How to Transfer Photos from iPhone to External Hard Drive

With the amazing built-in camera of iPhone, especially the iPhone 7/7 Plus which has a 12-megapixel advanced camera, we can always take wonderful photos to record the memorable moment in our daily lives. But as time goes by, the crowded photos can take up a huge storage space. So you may tend to transfer some pictures to your external hard drive as backup and then delete them from your iPhone to free up space. Here, we will offer you the easiest way to make it. Let’s get started.

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The Tool You Need

To transfer photos from iPhone to external hard drive, one professional iOS data manager named AnyTrans is your first and best choice. Why?

1. It helps you transfer photos from iPhone to external hard drive without effort. You can easily access iPhone photos you need from Camera Roll, Photo Stream, Photo Library, Photo Share, Panoramas, Albums and Bursts.

2. It enables you to add photos from external hard drive/computer to iPhone without erasing any existing data.

3. It also allows you to manage, transfer and backup iPhone/iPad/iPod touch files like videos, music, ringtones, contacts, messages, books, app documents and more.

4. It supports both Windows and Mac and compatible with iPhone 7/7 Plus and iOS 10.

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How to Transfer Photos from iPhone to External Hard Drive

Step 1: Plug in your external hard drive and launch AnyTrans > Connect your iPhone to computer > Click after AnyTrans loads data.

Step 2: Click the Photos option > Choose one category as per your needs.

Step 3: Select the pictures you need > Click on To Computer button > Choose your external hard drive as destination > Click on Open.

The Bottom Line

As you can see, AnyTrans can help you transfer and backup iPhone photos to external hard drive easily. With AnyTrans, you can have an overall management of your iOS content between iOS devices, iOS device & computer, iOS device & iTunes as well as data stored on iTunes and iCloud backup. Now start to have a 7-day free trial >>