The first thing you need to do is connect your iPhone or iPad to your Mac using the USB to Lightning connector you got with your device. Step 2: Connect Your iOS Device To Your Mac If that’s the case, you’ll need to first reformat the hard drive to FAT format.
If it doesn’t then it might not be formatted to use with a Mac (most external hard drives aren’t). Copy something to the hard drive from the desktop just to make sure it works. Step 1: Connect Your External Hard Drive To Your Macįirst, connect the hard drive to your Mac and make sure it shows up in the Finder’s sidebar. If you want to do the same, follow the process below. I periodically back up my photos to the external hard drive (last time I did was right before installing iOS 13). That’s where my 1 TB external hard drive comes in. And because my Mac is the 128 model (never again), I can’t really dump 40 gigs of photos on there. If you’re looking for a completely free option – Google Photos is also an awesome alternative.īut I also like to have a local backup of all my photos. I recommend using iCloud Photo Library – it’s built right in. The best thing you can do for your photos is to enable cloud backup. It’s amazing how quickly my 64 GB iPhone fills up with just the photos.
