# 📸 Get iPhone Photos Onto Your PC — Free, No iTunes

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/get-iphone-photos-onto-your-pc-free-no-itunes/324964>\
**Category:** Tools & Scripts\
**Tags:** phone, tips-tricks, windows\
**Created:** [August 21, 2026, 9:45pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/get-iphone-photos-onto-your-pc-free-no-itunes/324964 "2026-08-21T21:45:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lori](https://onehack.st/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/8dc957/32.png) [@Lori](https://onehack.st/u/Lori)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2026, 9:45pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/get-iphone-photos-onto-your-pc-free-no-itunes/324964/1 "2026-08-21T21:45:21Z")

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> ### 🥇 Plug the cable in. Drag the photos. Done.
> 
> **Free. No app. No limit.** Takes about a minute. 👇

**Do this:**

1️⃣ Plug the iPhone into the PC with a USB cable

2️⃣ Unlock the phone → tap **Trust**

3️⃣ Open **File Explorer** → click **Apple iPhone** → `Internal Storage` → `DCIM`

4️⃣ Drag the folders onto your desktop ✅

That’s it. Every photo, no software, no sign-up.

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**📡 No cable?**

Get **[LocalSend](https://localsend.org/)** — free, on your phone _and_ your PC.

Open it on both → tap your PC’s name → send. 🎉

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**💡 Photos won’t open on the PC?**

They’re `.HEIC` files. One-time fix:

**Settings → Photos → Transfer to Mac or PC → Automatic**

Now they arrive as normal JPGs. 😌

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> **🏆 Want the other 8 free ways? (all verified, tap to open)**
>
> | Tool | Free? | Good for |
> | --- | --- | --- |
> | **[PairDrop](https://pairdrop.net/)** | ✅ free | Nothing to install — it’s just a web page |
> | **[Files app → PC folder](https://support.apple.com/en-us/102336)** | ✅ free | Wireless, built into your iPhone already |
> | **[Documents](https://documents.io/about-file-transfer)** | ✅ free | Browsing your PC from the phone |
> | **[KDE Connect](https://kdeconnect.org/)** | ✅ free | Files **+** phone notifications on your PC |
> | **[pymobiledevice3](https://github.com/doronz88/pymobiledevice3)** 💎 | ✅ free | Automating it with a script |
> | **[libimobiledevice](https://libimobiledevice.org/)** 💎 | ✅ free | Opening the iPhone like a USB drive |
> | **[Immich](https://immich.app)** 💎 | ✅ free | Auto-backup forever — your own iCloud |
> | **[FoneTool](https://apps.fonetool.com/free-hak)** | ⚠ 30 photos/day | Ticking exact albums, contacts + music |
> 
> 💎 = the ones almost nobody talks about.

⚠ **About FoneTool** (shared above): the free version stops at **30 photos a day** — great for one album, painful for thousands. Unlimited costs **$39.95/year**. Everything else on this page stays free forever.