It is important to have the ability to transfer the cute photos you have taken with your Sony Xperia 1 IV, to your pc or your Mac. Whether it’s just to conserve the pics or to retouch them, you’ll have to transfer them to the computer or the Mac. To transfer photos from your Sony Xperia 1 IV, there are many alternatives that we will see in this article. We will first of all see tips on how to transfer the photos of the Sony Xperia 1 IV in a traditional way, that is to say with the USB cable. In the secondary step, we will see how to transfer the photos with the Sony Xperia 1 IV SD memory card, if you have one. Finally, we will see tips on how to transfer the photos to your pc via apps that use the internet.
Transfer photos from Sony Xperia 1 IV to PC or Mac with USB cable
Transfer pictures to a PC
To transfer pics from your Sony Xperia 1 IV to a pc, you can use the USB cable. Truly, the cable you use to charge your phone will enable you to transfer your pics. To achieve this, nothing is easier. First, join your Sony Xperia 1 IV 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 Sony Xperia 1 IV. When finished, your computer will recognize the phone and you will then be capable to access the phone files by going to My Computer. You must find your phone listed as a removable drive. All you need to do is open it and find the file named DCIM. It is in this directory that the photos of your Sony Xperia 1 IV are kept. You can then copy the photos you prefer to your pc.
Transfer photos to a MAC
In the same way as for the COMPUTER, the first step is to connect the Sony Xperia 1 IV to the Mac via the USB cable. Then select Multimedia Device or USB Storage in the notification bar of your Sony Xperia 1 IV. When completed, you can open the Finder on your Mac and you should observe the Sony Xperia 1 IV appear in the list of devices on the left. All you have to do is find the DCIM directory and transfer the photos to your Mac. Well, that’s it !
Transfer photos from Sony Xperia 1 IV to PC or Mac with the SD memory card
Transferring photos from the Sony Xperia 1 IV to the memory card is a pretty useful process, but the latter requires 2 conditions. In order to apply this approach, you must first of all have a SD memory card on your Sony Xperia 1 IV. The second 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 ideal for you. If perhaps you meet these 2 conditions, the transfer will be very simple. In reality, you will first need to take the SD memory card out of your Sony Xperia 1 IV and slip it into your mac or your pc. 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 pics you want on the Mac or the PC.
Transfer photos with Dropbox or Google Drive
There are various apps that transfer photos from your Sony Xperia 1 IV right to your pc 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 automatically find them on your COMPUTER or Mac. To achieve this, you need to download and install the app on your Sony Xperia 1 IV through the PlayStore. As soon you have installed the app, you must create or sign in with your account. You can then select the timings of the pics and screenshots of Sony Xperia 1 IV by going to the settings. Once the synchronization is triggered, you will have to download and install the same application on your PC or Mac. When this step is complete, 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 method that is incredibly convenient as the transfer of photos is carried out as you take them.
