How To Download Pictures Off Chromebook

Over the us holiday weekend i was asked on twitter if you can get photos from an iphone on to a chromebook some folks may think this type of cross platform photo sharing is a challenge but as i ve pointed out before you can be a happy iphone owner that uses a chromebook.

How to download pictures off chromebook. Truth be told it s actually quite easy to move photos from an ios to a chrome os device and there are two simple. There are multiple ways to move pictures and there are ways to manage those photos once transferred. Editing your pictures is a breeze on chromebook. On your chromebook the files app will open. I wish there was a bit more control of download directories and i wish it would automatically exclude thumbnails.

Google s original pitch with chromebooks was to push cloud computing the idea was the storage of your files wouldn t be reliant on hardware. Select the individual photos or albums you want to transfer to chromebook and upload them. It can automatically download pix and zip plus it can name the compressed files amazing. Why can t other chrome devs be like you. The easiest way is to go to icloud in chrome sign in go to photos on the launchpad and select what photos you want to download selecting multiple items will auto create a zip archive file to make things easier and click download in the top me.

Chromebook owners can t rely on bundled digital camera software to transfer photos over but that doesn t mean you are out of luck. In the window that appears select back up. Sometimes this scan will take a while. Similar to mac or windows pc connect your iphone to chromebook with a usb lightning cable. Open google photos from the launcher.

Your chromebook will automatically find photos that you haven t saved to google drive. Touch up your photos like a pro using this video and by following the steps below. When you have located the photos you wish to store locally on your chromebook you can download them one of two ways. To transfer pictures from iphone to chromebook you will need to download the uploaded photos and videos from google drive using your chromebook. Instantly you will get a pop up on your iphone to allow media access.

For example i use a folder called iphone photos to backup my photos. Connect iphone to chromebook and transfer photos via usb. If there s something on your chromebook that you d like to move with a usb flash drive we ll show you how. Grant google drive permission to open your photos then click ok button to upload. Tap on allow and you are almost done.