It is essential to be able to transfer the lovely photos you have taken with your LG Optimus F5, to your laptop or your Mac. Whether it’s just to conserve the photos or to modify them, you’ll have to transfer them to the computer or the Mac. To copy photos from your LG Optimus F5, there are many alternatives that we will find out in this content. We will first of all see how to transfer the photos of the LG Optimus F5 in a classic way, that is to say with the USB cable. In the secondary step, we will find out tips on how to transfer the photos with the LG Optimus F5 SD memory card, if you have one. At last, we will see how to transfer the photos to your laptop via applications that use the internet.
Transfer photos from LG Optimus F5 to PC or Mac with USB cable
Transfer pictures to a PC
To copy photos from your LG Optimus F5 to a laptop, you can easily use the USB cable. Certainly, the cable you use to charge your mobile phone will enable you to transfer your photos. To make this happen, nothing is easier. First, connect your LG Optimus F5 to your computer by plugging in the USB cable. You must then simply activate the Multimedia Device or USB storage option in the notification bar of your LG Optimus F5. When finished, your computer will identify the mobile phone and you will then have the ability to access the mobile phone files by going to My Computer. You should see your mobile phone listed as a removable drive. All you have to do is open it and find the directory named DCIM. It is in this file that the photos of your LG Optimus F5 are kept. You can then copy the images you like to your laptop.
Transfer photos to a MAC
In the same manner as for the COMPUTER, the 1st step is to connect the LG Optimus F5 to the Mac via the USB cable. Then select Multimedia Device or USB Storage in the notification bar of your LG Optimus F5. When done, you can open the Finder on your Mac and you should observe the LG Optimus F5 appear in the list of devices on the left. All you have to do is locate the DCIM file and transfer the photos to your Mac. Well, that’s all !
Transfer photos from LG Optimus F5 to PC or Mac with the SD memory card
Transferring photos from the LG Optimus F5 to the memory card is a fairly simple procedure, but the latter requires 2 conditions. In order to stick to this approach, you must first of all have a SD memory card on your LG Optimus F5. The second condition is that: your photos must be saved on it. So if your photos do not register by default on the mobile phone’s SD memory card, this process is not the ideal for you. If perhaps you meet these 2 circumstances, the transfer will be very basic. In fact, you will first have to take the SD memory card out of your LG Optimus F5 and slide it into your mac or your laptop. The SD memory card will appear in removable disks on PC and mobile devices on Mac. All you have to do is open the DCIM file on the memory card and duplicate the pictures you like on the Mac or the PC.
Transfer photos with Dropbox or Google Drive
There are many applications that transfer photos from your LG Optimus F5 directly to your laptop via the internet. Among these applications, we find the most interesting and free are Dropbox and Google Drive. With these applications, you can synchronize your photos and instantly find them on your COMPUTER or Mac. To make this happen, you need to download and install the app on your LG Optimus F5 through the PlayStore. Now that you have installed the app, you must make or sign in with your account. You may then select the timings of the photos and screenshots of LG Optimus F5 by going to the settings. Once the synchronization is triggered, you will have to download and install the same software program on your PC or Mac. When this step is accomplished, you will have a folder on your COMPUTER or Mac where you can find all the pics that have been synchronized automatically. This is a process that is highly convenient as the transfer of photos is done as you take them.
