How to Backup Photos from iPad Air 2 to Computer?

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If you have lot of photos on your iPad, then you can backup those photos to computer. By backing up photos from iPad to computer, you can make some space on your iPad for the further use. Either you can USB cable or any cloud storage service to transfer photos from iPad to computer. The best ways to backup photos is the using cloud storage service. Because you can keep an extra copy of your photos online and you can access them from anywhere on any device.

There are Two ways to Backup Photos from iPad Air 2 to Computer:


1. Using USB Port:

Backing up photos from your iPad to computer is easy. You can backup photos from iPad to computer by using USB post. Connect your iPad to computer using the USB cable that came with your iPad Air 2. After connecting iPad into computer via USB cable, the computer will recognize your iPad as a digital camera. Click on 'My Computer', you will see your iPad under 'Portable Devices'. Click on iPad icon and then click 'Internal Storage'. You will see DCIM file folder. When you click on it, you will see all your photo and videos folder stored in iPad. Open the folder and choose the photos which you want to backup to computer. Copy the photos from iPad and paste them to the folder on your computer.

2. Using Cloud Service App:

There are several cloud storage services are available on the internet such as Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, Box, iCloud and much more. Using the cloud storage app, you can easily backup photos from iPad Air 2 to computer. You will need to download and install the cloud storage service on iPad and computer. If you are using Dropbox cloud storage service to backup photos from iPad to computer, then download and install it on your iPad and computer. It will create a dedicated folder called 'Dropbox' folder on iPad and computer. It allows you to sync photos between iPad and computer. You need to upload photos from iPad's camera roll to Dropbox account. You will be able to see those photos in Dropbox folder on your computer because of Dropbox's syncing feature. You can easily download those photos onto your computer.

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