It is important to have the ability to transfer the lovely photos you have taken with your Sony Xperia SP, to your computer or your Mac. Whether it’s just to save the photos or to retouch them, you’ll need to transfer them to the computer or the Mac. To copy photos from your Sony Xperia SP, there are many possibilities that we will see in this article. We will first see ways to transfer the photos of the Sony Xperia SP in a basic way, in other words with the USB cable. In the second step, we will see methods to transfer the photos with the Sony Xperia SP SD memory card, if you own one. At last, we will see ways to transfer the photos to your computer via applications that use the internet.
Transfer photos from Sony Xperia SP to PC or Mac with USB cable
Transfer pictures to a PC
To copy photos from your Sony Xperia SP to a computer, you can easily use the USB cable. Indeed, the cable you use to charge your cellphone will let you to transfer your photos. To get this done, nothing is simpler. First, join your Sony Xperia SP to your computer by plugging in the USB cable. You must then activate the Multimedia Device or USB storage option in the notification bar of your Sony Xperia SP. When done, your computer will recognize the cellphone and you will then have the ability to access the cellphone files by going to My Computer. You should find your cellphone appearing as a removable drive. All you need to do is open it and find the document named DCIM. It is in this directory that the photos of your Sony Xperia SP are kept. You can then copy the photos you like to your computer.
Transfer photos to a MAC
In the same way as for the COMPUTER, the first step is to connect the Sony Xperia SP to the Mac via the USB cable. Then select Multimedia Device or USB Storage in the notification bar of your Sony Xperia SP. When completed, you can open the Finder on your Mac and you should find the Sony Xperia SP appear in the list of devices on the left. All you have to do is locate the DCIM directory and transfer the photos to your Mac. Well, that’s all !
Transfer photos from Sony Xperia SP to PC or Mac with the SD memory card
Transferring photos from the Sony Xperia SP to the memory card is a fairly useful process, but the latter necessitates two conditions. In order to stick to this procedure, you must first have a SD memory card on your Sony Xperia SP. The second condition is that: your photos must be saved on it. So if your photos do not register by default on the cellphone’s SD memory card, this technique is not the ideal for you. If perhaps you meet these two conditions, the transfer will be very simple. In reality, you will 1st have to take the SD memory card out of your Sony Xperia SP and slide it into your mac or your computer. 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 photos you wish on the Mac or the PC.
Transfer photos with Dropbox or Google Drive
There are various applications that transfer photos from your Sony Xperia SP right to your computer 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 get this done, you need to download and install the app on your Sony Xperia SP through the PlayStore. Now that you have installed the app, you must make or sign in with your account. You can then select the timings of the photos and screenshots of Sony Xperia SP 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 finished, you will have a folder on your COMPUTER or Mac where you can find all the images that have been synchronized automatically. This is a solution that is incredibly convenient as the transfer of photos is carried out as you take them.
