How to download photos from your phone using a web browser?

Start PhotoSync on your iOS device and tap the red transfer button. In the Receive tab tap on Computer.

Receive action menu in PhotoSync
Receive action menu in PhotoSync

Now tap on the Computer button and follow the instructions on the screen.

Receive instructions for a computer
Receive instructions for a computer

To receive (download) photos from a web browser on your computer, start a web browser on your computer and enter the PhotoSync internet address that is shown to you into the instructions in PhotoSync. Attention: Make sure both devices are connected to the same Wi-Fi network.

Album list of your iOS device in the webbrowser
Album list of your iOS device in the webbrowser

As soon as your webbrowser connects to your iOS device, the screen on the iOS device changes and shows that a web browser is connected accessing the device.

Connection status
Connection status

Change into an album by clicking on the album name in the webbrowser.

Album contents in the webbrowser
Album contents in the webbrowser

Click on select in the upper right corner of the screen to enable the selection mode. When you click on a photo or video thumbnail, it will get a red marker. Select the photos and videos that you want to download to your computer.

Selected photos and videos in the webbrowser
Selected photos and videos in the webbrowser

To download the selected photos and videos just click on the Download (xx) link in the upper right corner to download the selected number of photos and videos. PhotoSync generates a ZIP file that contains the selected photos and videos and offers the ZIP file as a single download. Click on the download icon to download the ZIP file with the selected photos and videos to your computer.

ZIP file containing the selected photos and videos
ZIP file containing the selected photos and videos

Alternatively, if you only want to download individual photos or videos, you can leave the selection mode and click on the thumbnails to display the respective photos or videos in a larger preview. You can click on Download Original in the upper right corner of the screen to download the original to your computer.

Large preview of a photo
Large preview of a photo

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