Move Photos & Videos Directly From iPhone to External Hard Drive - Step by Step Instructions

[@spillthegoods]

Here is another video I made that will help anyone who has an iPhone 14 or earlier! Let me know if you have any questions! kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJ27e5SHbJVprK8si=He6DvgB0RoBbC6ar

[@rachnaram]

Thanks I got the answer

[@grassmanBoca]

My I phone doesn’t have usb c it a lighting

[@asiyadua9590]

I want to move years of photos and then delete from iPhone. Can I follow the same process?

[@patrickmcguire7929]

Want to do the same with Voice Memos from iPhone SE 3rd gen. (2 year old phone) to external hard drives (1 year or 1.5 old) iCloud destroyed 7756 titles (iMac 2 year old Big Sur 11.7.10 won't go further) iOS is 17.2. incompatible was the supposition. 🤬Spent 6 years flailing with merely organizing aprox. 20 thousand Voice Memos now. Used to use iTunes to organize. Apple reps have ZERO Voice Memo knowledge. Unlikely to get a response, or know IF I do.🤷🏻‍♂ Apple rep today said; (1 of 4 wasted 2.5 hours of my day) par for this plight, "USB A - lightning will do". Other said USB C, can NOT find ANY answers from Apple now for 6 years. Air dropping takes a REALLY long time with that many 20K aprox. iCloud SUCKS. And my USB ports have NEVER worked to import ANY of my 6 iPhones thru the years via my iMac, NO MATTER New or older device. Skips WIDE swaths of hundreds or thousands of photos & wants to import what was ALREADY on Mac/hard drive. Same issues - Voice Memos. Their /feedback is useless. I feel as though I'm in a Twilight Zone episode- old reference from 1960's.

[@michaleszczynski7445]

What about iphone 11? I do have exactly the same SANDISK / 2TB, different wire (lightning + usb-c) and nothing happens :(. I cannot find hard drive into my iphone :(

[@rick_b2534]

WOW!!! I tried this several times, without the transfer. This so helpful to see your steps, many thanks

[@spillthegoods]

So glad that it helped!

[@bubbachunky9]

@@spillthegoods Why not "export unmodified originals"?

[@ManCan1203]

Does this work on iPhone 12?

[@joescience1]

This video is the one I’ve been searching for all this time! I used a LaCie drive and it worked perfectly. You found the magic formula for getting videos off an iPhone!

[@spillthegoods]

So happy it helped!

[@eddy802]

and you can move "Save to Files' up your export options list (Edit Actions), to reduce the scroll time

[@laurabenza3192]

This was perfect!!! I was just needing to know a method to transfer pix off my daughters iPhone to an external hard drive (SAMSUNG SSD T7) and your tutorial worked perfectly.

[@spillthegoods]

That makes me happy, so glad it worked out!

[@McTexicanInColorado]

This is a helpful video with a warning. Do not use these Sandisk drives. You might be ok if you have an older version 1 drive, but the new version 2 drives have a high failure rate. There are plenty of KZbin videos to back me up on this. I have experienced the pain of this personally. Luckily, I never back up to just one place.

[@spillthegoods]

You are absolutely correct on this! Redundancy when it comes to your Photos/footage is super important. I try to save my Videos and Photos in at least two places (iCloud & a storage device) that way if one fails I have a backup. I have experience the pain of losing important footage and it is a massive bummer.

[@McTexicanInColorado]

@@spillthegoods Agreed. As a network engineer, redundancy is king!

[@SamuelGarcia-rf4th]

Can you explain why it fails and an alternative external drive? I have this and would consider purchasing a more suitable product.

[@McTexicanInColorado]

@@SamuelGarcia-rf4th I’m not sure why it fails but like I said, there are plenty of KZbin videos about it. That’s how I found out. I have two Samsung T7’s 4GB drives and they have been solid so far

[@ShibaSoftware]

I have the 2tb version of this drive. It completely fails. I can’t even transfer a 30 mb video without the iphone 15 pro max crashing.

[@ZakMcallister]

I’m an IPhone user and a Windows PC user. Getting files from my IPhone to PC has been a 7 year journey of pain and if this method actually works I will be so hyped

[@spillthegoods]

As long as you have an iPhone 15 or later, you are going to pretty excited. It has made my life so much easier.

[@MiaHessMusic]

I understand. I'm in the same boat. I have found lately that I can use my cable and my PC sees the Gallery but that's it. From there I can transfer.

[@ZakMcallister]

@MarkHardstaff-pj1fo 4k footage is what I frequently need to send over. This is particularly difficult because I work as a performer on Cruise Ships and internet is nonexistent. Apart from that it’s so infuriating that they took this long to give a solution to Apple and PC users. Apple went out of their way to make things as difficult as possible for file transfer and I’m just glad that’s over.

[@ZakMcallister]

@MarkHardstaff-pj1fo it’s exponentially longer to use Google Drive as a middle man than to just do a direct transfer fyi I’m assuming you don’t send a lot of large files

[@mnob1122]

I assume this won’t work with an iPhone 8 Plus.

[@Reddog1255]

Tip when using this drive are you must turn your phone or iPad off before disconnecting drive, if ssd drive doesn’t appear in files, you must hook it to a computer open file then shut file, then try with iPhone again should appear in files, these work with iPad iPhones but you have to follow these rules and it probably won’t hunt to wait a minute or two before starting to disconnect

[@shelob12347]

What happens if I don’t?

[@hakanakdag9491]

Nice explanation. I have that external ssd and it’s awesome. Very fast and stable. I just love it.

[@williamelder7011]

Hello, which version of iPhone are you using? Have you experienced any crashes like above comments? Thank you.

[@dawnb7457]

This is the simplest explanation I have ever seen. THANK YOU!!!

[@engespress]

Thanks. It worked for me. I used this method to save my photos and videos to an SD card. Warning: turn off low-power mode. Thought it wasn't working and tried half a dozen times before I realized the phone was on low power. Also, can use the export function too.

[@spillthegoods]

Thanks for sharing that! Very good to know!

[@IreneYoungFoto]

Your Sandisk used to be my fave until I met Crucial. Thanks for the video!

[@duncankelman]

Fantastic - I really didn't know how to do this, transferred 60+ videos in a few minutes! Great job, thank you!

[@spillthegoods]

You're welcome! So happy it worked!

[@mikefixac]

This is an excellent video. Let me add something: The reason why you go to "files" app first is that by selecting the SSD, then when you go to photos to "save to files" it remembers the SSD you chose and goes there when downloading files. I may be wrong on this, and will stand corrected if so. Also, to save another step, and go directly form phone to SSD and not to even bother with downloading: iPhone 15 Pro. To record video directly to an external drive using an iPhone 15 Pro or Pro Max, plug in the drive and switch to ProRes. You will see it now says USB C by the USB C port which means any video will be recorded onto the drive. You can also use a 3rd party app such as the Blackmagic app. (I typed in "search box" "where is pro res on iPhone" and it took me there. Once in camera app, in video "pro res" will be on upper left of phone screen. Click on that and camera will record to USB-C.) Thanks so much for the video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmLNp5qgbKiah6M

[@ChooseCompassion]

Crazy helpful! Straight forward, concise and easy to follow. All in a short period of time. Making it that much easier! You grab yourself a new subscriber. ✌🏼

[@yinhaowu]

Thanks for bringing up such an interesting way of outputting pictures. But can you designate a specific location on the hard drive to store the pictures?

[@tanyavaldez7706]

I did, but my files have a dot before the file name and giving me an error stating - "This file isn't playable. That might be because the file type is unsupported, the file extension is incorrect, or the file is corrupt." I wonder if that has anything to do with it.

[@EspinalPhotography]

I had no idea I could do this! 😮 Thanks!

[@WelcomeCampers]

Love these tips!!!!! using external drives is not something that I am skilled with yet... but with a mac mini.... I need that external storage... esp when making youtube content!

[@spillthegoods]

Fellow KZbinrs! So happy it helped!

[@lefty1024]

THANK YOU! THANK YOU,for how you made and demonstrated this. KISS! Thank you

[@spillthegoods]

So happy it helped!!

[@lawrencerogers576]

You explained it so well. Thank you.

[@spillthegoods]

You're very welcome!

[@ss22076]

Brilliant! This is a clear and straightforward instruction, thanks 🙏

[@surferbrad]

Straightforward and to the point. Thank you!

[@spillthegoods]

I am glad it was helpful!

[@MilmidStudios]

Made life a lot easier. Thanks!

[@thaonguyen-sp7xf]

Great and simple lesson for all. Thanks

[@spillthegoods]

You are the best! Thanks!

[@to_her_]

Thank you Spilly

[@spillthegoods]

Glad it helped!

[@chriswatts1909]

A very helpful video. You have just answered my questions . Thank you

[@spillthegoods]

So glad it was helpful!

[@melraine919]

Brilliant 🤩 thank you for the demo and info 👍🏼👊🏼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

[@spillthegoods]

So glad it was helpful!

[@mojirollar]

This was very helpful, thank you! I've been struggling with running out of space on my iCloud and also photos not immediately uploading to iCloud. And I needed to figure out the fastest way to get photos from my iphone and upload to KZbin

[@spillthegoods]

I am so glad this was helpful!. It has also helped us keep photos and videos on our phone more organized and it has become far less overwhelming to create youtube videos. Good luck to you on KZbin, go and change the world!

[@juliet7857]

Thank you!

[@KuldaevaWatercolor]

Thank you for the instructions!

[@spillthegoods]

So happy it helped!

[@NativeHomesteadLiving]

this was very helpful, thank you!

[@spillthegoods]

So happy it helped!

[@quezosarap]

man this is awesome your a savior. blessed you

[@happy92super34]

Super helpful & explanation showing pretty clear! Thanks

[@HarryTwoDogs]

Thanks. Nice office there. I had no clue my Samsung T9 SSD would come up on my iPhone files directory. Nice to know.

[@spillthegoods]

Glad this helped! Thank you for the comment. 🙌

[@Zero2AMilli-es5pr]

oh my god man thanks for this, I just subscribed off of this one video, you just helped me out tremendously. Thanks again

[@spillthegoods]

You are a legend, more to come.

[@estalindabelle]

God bless you little dumpling i needed this , im slow lol

[@abhishekghosh171]

Thanks man, it's really helpful

[@spillthegoods]

Glad it helped!

[@michaelhanes8214]

Do you have to do one photo at a time or can you just transfer everything in one swoop?

[@nenaconley313]

Didn’t work with my iPhone 16, once you save to the files doesn’t save to external HD immediately!

[@daramiana]

The best description.

[@KAMILADIASZ]

Great tip!! THANKYOU

[@spillthegoods]

Glad it was helpful!

[@rachnaram]

Thanks for this. Does this method work with older iPhones which has thunderbolt connection - say iPhone 11

[@ajsilseth7948]

Good video. When I went to the save part, iCloud was the default location. It took a while to (and watching a separate video) to learn at that point, on my setup, I had to hit “browse” again and select my ext. hard drive again. Also, two older HDs wouldn’t work on this. A newer one did fine.

[@traveltipswithbodhi]

FABULOUSSSS! thank you! One question... is it safe to just pull the Hard Drive out of the phone or is there a way to eject it safely? Thankyou! ** subscribesss

[@TheCherrybuster]

Got me the same SSD, but in green color. Looks awesome!

[@jade-br1xx]

Thanks this seems really easy. Except that I have over 7000 photos... is there a way to select them all without clicking individually? thanks

[@spillthegoods]

I will have a video on this specific topic coming out soon, stay tuned! I will tag the video here.

[@river8339]

And will all those photos stay in order once transferred? I had issues with this, years of photos will be all mixed up.

[@Mr.Landis-o1b]

@@spillthegoods Have you made a video on this yet? 😎

[@dhanangelobalaba4040]

i have ready only on my hard drive cant copy or move any file from iphone to hard drive how to fix this..

[@Rio97621]

This is good. I had not figured out any useful purpose for Files on the iPhone.

[@spillthegoods]

Now you have one!

[@HassanLakiss]

Thank you for this useful video. Is it possible to do the same with the iPad Pro? As for the iPhone, would the connection work for the iPhone X? Looking forward to your reply.

[@iphonevideosdz]

Whats the name of the cable please ?

[@spillthegoods]

The cable is a USB-C to USB-C cable it comes with the sandisc SSD

[@mariogarcia1415]

You can also save directly to the external HD without the need to transfer. See how to “save files and photos directly to external HD” This will require having the external HD plugged into the iPhone at the time you're filming or taking pictures.

[@jacobsoung222]

Excuse me, teacher iPhone connect to external SSD . Can iPhone download data directly straight to external SSD? Appreciate for your answer.

[@JudiChristopher]

EXCELLENT VIDEO Thank YOU for sharing this video.

[@spillthegoods]

I am glad it was helpful! Thank you.

[@MrYou76tube]

That’s great advice. I was wondering if you are cutting and pasting or copying and pasting?

[@spillthegoods]

You are Copying not Cutting

[@ErikaVqz87]

It will work for iPhone 12?

[@vickywu5782]

Did work for me too

[@rafnacho3212]

Hi, I was trying to follow the instructions on your video, but when I got to browser, the icon for my external hardrive does not show....do you know why?

[@Esnxnndnsnns]

Bro. Help me. How can I export a video directly to the external drive ?

[@georgiejr69]

Is there an option to select all at the photos app, instead of selecting one by one?

[@thestuff9314]

Thank you, this helps a lot

[@aggiegold]

I have an iPhone 13, and need to tape a two hour live show I am directing. Can I tape a video directly from my iPhone to an outside drive attached to it? I'll have the iPhone plugged in so it doesn't lose power, but can that be done? I doubt I can tape for two hours directly into my iPhone. Thanks

[@ahhdennn]

I have like 4k photos. I was wondering if i could do it in one go. Or do it by portions?

[@bobpayton6990]

I'm new here. Great video. I'll use this with all my pics/vids to make room on phone & laptop! This isn't really related but maybe you have a link for how to: on a MacBook, revert to regular speed a video that I somehow switched to slow motion and I want it back to normal speed? I see videos here on how to do it on a iPhone but not laptop.The slo mo was done on my iPhone. TYIA!

[@lillyinthefield2787]

when you did this is the sound still in the video ??? what about in pro res i heard when you do this same process we lose the audio after the transfer??

[@lesternielson9280]

Do you know of a way to take photos stored on an external hard drive and then move them into photos on iphone 15? So far I've only been able to move them into "files". then open each photo one by one and have it save to photos. PITA Ultimately, I'd like the photos to end up in icloud and not icloud drive.. thanks... good vid!

[@fifabeatle3139]

Do you need to format first ?

[@gabrielr7932]

Thank you for such a clear and concise description and video. Can you offer a good suggestion for one using an iPhone with lightning connector? My sister in law has way too many videos and pictures clogging up our family iCloud. Thanks!

[@spillthegoods]

Yes! For any phone older than an iPhone 15 you have to use this process I teach in this video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJ27e5SHbJVprK8si=VNujtdzHLlVPfs7e I few more cables and things but it will do the job just as well. Let me know if you have any questions!

[@magnanorth4713]

Thank you for your videos!

[@spillthegoods]

My pleasure! Love doing it.

[@immigrantbloggershahhamza2497]

is there anyway i can select all photos and video al;l together beside select all one by one?????

[@johnmiller6108]

So what steps did you side step? Phone to computer for phone to ssd to computer?

[@judyjones3359]

i liked this video & it brings up a problem i have been dealing with. i want to move my whole icloud photos folder to an external drive similar the the model you used. Can i drag the whole icloud folder onto my external drive drive & then upload those photos to my permanent cloud storage?

[@GFa71]

Hi. Not sure if you’ve already answered this one …. If the full resolution image or video is only in iCloud does the process download from iCloud first before copying to hard drive. Thanks

[@BlueMehr]

Short and sweet 😊

[@michellewalpole4355]

I have a Iphone 14 Pro Max. Wanting to free up space for an upcoming trip to Kenya. Do the photos get transferred across and then go off the phone? As in - not just copied across?

[@spillthegoods]

Great question, with this process they are just copied across. You would then need to go into your device and delete from there. I will mention, as with any storage device it is important to have some redundancy. Meaning you don't want to have all your files saved in ONE location in case there is some kind of failure with your storage device. This can happen and that is a big bummer when you lose footage/photos that you wanted to keep.

[@TheJazzyG21]

You’d need a different lead for an iPhone 14 wouldn’t you?

[@PeterMossUkulele]

Great video - Thanks. I have a couple of questions please. Firstly, did you have to format the SSD drive before you could transfer ? - Secondly, I understand the 15 pro and pro Max can record directly to an external SSD but only (as I understand it) when using pro res and Apple Log format. Do you happen to know if I want to record say in 4k 60fps if that resolution will transfer in real time also?

[@EugeneWallace-q6j]

Great and very easy process however I want to remove the photos/videos off of my device completely after saving to the external drive?

[@pablomaresca]

Are the files copied to the sad exactly the same? Same size also?

[@darwincernasabulao.617]

Very clear explanation. I bought the same Sandisk Extreme Portable SSD 1T but have some issues because I am using iphone12 pro max and the free cable is both type C only. Do you think it will work for my phone? Hope to get your reply.

[@spillthegoods]

For any phone older than an iPhone 15 you have to use this process I teach in this video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJ27e5SHbJVprK8si=VNujtdzHLlVPfs7e I few more cables and things but it will do the job just as well. Let me know if you have any questions!

[@EricaJay928]

Thank you!

[@spillthegoods]

You're welcome!

[@jben999]

This works great with the original SanDisk SSD, the one with the 4 sided carabineer hole. However, it doesn't work with the new , higher speed model (with the triangular carabineer hole). I suspect that the newer model requires more USB power than the original, and that the iPhone can't provide the the needed power. Regardless, great tip for the video crowd. Jim

[@spillthegoods]

This will resolve the issues for power: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJ27e5SHbJVprK8si=XNGzbOZGJradL7ra

[@susanb8354]

I have an iPhone 11 Pro Max with a ton of extra unused memory. I want to back up the Notes app and the photos. Would this gadget help me? I need the battery replaced and I have extensive notes saved in the app that I don’t want to lose.

[@westfield90]

Isn’t saving to files going to the files folder? Then do you have to movie it from files to the extreme drive?

[@amoritaeljebari.espanol]

love you man, thanks

[@PHiLGuttah33]

Thanks for the Info you’ve provided dude. I have an iPhone 15 Pro Max, & I take pics & record a lot of videos. This’ll definitely help with storage, & save me money, by not having to buy more iCloud storage. 😂😂😂

[@spillthegoods]

So happy this helped! I love saving a little extra 💰

[@Jozay562]

Thank you

[@spillthegoods]

Welcome!

[@davidfoong1903]

What is the type of cable you used in this video.

[@spillthegoods]

I am using a USB-C to USB-C cable. It actually comes with the Sandisk.

[@Healingphoenix-wo2nb]

Thanks so much you saved my day 😊

[@spillthegoods]

You're so welcome!

[@jamiequinlan]

Does this work for tens of thousands of photos do you know?

[@SkyhighJnr]

Can you record footage or images straight onto the ssd with this method?

[@JT_70]

Is there a way to select “all photos” to back up?

[@rollinpotato2366]

Amazing video! But do you know the best way to transfer pic from SSD to Iphone instead? Im currently using the same method but in reverse - which isnt the best as i have thousands of videos and pictures from the ssd and it takes quite a while to transfer and more often than not the transfer failed halfway, corrupting all the transferred files so eventually ill have to start again but in way way smaller batches (100pic each) which takes up too much time. Would appreciate if there is any better way at all! Thank you!

[@ffotograffydd]

Very helpful, thank you!

[@spillthegoods]

So glad that it was helpful!

[@LeeSiangLee]

Hi, excellent video! Thanks One q : to avoid i am running out of battery on my iphone 15 Pro while (or after) transferring the photo to the hard drive or to my window pc, is there a way that i can charge my phone battery at the same time? (If there is a way, it would save my time of charging my iPhone after the battery has been drained out for the transfer of photos, esp during traveling when we could only be back to hotel late at night)

[@nodame1009]

You could have a usb C hub with a charging port to it

[@matthewyim7651]

Does it save all the meta data as well? Can you create folders and whatnot to transfer to in the drive?

[@Adventure-MTB]

Hey great info , would this work with a usb stick and plug it in to the phone with the right cable ?

[@spillthegoods]

Hopefully this answers your question: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJ27e5SHbJVprK8si=XNGzbOZGJradL7ra

[@INTERNA9]

Thanx

[@MiaHessMusic]

I would iamgine the process is the same with an older iPhone or an Android. Just need the right cable, correct? Thank you for your help.

[@spillthegoods]

Here is the answer to your question! kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJ27e5SHbJVprK8si=ir3yW-p2_D3SkEWf

[@MyrtleBeachbigwheel]

Thank you for the info bro , you helped me a lot

[@spillthegoods]

Glad I could help!

[@rheymann7895]

Does it just save a copy of the photo on the external drive?

[@LiilReyy]

Thank you bro I have the same ssd I didn’t know I can do that, I just tried it and worked so smooth

[@spillthegoods]

LOVE IT!