

You'll have to associate them with an app. The same goes for files that you want to move to your iPhone. Unfortunately, you can only transfer files that are associated with an app to your PC. This will open the file browser - select the file, and it'll appear on your iPhone. If you want to transfer a file from your PC to your iPhone, select the app you want to associate it with and click on Add File.It'll ask for a location to save it on your PC - select the location, and you're done. Tap on a file that you want on your computer and hit Save.Now, click on the File Sharing option in the left sidebar, and iTunes will show a list of apps and the associated files.Open the iTunes app and click on the iPhone button near the top-left of the iTunes window.Connect your iPhone or iPad to your PC using a USB cable.If you prefer not to download it from the Microsoft Store, you also can download it from Apple's website. Since you will use the iTunes app to transfer files, you need to install it from the Microsoft Store if it's not already present on your PC. I wish I could set a warning on my iPhone, when I only have a couple GB of free space left, so I can make it a priority to move/backup my pics BEFORE phone acts flaky.Īnd I really wish I could make the iphone pause taking video (or at least give me a warning), before it records onto all the free space left on my phone! It has happened many times as I was recording, that the video stopped, but only because there was no space left on the phone.While not everyone is a fan of using iTunes to transfer files between an iPhone and a PC, this is one of the more "official" methods Apple wants you to use. I guess just like with Windows PC's, you should always try to keep a good chunk of free space for it to work with. Once I had more free space on my phone than the size of the largest video I had, then photo/video transfer from iPhone to Windows pc was a piece of cake again.

I found that a newer lightning cable (the one with my 7 not my 5s) helped a little bit.īut what really made the difference for me was clearing off several GB of space on my phone (delete or offload some apps and stuff like that, which was also very difficult to do while phone memory was low). Then I would have to unplug/replug my phone in to pc and try again. I was able to transfer small pics but videos were a nightmare, and often the iPhone would become unrecognized after one video transfer, or even before.

I found that my problem was my phone was just too full, and it was causing phone to act "buggy" and slow. I have had same problems with my iPhones (5s and 7).
