iPhone 15 Pro Max No direct transfer or export with iPhone 15 Pro series.

[sunny5]

I tested several times but there is no way to export photos and videos from Photos app to Mac directly without iCloud and Airdrop which defeats the purpose of fast USB-C port. It shows no options instead of File which is iCloud. How come Apple did not allow direct export/transfer from iPhone to Mac with USB-C cable? With external SSD, it does transfer and export to SSD but then, it only supports ProRes, not normal photos and videos. iPhone itself does not recognize as an external storage to transfer/export photos and videos so literally, Airdrop and iCloud are the only way to move those files to Mac so I don't get it. How am I suppose to move tons of photo or video then? They suppose to add option to transfer/export files directly to Mac.

Clearly, this isn't right at all.

 

[hg.wells]

Have you given Image Capture a go? Should be in your applications folder.

Alternatively Photos on your Mac should also be able to transfer via USB-C.

 

[JPack]

Yes, this was expected. You have to go through the Files app. The behavior was reported in many reviews.

The reason is obvious. If there were a direct connection between Photos and USB-C, it would kill most of the reason for buying storage from Apple. Accessory makers would create an iPhone case with 2TB NAND attached to the back. Nobody would buy the 256GB+ models.

 

[teohyc]

I tested several times but there is no way to export photos and videos from Photos app to Mac directly without iCloud and Airdrop which defeats the purpose of fast USB-C port. It shows no options instead of File which is iCloud. How come Apple did not allow direct export/transfer from iPhone to Mac with USB-C cable? With external SSD, it does transfer and export to SSD but then, it only supports ProRes, not normal photos and videos. iPhone itself does not recognize as an external storage to transfer/export photos and videos so literally, Airdrop and iCloud are the only way to move those files to Mac so I don't get it. How am I suppose to move tons of photo or video then? They suppose to add option to transfer/export files directly to Mac.

Clearly, this isn't right at all.

Yeah, it’s an extremely basic feature to be able to connect your phone and use it as an external SSD.

But you can’t, at least not like the way you can with an Android.

Because iPhones were never designed with data transfer through cable. Eg look at how many years lightning port stayed around and the usb 2 speeds for usb c for some iPhones.

 

[hg.wells]

This works and is fully supported - Just connected my iPhone 15 Pro to my Macbook Pro via USB-C.

Here are the steps for Image Capture and Photos connected directly via USB-C.

Transfer images in Image Capture on Mac

In Image Capture on your Mac, transfer images and video clips from a camera, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or other device.

support.apple.com

Transfer photos and videos from your iPhone or iPad to your Mac or PC - Apple Support

Learn how to transfer photos from your iPhone or iPad to a Mac or PC.

support.apple.com

 

[sunny5]

This works and is fully supported - Just connected my iPhone 15 Pro to my Macbook Pro via USB-C.

Here are the steps for Image Capture and Photos connected directly via USB-C.

Transfer images in Image Capture on Mac

In Image Capture on your Mac, transfer images and video clips from a camera, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or other device.

support.apple.com

Transfer photos and videos from your iPhone or iPad to your Mac or PC - Apple Support

Learn how to transfer photos from your iPhone or iPad to a Mac or PC.

support.apple.com

That still require additional steps and not able to export/transfer directly.

 

[hg.wells]

Give Image Capture a go, it’s extremely simple. Drag and drop the photos you want to a folder or copy everything in one go.

 

[teohyc]

This works and is fully supported - Just connected my iPhone 15 Pro to my Macbook Pro via USB-C.

Here are the steps for Image Capture and Photos connected directly via USB-C.

Transfer images in Image Capture on Mac

In Image Capture on your Mac, transfer images and video clips from a camera, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or other device.

support.apple.com

Transfer photos and videos from your iPhone or iPad to your Mac or PC - Apple Support

Learn how to transfer photos from your iPhone or iPad to a Mac or PC.

support.apple.com

If you want to go the convoluted way, there are many ways.

Plug and play file transfer? Nah

 

[menist]

You need another app like iExporer or iFunbox to manually move photos or videos off your iPhone.

 

[Shirasaki]

That still require additional steps and not able to export/transfer directly.

Treat it as apple hating usb-c port on iPhone thus want to cripple it as elegantly as possible.

 

[boredandlonely]

This works and is fully supported - Just connected my iPhone 15 Pro to my Macbook Pro via USB-C.

Here are the steps for ... Photos connected directly via USB-C.

Transfer photos and videos from your iPhone or iPad to your Mac or PC - Apple Support

Learn how to transfer photos from your iPhone or iPad to a Mac or PC.

support.apple.com

Agree. I'm still on High Sierra. The OS doesn't even need the support files it probably prompted you for when you connected your iPhone 15 to your computer for the first time.

Photos is easy. I don't understand the 'extra steps' commentary.

 

[ipaqrat]

Meh, Apple gonna be Apple. The Image capture method has worked consistently for years. 'Bout as direct as Apple allows with the phones. Do I recall correctly a time when the early iPhones would mount as a volume in Windows? Or was that only iPods? Or should i be enjoying senility with my orchids... errr, wait, I don't hunt orchids.

 

[PieMan]

So with my iphone SE, I plug it in to the computer and can drag and drop camera photos off the device with Windows Explorer, (Apple iPhone > Internal Storage > YYYYMM_)
We can no longer do this with an iPhone 15?

 

[mrochester]

So with my iphone SE, I plug it in to the computer and can drag and drop camera photos off the device with Windows Explorer, (Apple iPhone > Internal Storage > YYYYMM_)
We can no longer do this with an iPhone 15?

AFAIK it continues to work this way with the iPhone 15 on Windows.

 

[ipaqrat]

Apple always had all sorts of arcane notions about files, indexing, and what it means to be young data growing up in a cold cruel world. The Newton, killed before it had the opportunities it deserved, had no file system; rather, it used a monolithic datastore referred to as a "Soup". Records of all kinds were meta tagged and indexed, but there was no singular schema, or "File" entity one could directly manipulate. Getting a "document" out of a Newton - to print, fax or mail - was a filtering and formatting exercise. Like NextStep in the MacOS, perhaps Newton ideation lives on in iOS, which is why it's such a PIA.

I imagine Apple trying to "free users from the tyranny of the file system." Apple tries too hard to be spacey and next level, borks themselves by breaking conventions that regular folk still need on the daily. Like they did with USB-C in their touchbar era MBPs, stripping off genuinely useful ports, like Timmeh Antionette, "Them, let them eat dongles."

It took all these years for them build iOS a Files app, to at least emulate a file system. About that time, they would have been planning to return HDMI, USBA and an SD Card slot to the MBP... Like a proper eff'ing Pro thing. That must have been one hell of a meeting.