Transfer Photos from iPhone to PC – Easy

Transfer Photos from iPhone to PC – Easy and Automated

iCloud is the default way to store your photos from your Apple device to another location. Once the files are in your iCloud account, you can log in and download those images to your computer.

However, many users do not use iCloud and are looking for an alternative. Here is an option that is easy, automatic, and far less expensive than maintaining an iCloud subscription.

The Qubii Pro is a backup device that works while you charge your phone. There is nothing to configure and no settings to manage. The Qubii Pro holds a microSD card for storage and connects between your iPhone cable and your charging block.

Photo and video transfer from your iPhone to storage happens automatically. Qubii scans your photo and video library and backs up any file not already present on the microSD card. The first backup can take a while because everything must be copied. The total time depends on how many photos and videos you have. On future connections, only new files are backed up.

Since most people charge their phones overnight, the backup process happens without disrupting normal usage.

Apple provides 5GB of free iCloud storage, but that space fills up quickly with high-resolution photos and video. As shown below, iCloud pricing seems inexpensive at first, but the monthly cost increases as storage needs grow.

• Free: 5GB of storage per iCloud account (not per device)
• $0.99/month: 50GB of storage (single user)
• $2.99/month: 200GB of storage (family use)
• $9.99/month: 2TB of storage (family use)
• Apple One Family plan ($22.95/month) includes 200GB of iCloud storage
• Apple One Premier plan ($32.95/month) includes 2TB of iCloud storage

Apple does a very good job of encouraging users to upgrade storage plans, so there is a high likelihood that monthly costs will exceed $20 USD over time (based on pricing in 2023).

There are a few important limitations to understand with Qubii:

• You cannot choose specific photos or videos to back up; everything is included
• If a file is deleted from the microSD card but still exists on your phone, it will be backed up again
• The solution backs up photos and videos only, not contacts or documents
• If you replace the microSD card, the entire backup process starts over

The last point above is important.

Be sure to purchase a microSD card with enough capacity to handle several years of photos. We recommend a 1TB card. Buy it once and forget about it. From the chart below, you can see that a 256GB card stores about 136,000 photos, so a 1TB card can store well over half a million images. One word of caution: buy a name-brand card (for example, SanDisk). Because NAND memory is extremely dense, quality manufacturing matters for long-term reliability when storing your photos and videos.

Here are a few user comments about the product:

Comment One

…I have been trying and trying to find something to use as an external backup for all of my photos and videos on my phone. I’m sick of paying monthly for the iCloud upgrade and knew there had to be something out there that could eliminate that cost. I am so pleased with this little device. It is very easy to use and surprisingly fast. I inserted my microSD card, plugged it in using an Apple Lightning cable as instructed, and within 45 minutes it had backed up over 5,000 photos and videos…

Comment Two

…For some reason I don’t like iCloud. I wanted to back up my photos to a computer, but it was a terrible process. Using this small device, I completed the backup on the first try, then gave it to my wife and son to back up their photos as well. Thank you for such a useful product…

Warranty information: Qubii requires iOS 14 or later. Qubii is MFi-certified by Apple Inc. This product includes a one-year warranty (12 months).