer. If Android File Transfer doesn’t open automatically, you’ll click Launchpad’s spaceship icon, then click Android File Transfer with the green Android model icon.

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Double-click the “Internal storage” or “SD card” folder. The folder that you open will vary depending on where the photos to be transferred are stored and the type of storage available on your Android device.

Double-click the “DCIM” folder. You will see another folder here.

Double-click the “Camera” folder. This is where Android’s photos are stored. This will show you a list of photos saved on Android.

• If the photos are saved in an album, you’ll have to open another folder before continuing.

Select photos on Android. Click and drag your mouse over the photos you want to transfer to your computer to select them. You can also hold down the ⌘ Command key while clicking each photo to select multiple individual photos.

Click Edit . This is the menu in the upper left corner of the Mac screen. You will see a menu displayed here.

Click Copy . This option is near the top of the Edit menu. The selected pictures will be copied after you perform the operation.

• If you want to delete files on Android while transferring data to Mac, click Cut .

Open Finder. Click the blue face app in your Mac’s Dock. A new window will appear on the screen.

Select the save folder. Click a folder (such as All My Files ) on the left side of the Finder window to choose as the folder to save the photos.