It is important to be able to transfer the cute photos you have taken with your Vivo S5, to your laptop or your Mac. Whether it’s just to conserve the photos or to modify them, you’ll want to transfer them to the computer or the Mac. To copy photos from your Vivo S5, there are many alternatives that we will find out in this guide. We will first of all see ways to transfer the photos of the Vivo S5 in a basic way, that is to say with the USB cable. In the second step, we will find out ways to transfer the photos with the Vivo S5 SD memory card, if you own one. Finally, we will see ways to transfer the photos to your laptop via applications that use the internet.
Transfer photos from Vivo S5 to PC or Mac with USB cable
Transfer pictures to a PC
To copy pics from your Vivo S5 to a laptop, you can use the USB cable. Indeed, the cable you use to charge your mobile will let you to transfer your photos. To accomplish this, nothing is simpler. First, connect your Vivo S5 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 Vivo S5. When completed, your computer will identify the mobile and you will then be able to access the mobile files by going to My Computer. You should see your mobile listed as a removable drive. All you have to do is open it and find the file named DCIM. It is in this directory that the photos of your Vivo S5 are kept. You can then copy the pics you like to your laptop.
Transfer photos to a MAC
In a similar manner as for the COMPUTER, the 1st step is to connect the Vivo S5 to the Mac via the USB cable. Then select Multimedia Device or USB Storage in the notification bar of your Vivo S5. When done, you can open the Finder on your Mac and you should discover the Vivo S5 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 all !
Transfer photos from Vivo S5 to PC or Mac with the SD memory card
Transferring photos from the Vivo S5 to the memory card is a quite useful procedure, but the latter necessitates two conditions. In order to stick to this procedure, you must first of all have a SD memory card on your Vivo S5. The second condition is that: your photos must be saved on it. So if your photos do not register by default on the mobile’s SD memory card, this process is not the best for you. If you meet these two circumstances, the transfer will be very simple. In reality, you will 1st have to take the SD memory card out of your Vivo S5 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 photos you wish on the Mac or the PC.
Transfer photos with Dropbox or Google Drive
There are many applications that transfer photos from your Vivo S5 straight to your laptop through 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 COMPUTER or Mac. To accomplish this, you have to download and install the application on your Vivo S5 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 Vivo S5 by going to the options. Once the synchronization is activated, 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 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.
