How To Download Images On Mac

• Hover over the image until the photo's (and the Like, Comment, and Share buttons at the bottom) appear. Click the 'Options' link in the bottom right corner, and then select the 'Download' command. The photo should now download in the highest resolution Facebook has on their servers. On mobile apps, the process is similar.
• All your photos on all your devices. ICloud Photos gives you access to your entire Mac photo and video library from all your devices. If you shoot a snapshot, slo-mo, or selfie on your iPhone, it's automatically added to iCloud Photos — so it appears on your Mac, iOS.

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Connect the device to your Mac. In Photos, choose File Import, then select the items you want and click Review for Import. To set where to import the items, click the 'Import to' pop-up menu and choose a location. If you selected a folder that contains other folders, choose Library (you can't import a group of folders into an album).

Google drive allows you to manually download photos to a different location on your computer. The maximum download file size is 2 GB. If the file size is larger than 2 GB, you will see a message with a list of files that are not included in the zip file. Here are the steps to download photos from Google Drive to your computer. Using iCloud Photos Sharing to Export Photos from Mac to iPhone. You won't have the 'Photos for Mac' feature if you are using older models of Mac. Nevertheless, you can still use the 'Mac Photo Sharing' option. Follow the simple steps outlined below to transfer photos from Mac to iPhone with the 'iCloud Photos Sharing' feature.

Since launching in 2010, Instagram has quickly become the most influential social media platform. Its visual nature, mainly photos and videos, are attractive and easy to consume. The addition of Stories, a feature first introduced by Snapchat, in 2016 further accelerated the collective Instagram addiction by playing on time sensitivity (Stories disappear after 24 hours).

So, overall, Instagram is taking over. Right now it's the best place to keep up with friends, follow celebrities, express your creativity, and get inspired by what others are doing. However, if you stumble upon some visuals you like and want to bookmark or download Instagram pictures for later reference, you'll find that it's not easy to do, since all Instagram files are DRM-protected.

But there are some workarounds that can show you how to download instagram photos on your iPhone and Mac. On iPhone, for example, you could take screenshots and then crop them to only show the actual photo. Then, you might wonder, how to download pictures from Instagram for Mac?

How to download Instagram photos to Mac

Because Instagram is so dominant today and we post so much (more than 100 million photos every day), for a lot of us, it's the most complete photo collection of our lives that we have. So let's first explore how the built-it Instagram photo downloader works to be able to retrieve our own images.

To activate Instagram downloader:

1. Go to the Instagram website on your Mac

2. Click on your profile ➙ Settings

3. Navigate to the Privacy and Security tab

4. Select Request Download in the Data Download section

5. Type in your email to receive a link to the archive ➙ Next

6. Enter your password ➙ Request Download

While it might take up to two days to process your request (although unlikely), Instagram will then email you a package with all your photos, comments, profile information, and more. That's one way of getting your photos back in full resolution. But what if you only need to get that one photo real quick or something from a profile you're following?

How to save Instagram photos via source code

The beauty of the open web is that with little technical assistance you can read the source code of any website and get any files you want when you know where to look.

To manually work around the Instagram picture downloader:

1. Right-click on the photo you like and select to View Page Source or Inspect Element, depending on the browser you're using

2. Navigate to the Sources tab

3. Find the Images folder

4. Scroll through all the elements and, when you find the photo you're looking for, literally drag it to your Desktop to save it

This way, not only can you download Instagram photos, you can also save photos from nearly any website on the web.

How to bookmark images on Instagram

If all you want is save Instagram photos so you can simply reference them later, the easiest way to do that is using Instagram's native bookmarking functionality, which lets you save any video or image, and even organize them into custom collections (on mobile only).

To save Instagram photos and videos to collections:

1. Open the photo or video you like

2. Click the bookmarking icon to save it

3. See all the saved items when you click on your profile ➙ Saved

When you bookmark an image on iOS or Android, you get to also tap Save to Collection and create a new folder or choose an existing one.

How to edit and upload Instagram photos in bulk

After you use the Instagram image downloader to get all your photos from the platform, you might want to rename or resize the files for your local library. Doing it one file at a time would be a complete waste of time. Is there a more automated solution available?

PhotoBulk is a workflow-based image editor that lets you modify dozens or even hundreds of images at once. Apply watermarks, get rid of any metadata, resize, rename, optimize, and even change formats — all with a single click of a button. To edit, simply drag and drop your images into PhotoBulk, add the appropriate functions, and click Start.

You can even use PhotoBulk to create a uniform Instagram profile, where all the pictures are of the same size, don't have metadata, and feature watermarks to protect your intellectual property. But how do you upload all these pictures back to Instagram?

Uplet is a minimalist Instagram for Mac client that will solve the task of bulk uploading with ease. You can switch between a few accounts, post multiple photos/videos at the same time, and add captions — all from a single intuitive interface.

Efficient as it is, Uplet doesn't have the traditional Instagram flow you're used to — with comments, tags, search, and DM messages. If you want a full-featured Instagram app for Mac, get Grids. It has everything you need and is the only desktop app that allows you to post Instagram Stories.

How to save Instagram Stories offline

Handshaker mac app. While we know how to use the Instagram post downloader to get the images and videos you like from your feed, what do you do when you want to save a few Instagram Stories?

It's easy to download Instagram pictures from your own Stories: just click the three dots to call up a menu and then choose 'Save photo.' Downloading someone else's Stories is trickier. On your iPhone, you could take a screenshot and then crop it to only show the photo. On your Mac, your best bet is to use a high-quality screen-recording app.

CleanShot X is an almost invisible but powerful screenshot taker. Most of the time, the app stays out of the way in your menu bar, always easily accessible. Just click its icon (or set a specific shortcut in Preferences) and choose which way you want to record your screen, from a simple screenshot to a scrolling capture to a timed shot. You can even hide Desktop icons, annotate, and blur sensitive information in seconds.

Capto is the best choice when you need to record video Instagram Stories and edit them using the same tools. The app lets you choose a portion of the screen or a particular app window to record (using a handy menu bar utility), and crop the result right away using built-in features. After that, you can seamlessly share the video online or save it to your local library.

As you can see, there are quite a few techniques to approach the how to download pictures from Instagram problem. You can use CleanShot X for photos, Capto for videos, edit a few at a time with PhotoBulk, and upload using Uplet. These tools really offer you the best Instagram workflow on Mac.

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Learn how to download photos from your digital camera or memory card to your computer using Adobe Bridge and its Photo Downloader app. Preview and select images, save a backup of your files, add copyright information, and more! For Adobe Bridge CC and CS6.

In the previous tutorial in this series on Getting Started with Photoshop, we learned how to install Adobe Bridge CC. Bridge is a file browser included with Photoshop and with every Creative Cloud subscription. Now that Bridge is installed, let's learn how to use Bridge to get photos from our camera or memory card onto our computer. Once Adobe Bridge has downloaded our photos, we can begin using Bridge to organize our images and open them into Photoshop.

To download images, Bridge actually uses a separate, built-in app known as the Photo Downloader. In this tutorial, we'll learn how to access the Photo Downloader in Bridge, and how to use it to download our files. This tutorial is compatible with both Adobe Bridge CC and Adobe Bridge CS6. However, if you're a Photoshop CC user, make sure you've installed Bridge CC before you continue. Adobe Bridge CS6 installs automatically with Photoshop CS6, so CS6 users don't need to install Bridge separately.

Also, since we're learning how to download photos, it helps to have some photos to download. To follow along, you'll want to have your camera or memory card plugged into your computer.

This is lesson 3 of 8 in Chapter 1 - Getting Started with Photoshop.

How To Download Photos With Adobe Bridge

Step 1: Launch Adobe Bridge

First, to download your photos, open Adobe Bridge. The easiest way to launch Bridge is from Photoshop. Go up to the File menu (in Photoshop) in the Menu Bar along the top of the screen and choose Browse in Bridge:

Step 2: Launch The Photo Downloader

With Bridge open, launch the Photo Downloader. As I mentioned, the Photo Downloader is a separate app that's built in to Adobe Bridge. To give the Photo Downloader something to download, make sure your camera or memory card is plugged in. Then, to open the Photo Downloader, go up to the File menu (in Bridge) at the top of the screen and choose Get Photos from Camera:

Another way to launch the Photo Downloader is by clicking the camera icon in the toolbar that runs along the upper left of the Bridge interface:

Launching The Photo Downloader Automatically (Mac Only)

Bridge can also launch the Photo Downloader automatically when you connect a camera or memory card to your computer. But for whatever reason, this option is only available on the Mac. Windows user can skip ahead to Step 3.

On a Mac, when the Photo Downloader opens for the first time, Bridge will ask if the Photo Downloader should launch automatically each time a camera or memory card is connected. Choose Yes or No depending on your personal preference. To stop Bridge from asking this every time you launch the Photo Downloader, choose Don't show again before making your choice:

You can always change your mind later by turning the same option on or off in the Bridge Preferences. To open the Preferences, go up to the Adobe Bridge CC (or Adobe Bridge CS6) menu at the top of the screen and choose Preferences (again, this is for Mac users only):

The Preferences dialog box will open to the General options. Look for the option that says When a Camera is Connected, Launch Adobe Photo Downloader. Check or uncheck this option to toggle it on or off. Then, click OK to close the Preferences dialog box:

Step 3: Choose Your Camera Or Memory Card

With the Photo Downloader open, use the Get Photos from option at the top to select the source of your images. The source will be either your camera or memory card. Sometimes the Photo Downloader automatically detects the correct source for you. If it doesn't, choose the correct source from the list. If your camera or memory card is not listed, make sure it's connected properly to your computer. Then, click the Refresh List option.

In my case, I have my memory card connected via a USB card reader. Since my photos were taken with a Canon camera, the card appears in the list as 'EOS_DIGITAL'. Your card may be named something different depending on your camera's manufacturer:

Step 4: Switch To The Advanced Dialog

By default, the Photo Downloader appears in what Adobe calls the Standard dialog. The Standard dialog is a simplified version of the Photo Downloader interface. It gives us access to most, but not all, of the options available to us. A better choice is to use the Advanced dialog. The Advanced dialog isn't really 'advanced'. It just gives us more options. To switch from the Standard to the Advanced dialog, click the Advanced Dialog button in the lower left of the dialog box:

The Advanced dialog includes all of the options from the Standard dialog, plus a few additional and important features. We now have a large preview area displaying thumbnails of all the images on the camera or memory card. We also have options in the lower right for adding copyright information (metadata) to the images as they're being downloaded:

Step 5: Select The Images You Want To Download

Along with letting us view the images, the preview area also lets us choose which photos we want to download. In most cases, you'll want to download everything and then decide later which images are worth keeping. But if you know for a fact that there are images you don't need, there's a couple of ways to stop those images from downloading.

Below each thumbnail, along with the file's name, shot date and time, you'll see a checkbox. Every image with a check inside the box will be downloaded. By default, every image is checked. If there are only a few images you want to exclude, simply uncheck them. Depending on how many images you have, you may need to scroll through them using the scroll bar along the right:

If there are more than a few images you want to exclude, it may be faster to uncheck them all. Then, you can manually select the ones you want to keep. To do that, click the UnCheck All button below the preview area:

Then, press and hold the Ctrl (Win) / Command (Mac) key on your keyboard and click on the images you want to download. A highlight box will appear around each image you select. Once they're all selected, click inside the checkbox of any of your highlighted images to select them all:

Step 6: Choose Where You Want To Save The Images

Next, we need to specify the location on our computer where the Photo Downloader should save the images. We do that in the Save Options section in the upper right of the dialog box. Click the Choose button. Then, navigate to the folder or location where you want to save them. Here, I'll be saving mine to a folder named 'photos' on my Desktop. Ideally, you'll want to save your images to a separate external hard drive, but I'll just choose this folder for now:

Step 7: Create A Subfolder For The Images

To help keep your photos better organized, the Photo Downloader will create a subfolder in the location you specified. It will then save your images in the subfolder. By default, the subfolder will be named based on the date the photos were taken. Cick on the box below the words Create Subfolder(s) to open a list of preset naming options for the folder. Most of the options are just variations on the shot date.

If you need something more specific, choose Custom Name from the list, Then, enter anything you like for the folder's name. Since I shot these photos in Alaska, I'll name my subfolder 'Alaska'. The Location section above updates to show a preview of the name you've entered:

Step 8: Rename The Files (Optional)

The Photo Downloader also includes a Rename Files option that lets us rename our images as they're being downloaded. While it may be tempting to rename them at this point, there's a couple of reasons why I recommend against it. The main reason is that you probably won't want to keep all of your images once you've had a chance to look them over. Renaming files first and then deleting ones we don't like means we end up with breaks in the naming sequence. It would be better to review the images first in Adobe Bridge. Then, we can delete the ones not worth keeping, and then rename the keepers.

Also, Adobe Bridge includes a Batch Rename feature that makes it incredibly easy to rename multiple files at once. So, since we don't know which images we're going to keep, and we can easily rename them later, it's just not worth renaming them here.

Choosing A New File Name

By default, the Rename Files option is set to Do not rename files, so you can safely ignore it. But, if you do need to rename them here, click on the Rename Files box to choose from a list of preset naming options. Again, most of the presets are variations on the shot date. There's also a Custom Name option that lets us enter our own name for the files. I'll choose Custom Name, and then I'll enter 'Alaska'. An example of the new file name appears directly below the name field:

Setting The Four-Digit Extension And Preserving The Original File Name

To the right of the name field is another field with a number in it. The number is the starting number of a four-digit extension that will be appended to the file names. The default value is 1, which means the sequence will begin with '0001'. You can enter your own value as well. Again, an example of the new name, along with its four-digit extension, appears below the name field. In my case, the files would be renamed beginning with 'Alaska_0001'.

If you want to embed the original file name with the image, select the Preserve Current Filename in XMP option. If you change your mind and decide not to rename the files, as I'm going to do, set the Rename Files box back to Do not rename files:

Step 9: The Advanced Options

Directly below the Save Options is the Advanced Options section. But oddly enough, you won't find any advanced options here. Instead, you'll find the same four options that are also found in the Standard dialog. Still, these options are important, so let's take a look at them. You may need to click on the words 'Advanced Options' to twirl the section open.

Open Adobe Bridge

The first option in the 'Advanced' section is Open Adobe Bridge. Leave this option checked to have Bridge open to the folder containing your images once the download is complete:

Convert to DNG

The next option is Convert to DNG. DNG stands for 'Digital Negative' and is Adobe's version of the raw file format. If your camera supports the raw format and your images were captured as raw files, it's a good idea to select this option. This will convert your images from your camera's raw file format to Adobe's DNG format as they're being downloaded. DNG files are smaller than your camera's native raw files so they'll take up less space without any loss in quality. DNG is also an open source format, not owned by any camera manufacturer. This can help keep your images compatible with future versions of Photoshop and other software. And, for reasons we'll look at in our Camera Raw section, the DNG format makes it easier to move files that have been edited in Camera Raw.

We'll learn more about the DNG format in another tutorial. For now, if you're familiar with DNG, go ahead and select this option, otherwise you can safely leave it unchecked. You can always convert your raw files to DNG later if you choose:

Delete Original Files

The third option is Delete Original Files. This will delete your images from your camera or memory card as soon as the download is finished. Leave this option turned off. Otherwise, you could lose your files forever if something goes wrong during the download process. A better way to work is to leave the files on your memory card until you're sure they all made it to your computer safely. Then, to clear off the images, format the memory card in your camera the next time you go to shoot:

The 'Save Copies to' Option

The fourth option, Save Copies to, will save a copy of your files to a second location. This is a great way to back up your images and is highly recommended. Whenever possible, choose a separate hard drive, not the same hard drive as the original location. External hard drives work great. This way, if one hard drive fails, you'll still have a copy of your images on the second drive. Enable the 'Save Copies to' option by clicking inside its checkbox. Then click the Choose button and browse to the location where you want to save the backups. As the images are being downloaded from your camera or memory card, the Photo Downloader will save them to both your primary location (that you specified earlier) and this secondary location:

Step 10: Add Your Copyright Information

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Finally, below the Advanced Options is the Apply Metadata section. This section is only available in the Advanced dialog. Apply Metadata lets us add creator and copyright information to our images as they're being downloaded. Enter your name into the Creator field. Then enter your copyright info into the Copyright field. To add the copyright symbol ( © ), on a Windows PC, press and hold your Alt key and type 0169 on your keyboard's numeric keypad. On a Mac, it's even easier. Just press Option+G on your keyboard. As we'll see in another tutorial, Adobe Bridge gives us other ways to add copyright and other metadata to our images, including the ability to create and apply metadata templates. For now, we'll keep things simple and stick with the basic options:

Step 11: Download Your Images

To download your images, click the Get Media button in the lower right corner of the Photo Downloader. Depending on the number of images, the size of the files and other factors, it may take a while for the download to complete. A progress bar will keep you updated with how it's going:

Once all your images have been downloaded, Adobe Bridge will jump to the folder containing the photos so you can begin sorting through them. We learn how to review our images with Bridge in the next tutorial:

Where to go next..

And there we have it! So far, we've learned how to install Adobe Bridge and how to use Bridge to download files from our camera. Yet we haven't learned much about Bridge itself. In the next lesson in this chapter, we'll learn how to use Adobe Bridge to manage and organize your images!

Or check out any of the other lessons in this chapter:

• 03. How to download photos from your camera with Adobe Bridge

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