Import photos using Apple tree camera adapters

Learn how to import photos and videos from a digital photographic camera or SD Card to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch using Apple camera adapters.

You can import photos and videos from an SD card, digital camera, or other supported accessory to your iOS device using one of these:

  • Lightning to SD Carte du jour Camera Reader
  • Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter
  • Lightning to USB Camera Adapter
  • Apple tree USB-C to SD Card Reader

If you have an iPhone 5 or after, information technology needs iOS nine.2 or later. If yous take an iPod impact or iPhone 4s, information technology needs iOS nine.3. If yous're using a Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter, you need an iPad with iOS ix.iii.

Import photos and videos

To import from your SD card or digital camera, follow these steps:

  1. Connect the adapter to your iOS device.
  2. Connect your digital photographic camera to the adapter past USB or insert an SD card.
  3. Photos should automatically open to the Import tab. If it doesn't, open Photos and tap Import.
  4. Tap Import All to import your content, or tap specific items, then tap Import.
  5. When the import is complete, you might exist asked to Keep or Delete the media on the camera or SD card.

Yous can import content but to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch on. You can't export content to an SD card or digital camera.

If y'all don't come across the import option

If yous don't see the Import tab, follow these steps:

  1. Make certain that your digital camera is on and in the right style to export images.
  2. Disconnect the adapter, wait 30 seconds, then reconnect it.
  3. Unplug the digital camera or SD carte, look xxx seconds, then reconnect.
  4. Restart your iOS device and plow your photographic camera off and dorsum on.
  5. If one is bachelor, examination with a different digital camera or SD bill of fare. If y'all can import media with a dissimilar digital photographic camera or SD card, there might be an upshot with the data on the camera or SD carte. Try to import the data to some other device or computer, then apply your digital camera to format—or reset—the SD menu. Reformatting will erase all the images on the SD card. Bank check the transmission for your digital camera for more than help.

If you can't import some content

Apple tree camera adapters can import multiple types of media files from your digital camera or SD card. If the format isn't compatible with iOS, y'all won't exist able to view them on your device, but tin import them to your computer later on.

Apple camera adapters tin can import only content that was captured by digital cameras. Y'all might not be able to import content that was renamed, edited, or copied to the digital camera or SD card.

Supported SD cards and image-transfer protocols

  • Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP)
  • Mass Storage Device protocol
  • SDSC
  • SDHC
  • miniSD
  • microSD
  • MMC
  • SDXC

Wink or USB thumb drives aren't supported for epitome importing.

If you lot're using a Lightning to USB iii Photographic camera Adapter, these iPad models transfer data at USB three speeds:

  • iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2d generation)
  • iPad Pro ten.5-inch
  • iPad Pro 12.ix-inch

All other adapters and iOS devices utilize USB two speeds.

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