How To Copy Photos From Iphone To Mac

How to copy-and-paste files texts images across iPhone iPad and Mac

There is a little talked about feature in Apple ecosystem that lets you copy images or files in your iPhone and paste them directly on Mac. You can do these across iPad, iPad and Mac. Of course, there is AirDrop to do the job. But apart from AirDrop or syncing files to your iCloud account, there is another seamless method that is available for Apple devices.

You can use a continuity feature called 'Handoff' to copy and paste files, texts and images across Apple devices. You do not need to download a seperate app for this. Here's how to use the Handoff feature.

Note that this feature can be used to copy and paste the most recent selected item. You cannot recall and paste older items that you have copied.

Minimum system requirements for using the Handoff feature:

To use the Handoff feature you need a Mac running OS X Sierra at least and the iPhone and iPad needs to run iOS 10 or higher. As far as device compatibility is concerned, this feature is supported for iPhone 5 and newer, iPad 4th generation and newer or at least iPad Mini 2. MacBook from 2015 or other Mac devices from 2012 supports this feature.

Here are the steps:

Turn on Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on both the devices you want to copy and paste

Both devices should be signed into the same iCloud account with the same Apple ID

Turn on Handoff feature on both Mac and and iOS device

On Mac, go to System Preferences>General. Scroll down and select "Allow Handoff between this Mac and iCloud devices."

On iPhone or iPad running iOS, go to Settings> General> AirPlay & Handoff and turn it on

After doing this, copy items on your iPhone to paste it directly to Mac or iPad or vice versa

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