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3 Top Ways to Upload Photos to OneDrive from iPhone 2024
Want to store iPhone photos on OneDrive? You will know how to use OneDrive and the very detailed steps to upload photos to OneDrive from iPhone in this guide.
By Dylan / Updated on July 23, 2024
How to use Onedrive to save photos from iPhone?
Hi, If I save my iPhone photos to Onedrive and then delete them from the phone, will they also be deleted from Onedrive? Or will Onedrive always be a repository for all photos ever taken with my phone, even if they are no longer on the phone? I want to use Onedrive instead of iCloud to back up my photos and save space on my phone. What are the best practices for doing this?
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Need to backup iPhone to Onedrive instead of iCloud?
Photos are important data on iPhone but high-quality photos like live photos have taken a lot of storage. iPhone users often need to seek cloud storage to store their photos and release iPhone storage.
iCloud is useful. You just need to turn on iCloud Photos in Settings and then your photos could be automatically uploaded to iCloud and synced among all your iOS devices. But iCloud only offers 5GB of free storage.
What if you have used up the free iCloud storage? Except for buying more iCloud storage, you could definitely choose other network drives, like OneDrive or Google Drive to store your photos. Here we would like to tell you about how to transfer photos from iPhone to OneDrive.
To use the 15GB of free storage of Google Drive, go to this upload Photos from iPhone to Google Photos guide.
Method 1. How automatically upload photos to OneDrive from iPhone
If you create a new OneDrive account, you would get 5GB of free storage to save store your photos.
Honestly speaking, OneDrive is better than iCloud in saving photos because your photos won’t take storage on your iPhone anymore. If you use iCloud, when you delete photos on iPhone to release storage they are also deleted from iCloud.
If you want to sync iPhone photos to Onedrive, you need to get the OneDrive app on iPhone and then follow the steps below to upload photos:
1. Download OneDrive from App Store. Get an account and sign in. Connect iPhone to Wi-Fi.
2. In the OneDrive app, click your profile in the upper-left corner.
3. Tap the option Settings.
4. Select Camera Upload.
5. Switch on Camera Upload.
Your photos would be automatically uploaded to OneDrive. If you want to upload videos to OneDrive at the same time, switch on Include Photos in step 5. Also, you could have a better way to transfer large videos from iPhone to PC.
All of your photos could be easily previewed in OneDrive including live photos, but there is one thing you need to know is that they cannot be viewed on Windows computer. OneDrive used to automatically convert HEIC into JPG when you upload photos but now it uploads the original HEIC file. Then you can convert HEIC to JPG on iPhone.
Method 2. How to manually transfer photos from iPhone to OneDrive
You could select the needed photos from iPhone and upload them to OneDrive any time you want. The steps are very easy.
>Follow the steps to manually upload photos to OneDrive:
1. Connect iPhone to Wi-Fi. Get the OneDrive app from App Store. Sign in your account.
2. Tap the plus icon on the screen.
3. Select Upload then.
4. Select your photos and click Done.
Your photos would be uploaded to OneDrive one by one.
What if when OneDrive iPhone photos not syncing
No matter you upload photos automatically or manually, sometimes errors would make you fail to upload photos from iPhone to OneDrive. Then you may ask: "Why is my iPhone not uploading pictures to OneDrive?" Don't worry, find reasons and fixes here!
Solution 1. Connect iPhone to better Wi-Fi: Bad network conditions could make uploading photos very slow or even make it not work.
Solution 2. Make sure it is running: If you clear all the apps that are running in the background, your photos might be uploaded to OneDrive automatically so don’t force close it.
Solution 3. Keep photos on iPhone: You might have turned on iCloud Photos and uploaded photos to iCloud. Your photos need to be downloaded even when you think they are on your iPhone while actually they are not.
Open Settings app on iPhone > tap your profile > select iCloud > select Photos > if you have turned on iCloud Photos, tap Download and Keep Original.
Method 3. How to upload iPhone photos to OneDrive on computer
Your iPhone photos could be saved to computer and then you could also upload them to OneDrive.
The best way to export photos from iPhone to computer is using FoneTool.
It provides a much faster speed to send photos and 1000 + photos can be transferred in 10 minutes. Easy-to-use interface allows you to export your photos with very simple steps. You can preview and select iPhone photos from PC and move them as you like. It supports the latest iPhone 15/14, iOS 18/17, and other previous devices and systems.>Steps to upload iPhone photos to OneDrive on computer:
Step 1. Download FoneTool by clicking the button below. Connect your iPhone to computer with USB cable.
Step 2. On the home screen, click Phone Transfer on the left pane. Move the mouse to iPhone to PC. Click Get Started.
Step 3. Click the + icon to preview photos on your iPhone > Select photos from your iPhone and then click OK.
Step 4. Change storage location from the Transfer Settings option > Click Start Transfer to export iPhone photos to computer.
Step 5. Open your browser and go to https://onedrive.live.com/.
Step 6. Create a folder called My iPhone Photos.
Step 7. Click Upload to upload iPhone photos to OneDrive.
Conclusion
OneDrive could store your iPhone photos and this passage tells you how to upload photos to OneDrive from iPhone and computer. FoneTool makes it easy to upload photos to OneDrive on computer.
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