It is important to have the ability to transfer the lovely photos you have taken with your Samsung Galaxy Note 4, to your laptop or your Mac. Whether it’s just to conserve the pics or to modify them, you’ll have to transfer them to the computer or the Mac. To copy photos from your Samsung Galaxy Note 4, there are different alternatives that we will see in this guide. We will first see the right way to transfer the photos of the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 in a basic way, in other words with the USB cable. In the second step, we will see how to transfer the photos with the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 SD memory card, if you have one. At last, we will see the right way to transfer the photos to your laptop via applications that use the internet.
Transfer photos from Samsung Galaxy Note 4 to PC or Mac with USB cable
Transfer pictures to a PC
To copy photos from your Samsung Galaxy Note 4 to a laptop, you can use the USB cable. In fact, the cable you use to charge your phone will allow you to transfer your pics. To get this done, nothing is easier. First, connect your Samsung Galaxy Note 4 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 Samsung Galaxy Note 4. When completed, your computer will recognize the phone and you will then have the ability to access the phone files by going to My Computer. You should observe your phone listed as a removable drive. All you be required to do is open it and find the directory named DCIM. It is in this file that the photos of your Samsung Galaxy Note 4 are stored. You can then copy the photos you like to your laptop.
Transfer photos to a MAC
In a similar manner as for the PC, the initial step is to connect the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 to the Mac via the USB cable. Then choose Multimedia Device or USB Storage in the notification bar of your Samsung Galaxy Note 4. When done, you can open the Finder on your Mac and you should observe the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 appear in the list of devices on the left. All you have to do is find the DCIM file and transfer the photos to your Mac. Well, that’s it !
Transfer photos from Samsung Galaxy Note 4 to PC or Mac with the SD memory card
Transferring photos from the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 to the memory card is a pretty practical technique, but the latter necessitates 2 conditions. In order to stick to this approach, you must first have a SD memory card on your Samsung Galaxy Note 4. The further condition is that: your photos must be saved on it. So if your pics do not register by default on the phone’s SD memory card, this technique is not the best for you. If you meet these 2 circumstances, the transfer will be very basic. In fact, you will 1st have to take the SD memory card out of your Samsung Galaxy Note 4 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 photos you desire on the Mac or the PC.
Transfer photos with Dropbox or Google Drive
There are many applications that transfer photos from your Samsung Galaxy Note 4 right 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 automatically find them on your PC or Mac. To get this done, you need to download and install the app on your Samsung Galaxy Note 4 through the PlayStore. As soon you have installed the app, you must make or sign in with your account. You can then choose the timings of the pics and screenshots of Samsung Galaxy Note 4 by going to the options. Once the synchronization is activated, you will have to download and install the same software program on your PC or Mac. When this step is complete, 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 method that is particularly easy as the transfer of photos is done as you take them.
