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

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! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BlXJaQ706vM.htmlsi=He6DvgB0RoBbC6ar

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

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

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

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.

Good advice, but it does not work with my iPhone 14pro. 🤔🤔

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 RU-vid videos to back me up on this. I have experienced the pain of this personally. Luckily, I never back up to just one place.

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

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

For some reason I cannot get my Extreme SSD to show up in the files app on my iPhone... but if I can figure that out I'm sure this will be and excellent way to move the photos and videos.

What if I have iPhone 14 with lightning to USB-C cable?. I tried to connect directly and doesn't work

Does it support iPhone 14 pro if I have a type c to lightning cable ？

Apple has been MILKING THEIR FANS!

Can it be used on iphone 12 pro max

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?

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

Hello ! I have Seagate HDD and iPhone 13. Can I connect Seagate HDD with iPhone 13? As people around me says its risky to connect HDD with your phones. So I never used it directly. Please tell me what to do.

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

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?

Can we back up WhatsApp through this method or the whole iPhone to iTunes back up to external hard drive?

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

Hey! I’m having an issue with my files being transferred as HEIC file type, and not a JPEG. Is there anything I can do to have them transferred as a jpeg?

Yes, but why is there not a “select all” option. Takes forever to select every file when you are trying to empty your phone.

Hi By any chance do you recommended better a WD hard drive instead also mine comes only with usb external connector do you think if I purchased the usb to usbc adapter works Also after transfer doesn’t loose quality videos and photos ? Thanks for the help

I can see pain in this man’s eyes. Thank god you found solution 🤣 just kidding Thanks this is great video I have iPhone 14 and I don’t have usb c What adapter do you recommend?

work for me to but wen i will transfer more than 5000 photos evry time stuck...iphon 15pro max,SSd Sasung T7 - 1Tb

I am not able to locate my Sandisk extreme Hardisk on my iPhone 15plus … please help

I don't use live photos with my Iphone 15 and want to transfer photos in .jpg format. Is that possible with SSD drive?

So, can you confirm or X what Reddog 1255 said in his tip? Thanx.

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!

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!

love you man, thanks

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. 😂😂😂

How do i save all of them, its not like im just gonna save a couple of pictures and call it a day whats wrong with you silly americans

Thanks at least there is a select all. I feel like I need to make an app for this ridiculous mess. There should be a sync process where you can just copy files to a folder with one click. Maybe an automatic script could be done... Hmmm. Now I'm thinking out aloud

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

are the files accessible from a windows pc?

Its not useful for thousands of photos, iphone gets freeze

By saving on to the SSD can you delete the video and photos from your phone without losing the pictures?

Hi, thank you! I have an iPad Pro with USB-C. Will it be possible to transfer all Photos to this external Drive?

Doesn't work on m y iPhone 13 Pro Max even thought I have the latest software update

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

How do you do the opposite? (From the hard drive to IPhone)

That HD is the worse. Thanks for the tutorial

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

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

Super. Now, if you could help me do that with an iPhone X that doesn't show anything on the screen, isn't backed up and is really moody at switching on - and remember the screen shows absolutely nothing. Tough challenge I know.

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

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?

Can I store all my picture on the external ssd?

Can you store photos on the hard drive then delete them from the phone to save storage?

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

Difficult with 13 pro I tried using otg adapter of sounce 😅

Can this process be done with an iPhone 11 Pro? Of course, it has a Lightning connector instead of USB-C but is there any other reason (e.g., iOS version) that might prevent this? I’ve been wanting to offload ALL my photos/screenshots from my iPhone to my iMac but have never found a way to do it without multiple steps.

Whats the name of the cable please ?

How come I use the exact ssd, but still can’t see the drive from my iPhone???

What generation of iPhone works that way? I tried on Pro Max 13 and the hard drive never shows up. Does it have to be the cable that came with the SSD or will the Apple cable work?

Oh My Gosh NICE HOPE THAT WORKS WITH IPHONE 11 pro max.

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.

I have this same SSD, though it's 500GB. I have the iPhone 13 Pro, but on connecting SSD and iPhone it doesn't list the Extreme SSD under Locations, so this is no good at all.

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.

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

I am mightily confused & I am clearly not following correctly despite repeating the steps numerous times. I can transfer the videos into my iPhone files, but this does not transfer them into the hard drive. How do I move them from the Files to the hard drive? Can someone please explain? Apologies for my idiocy.

Sir,How to eject the SSD correctly?

I have an iPhone (original) and an iPhone 5s, they both have uploaded music direct CD to iTunes and on to those iPhones. My music has been acquired by Apple from those CD’s, that I uploaded from a computer CD drive to iTunes, yet Apple doesn’t allow me access to those CD’s unless I pay a Music Fee. You say, but you’re paying for music they uploaded, and I say, not necessarily true. One song I uploaded in 2007 had a “glitch” in the first 30 seconds that was due to a mechanical/electronics issue with my computer. The glitch was a musical chirp that was there in my upload, but not on my cd ghat repeated when I played the CD on other CD players. Because the glitch blended with the music, I paid no attention to it. But it was a smoking gun that Apple was accumulating music from Apple iTunes users. Bruce Willis had a similar problem with Apple, so he sued Apple.

You did not cover the drive format that the iPhone uses. Ive used NTSF and FAT 32. FAT is limited to 3.whatever gigabytes. and NTSF will not let you transfer data but one can access files. The best format to use is EXfat.

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.

I just Airdrop movies and photo’s directly from my iPhone to my iMac, no external HD needed.

Nice video! Thanks! Can I do the same thing with iTunes music? I have a new iPhone 15 plus and all the music from my iPhone 7 plus which I purchased from iTunes transferred to the new iPhone except the ones I downloaded from my CD’s collection didn’t transfer. Can you help me with this? Thanks!

Are you still left with the original videos/photos on the iPhone? I would like to be able to MOVE the designated files and get them OFF of the iPhone for good.

Hello, I am needing your advice..... I have an Iphone 15 pro... I have a Scan disk drive like you in this video. I worked for my the first 2 times I used it now when I tried it the 3rd time I am getting a message that I need to let Microsoft Photos have access. I haven't changed anything on my computer since the other 2 times and I don't know what to do. Any thoughts or advice???

Hey I have 14pro max I have lightning so please help me.

Great, but if you don't have new iPhone you don't have a usb-c on my phone, i have a lightning???

Do you know you can drag and drop between apps? After selecting your photos/videos from the photos app, touch and hold, slightly move them and then, while still holding the photos/videos switch apps and drop them on your files app.

Can this work with an iphone 8? The usb doesn’t fit.. im trying to back up b4 i upgrade my phone

I have iPhone 15 pro and same hard drive. Hoping to find a vid like yours. Followed your instructions but it does not show up in files. Rebooted. Took case off. Have a solid connection but does not work

This only applies to iPhone 15’s and or android. USB-c isn’t an option for 14 and previous iPhones.

Not sure why the external storage isn’t visible on the location area. I’ve formatted but still nothing.

In what format should the SSD be formatted so that it is also compatible with Windows? And is it also possible for the iPhone to play large videos from the SSD without any problem?

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!

Damn! This device is $300. Wish I could afford this way. C’est la vie.

Why not just use Image Capture and select a specific folder on any of the drives attached to your computer? That way you don't have to unplug any drives.

Can you get a Raw Photo file from your iPhone 15 or only a JPG to your SSD?

How do you disconnect it safely?

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?

I’m trying to figure out if I can do a complete backup of the iPhone so I can stop paying for cloud storage!

But the sanddisk doesn't have an iPhone usbc....its only for Androids

A question here .. did you have to reformat the SSD before you connected it to the iPhone ? I saw another channel that recommended to format to ex-FAT ?

Wow, I didn't even known that people still uses external hard drives, I only use cloud storages and have done it for +10 years if not longer.

Why don't you disconnect your iPhone directly to the PC and use it image program to import the files directly to a location on the PC. Why use an external hard drive?

This only works for iPhone 15 or higher. It does not work for previous versions (because of lighthing por)

that's not moving that's copying. There're still photos and videos in your phone memory

Still a hassle if you need to transfer 9000 photos at once, as there is no ‘select all’ functionality🤷‍♀️

I think this still doesn’t resolves the problem of those pesky HEIC files from the iPhone which aren’t readable on the PC.

I have a few of those SanDrives and for some reason they won't mount randomly. Have to keep reformatting them. I don't even trust them for backups anymore. Doesn't matter if I use the Pro brand or the regular ones.

usbc to lightning? will it work the same way? also, can I do a photo dump so I can get them off my phone pemenently?

That is an SSD not a hard drive. Also, only the iPhone 15’s have USB-C output. Older iPhones do not, they have lightning ports.

What if you want to export 19k photos and videos 😢apple was not a good help 😣i have a mac and i told them why cant i just copy and paste all of them to the drive but they said some will be small size and quality will be bad so idk which way would be best to transfer my photos and then they said i have to change the format of the drive and then i asked them can i access these photos in any computer they said no only mac

Does it work with a Type_C to Lightning Cable? I own an Iphone 13

EXCELLENT VIDEO Thank YOU for sharing this video.