To transfer photos from an SD card to your iPhone without a computer, you need to use a Lightning camera reader with an SD card.
Transfer photos from SD card to iPhone
The SD card, also known as a memory card, is widely used in Android phones to increase storage space and in digital cameras as primary and expanded storage.
Once the SD card is full, simply remove it from your smartphone or Digicam and all its contents will be transferred to a PC, iPhone, or iPad.
All you have to do to transfer pictures from SD card to iPhone is to dock your iPhone into the “Digicam Lightning to SD Card Reader” and the native Pictures app will do the rest.
1. Transfer all photos from SD card to iPhone
Follow the steps below to transfer photos from SD card to iPhone or iPad.
1. Insert the SD card into the Lightning to SD card reader and connect the Lightning connector to your iPhone.
2. Open the app's Screenshots feature on your iPhone (if it doesn't open automatically)
3. When you are in the Pictures app, click on the Import tab and then on Import all available in the upper right corner of your screen.
4. Once the images have been imported, you will be asked to choose whether you want to keep the images on the SD card after the change or delete them.
Tap Save if you want to keep the images on the SD card. Tap Delete if you want to clear the SD card.
2. Transfer the selected images from SD card reader to iPhone
You can also manually select specific images from the SD card and transfer them to the iPhone.
1. Insert the SD card into the Lightning to SD card reader and connect the Lightning connector to your iPhone.
2. Open the app's Screenshots feature on your iPhone (if it doesn't open automatically)
3. Once you're in the Pictures app, click the Individual Pictures button , which you just need to switch to on your iPhone.
Once you have selected your images, click on the Import button located in the upper right corner of your screen.
4. In the pop-up window that appears, click on either Wait or Delete, depending on whether you need to keep the transferred images on the SD card or delete them from it.
The place to discover imported images on iPhone
All images imported from the SD card to iPhone will be available in the Pictures app on your iPhone or iPad.
1. Open the Images app on your iPhone
2. Tap the Albums button in the back menu.
3. On the next screen, slide your finger down and tap the Import albums button.
Once you are in Album Imports, you will be able to see all the images that have been imported from your digital camera to your iPhone.
Can't find the import option on iPhone
If you can't see the Import tab in the iPhone Pictures app
- Turn off the iPhone Lightning SD Card Reader and turn it back on after 60 seconds
- Restart your iPhone
This may reveal the option to import in the back menu of your iPhone's Photos app.
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