Step 1: Connect Your iPhone to Your MacBook
To start deleting photos from your iPhone on your MacBook, connect your iPhone to your MacBook using a USB cable. Ensure your iPhone is unlocked and on the home screen. Then, connect one end of the USB cable to your iPhone’s charging port and the other end to an available USB port on your MacBook.
Tip: If you encounter any connection issues, try using a different USB cable or USB port on your MacBook. Also, make sure you have the latest version of iTunes installed on your MacBook, as it can assist with the connection process.
Step 2: Use the Photos App to Delete Photos
Once your iPhone is connected to your MacBook, open the Photos app. This app allows you to manage and delete photos from your iPhone. In the Photos app, find your iPhone listed under the “Devices” section on the left-hand side. Click on your iPhone’s name to access its photo library.
To delete photos, select the desired photos by clicking on them. Hold down the Command key to select multiple photos. After selecting the photos you want to delete, press the Delete key on your keyboard or right-click and choose “Delete” from the options menu. Confirm the deletion when prompted.
Tip: Before deleting photos, it’s wise to create a backup of your iPhone’s photos on your MacBook. This way, you’ll have a copy of your photos in case anything goes wrong during the deletion process.
By following these steps, you can easily delete photos from your iPhone on your MacBook using the Photos app. Always double-check the photos you’re deleting to avoid accidentally removing important memories. With this guide, you can efficiently manage your iPhone’s photo library and free up valuable storage space on your device.
In this technological age, most of the people own a smartphone, and the majority of them are iPhones. Along with smartphones, many of us also own a laptop such as a MacBook. It’s common for people to take pictures using their iPhones but they often don’t know how to delete these photos from their iPhones when transferring them to their MacBooks. Many people face difficulty in understanding this simple yet beneficial process. Thus, this article aims to provide an ultimate guide for deleting photos from iPhone on MacBook.
To delete photos from iPhones on your MacBook, the first step is to open the finder window. You can do so by clicking the small magnifying glass icon in the top-right corner of your dock. This will open a ‘Finder’ window where you will see all the devices that are connected to your MacBook. Secondly, select your iPhone from the list of available devices. Then, you will need to locate and select the Photos and Albums tab. Once located, select the ‘Photos’ Album to view all your photos stored on the iPhone.
Now, you can select and delete photos individually or you can select multiple photos and delete them in a single swipe. You can also choose to delete all the photos at once by clicking on the ‘Delete All’ button. Once you have selected all the photos you want to delete, just click on the option of ‘Delete Photos’. Then, confirm the delete action by choosing ‘Delete’ when the prompt appears. Your selected photos will now be permanently deleted from the iPhone.
Finally, to make sure that all the deleted photos have been removed from the iPhone, open the ‘Recents’ tab. If you don’t see any of the deleted photos in the ‘Recents’ tab, then you can confidently say that this entire process has been successful.
In conclusion, deleting photos from iPhone on MacBook may seem like a daunting task for some people, but this ultimate guide should help make this process smoother and easier to follow. All the information provided in this article will enable you to understand this process and delete photos from your iPhone on MacBook with ease and confidence.
