Windows 10: Upload photos from iPhone to PC

When I go to Photos > Import > Upload from USB, and my iPhone is plugged in and I have clicked to allow and trust the computer on my phone... SOMETIMES it allows me to select the files I want to upload to my laptop, but USUALLY I get the error message: "Add something to import," and it continues and suggests I do not have photos or videos on my device. However, I DO, and only sometimes does it recognize that. I have allowed access on my iPhone but still no luck. I have successfully downloaded some photos in the past, but it's hit or miss and I don't understand why it is so fussy.


Additionally, if I try to manually go to my devices on the laptop, I cannot find my iPhone even when it is plugged in. I thought maybe there would be a loophole to get these old pics from my phone to my pc but maybe not..


Additionally, my iCloud is not on, I don't trust it for my photos so that should not be the issue.


Could it be an antivirus issue? I'm beginning to regret my laptop purchase and also about to pull a 2007 Britney soon.. it's been two hours.

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I suggest you use the search string "Iphone photo transfer" but I found this:

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iPhone Photos import to Windows 10 PC not working

I would like to troubleshoot my inability to import photos from iPhone to Windows 10. I am an advanced user struggling to find relevant help on the internet since most results are unusable masked adverts for paid third party software.

I want to use it the following way

1. connect iPhone via USB to my Windows 10 PC
   
2. open Microsoft "Photos" app
   
3. click in the upper right on import > add from the device over USB
   
4. select all photos and click import
   

4th step is where it fails, with no usable message.

• I have set the device as trusted on iPhone
  
• I mostly don't see it in My Computer, therefore I cannot just copy
  
• I tried uninstalling every driver and iTunes software
  
• Despite not being visible in Windows Explorer, iTunes can always access the contents with no issue
  
• it has a tiny moments when it starts working, but overall import fails sooner or later and never copies all 3k photos. Mostly MSPhotos don't show any content, just failure message, sometimes it shows it's content and acts as I can select what to import, but as described fails sooner or later
  
• iTunes can successfully copy entire phone.
  
  Other attempts
  
• I tried multiple free 3rd party SW, all of them either failed or seemed like to be usable only after buying their extended version
  
• I tried using iTunes for Syncing the Photos
  
  • I maybe don't know how to use it, or it is faulty too. But I've set the directory where my Photos should be synced, but sync seems to just backup the phone and creates tiny 'Photo Database file', but no photo actually gets copied onto PC.