I have an iPhone XR with a broken charging port, so I can't use a wired connection to move my photos. I want to copy my entire photo library to my laptop, then save it to a USB drive or another safe backup. I tried using Dropbox, but the upload and download speeds were so slow that the transfer would take several days. Is there a fast wireless method that works over my local Wi‑Fi network?
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Bluetooth will work in theory, but it’s far too slow for a large photo collection. Cloud storage can also take a long time when your internet connection is slow, so a direct transfer over the local Wi‑Fi network is the better option.
If you already have a network-attached storage device, you could back up the iPhone photos directly to it over Wi‑Fi and then copy them to your laptop or USB drive. It’s a good longer-term backup option, although setting one up just for this transfer may be more work.
A local sync tool such as Resilio Sync can handle a large transfer more reliably. Install it on both devices and let them sync over the same network. It can resume if the connection drops, which is useful for a huge photo library.
Try LocalSend on both the iPhone and laptop. It transfers directly over your local Wi‑Fi instead of uploading everything to the internet, so it should be much faster than Dropbox. Once the files are on the laptop, copy them to the USB drive.
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