It is important to be able to transfer the beautiful photos you have taken with your Nokia Lumia 520, to your laptop or your Mac. Whether it’s just to save the photos or to modify them, you’ll need to transfer them to the computer or the Mac. To copy photos from your Nokia Lumia 520, there are different alternatives that we will find out in this guide. We will first of all see the right way to transfer the photos of the Nokia Lumia 520 in a traditional way, in other words with the USB cable. In the further step, we will find out ways to transfer the photos with the Nokia Lumia 520 SD memory card, if you own one. Finally, we will see the right way to transfer the photos to your laptop via apps that use the internet.
Transfer photos from Nokia Lumia 520 to PC or Mac with USB cable
Transfer pictures to a PC
To copy pics from your Nokia Lumia 520 to a laptop, you can use the USB cable. In fact, the cable you use to charge your telephone will enable you to transfer your photos. To make this happen, nothing is easier. First, connect your Nokia Lumia 520 to your computer by plugging in the USB cable. You must after that activate the Multimedia Device or USB storage option in the notification bar of your Nokia Lumia 520. When finished, your computer will identify the telephone and you will then be able to access the telephone files by going to My Computer. You should observe your telephone listed as a removable drive. All you need to do is open it and find the document named DCIM. It is in this file that the photos of your Nokia Lumia 520 are stored. You can then copy the pics you prefer to your laptop.
Transfer photos to a MAC
In a similar manner as for the PC, the 1st step is to connect the Nokia Lumia 520 to the Mac via the USB cable. Then select Multimedia Device or USB Storage in the notification bar of your Nokia Lumia 520. When done, you can open the Finder on your Mac and you should observe the Nokia Lumia 520 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 it !
Transfer photos from Nokia Lumia 520 to PC or Mac with the SD memory card
Transferring photos from the Nokia Lumia 520 to the memory card is a fairly simple process, but the latter necessitates two conditions. In order to stick to this process, you must first of all have a SD memory card on your Nokia Lumia 520. The second condition is that: your photos must be saved on it. So if your photos do not register by default on the telephone’s SD memory card, this technique is not the best for you. If perhaps you meet these two conditions, the transfer will be very basic. In fact, you will 1st need to take the SD memory card out of your Nokia Lumia 520 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 copy the photographs you wish on the Mac or the PC.
Transfer photos with Dropbox or Google Drive
There are various apps that transfer photos from your Nokia Lumia 520 directly to your laptop through the internet. Among these apps, we find the most interesting and free are Dropbox and Google Drive. With these apps, you can synchronizing your photos and instantly find them on your PC or Mac. To make this happen, you have to download and install the application on your Nokia Lumia 520 through the PlayStore. As soon you have installed the application, you must create or sign in with your account. You can then select the timings of the photos and screenshots of Nokia Lumia 520 by going to the options. Once the synchronization is triggered, you will have to download and install the same software on your PC or Mac. When this step is accomplished, you will have a folder on your PC or Mac where you can find all the pics that have been synchronized automatically. This is a process that is incredibly convenient as the transfer of photos is carried out as you take them.
