iPhone XR Easiest Way To Transfer ONLY Photos from Old iPhone to New iPhone

[A4orce84]

Hello Everyone,

I currently have an iPhone XR that I purchased a few months ago because my old iPhone 8 Plus basically died. Died meaning it wouldn't power on, I couldn't connect it to my computer, nothing. I was pretty bummed that I lost all my photos and data on the old iPhone 8 Plus. HOWEVER, I plugged it in and magically the phone turned on and I could access all my old photos and data. I immediately took a backup of the phone and backed it up directly to my MacBook Pro for now.

I do NOT want to restore this recent backup to my new iPhone XR since I have been using it for a few months and already have all my apps / settings correctly setup. I do want to transfer ONLY my photos from my old iPhone 8 Plus to my iPhone XR.

Question:
What is the easiest way I can transfer photos (ONLY!) from my old iPhone 8 Plus to my iPhone XR?

Any feedback / assistance / etc. would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

 

[now i see it]

either set up iCloud photos on the 8 and pray all the pictures upload before the phone crashes, or copy them over to your Mac using a file transfer app - then copy them back to the new phone. Either way takes a long time. The manual way is more tedious. Or sync them in the Finder and hope that works too.

 

[chscag]

I would immediately copy them to your Mac from the 8+ and then use Airdrop from your Mac to the iPhone XR. That would be faster than trying to go thru iCloud. Just make sure your Mac and the XR are on the same WiFi network.

 

[A4orce84]

I would immediately copy them to your Mac from the 8+ and then use Airdrop from your Mac to the iPhone XR. That would be faster than trying to go thru iCloud. Just make sure your Mac and the XR are on the same WiFi network.

What's the best way to transfer photos from the 8+ to the Mac? Is there a special application I need to download and use?

Thanks!

 

[chscag]

What's the best way to transfer photos from the 8+ to the Mac? Is there a special application I need to download and use?

Thanks!

Give iMazing 2 a try. Not free but you can usually find it on sale and they do have a free trial.

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