Launch the app ( Applications > Image Capture).Use a cable to connect your iPhone to your Mac.The Image Capture Help files go into these options in more detail. NOTE: You can use Image Capture to transfer files from an iPad or a camera. And what I discovered is that this app makes transferring media even easier than Preview. Hmm… I don’t think I’ve ever launched Image Capture, so this week, I decided to take a closer look.
( See it here.) Afterward, a reader wrote to say they used Image Capture (another Apple-supplied application) for the same purpose and found it easier to use. Last week, I posted a video demo on how to use Preview to transfer media files from an iPhone to a Mac.