Can I download mass pictures from Google Photos to iPhone?
“A few days ago, I decided to reset my iPhone, so I uploaded all my photos to Google
Photos in advance. Now, I want to get all photos back to my iPhone like I had before the
reset. However, there are several thousand photos on Google Photos so I can’t download them
one by one. So, I wonder if I can download mass Google photos at once? Any help would be
greatly appreciated!”
Google Photos is undoubtedly an amazing service that allows users to backup photos to cloud
storage and syncing them over all devices. However, it neglects users' need to download
photos, especially mass/all photos, from the service. Though Google Photos app has “Save to
device” option for us to move pictures from Google Photos to iPhone, only one photo at a
time.
This can be cumbersome for people who want to download multiple photos from the cloud and
save them locally on their phone for offline viewing or other tasks. Therefore, what can you
do if you need to download mass or all photos from Google Photos to iPhone? Don’t worry, you
can follow methods below.
Method 1: Download mass/all pictures from Google Photos with Google Drive
1. Make sure you have the latest version of Google Drive app installed on your iPhone.
2. Open Google Drive. Tap the menu at the top left corner and select Google
Photos.
3. Select the pictures that you want to get from Google Photos. To select all pictures in
Google Photos, tap three dots icon > Select All.
4. Tap Download icon to download the picture to your device.

Method 2: Download all pictures from Google Photos with Google Takeout
1. Open Google
Takeout in Google Chrome.
2. To download all photos from Google Photos, choose Google Photos. Click
Next.
3. You can choose the file type, size to save the Google
photos and how you would like to receive the photos.

4. An archive of photos from your Google Photos will be created. Click
Download to save all the photos from Google Photos to your computer.

5. Connect your iPhone to computer > Run iTunes > Click Photos tab
> Check Sync Photos > Select photos you want to sync to iPhone >
Click Apply to sync photos to iPhone.
It is important to backup precious photos, videos on the iPhone. However, Google Photos can
be very confusing because it doesn't provide a straight-forward way to restore photos
from the Google backup. And sometimes, it even can't upload, sync, backup photos for
unknown reasons. What’s worse, photos disappear from Google Photos from time to time because
of software bugs. In this case, you’d better choose a simpler way to backup your photos on
iPhone like using a professional iPhone backup tool-AOMEI MBackupper.
Backup your photos in an easier way with AOMEI MBackupper
AOMEI MBackupper is a free iPhone backup expert for Windows PCs, and it is suitable for most models
of iPhone including the latest iPhone11. With it, you can backup not only photos, but also
videos, music, messages, and contacts from iPhone to computer easily and quickly. And with
only a few clicks, you can restore the whole or part of backed up files from computer to
iPhone directly.
In addition, it has clear interface and user-friendly design, so you can figure it out
quickly even for the first time. Now, download this software and follow the steps below to
backup photos on your iPhone if needed.
1. Download and launch AOMEI MBackupper. Connect iPhone to computer with USB cable and remember to
tap Trust This Computer on iPhone.
2. Open AOMEI MBackupper and click Photos Backup.

3. If you need to select files in folders, click the icon to enter Selection.
After selecting the needed files and click on OK. If you want to backup all
your photos, you can click Start Backup directly.

When you need to restore the image file to your iPhone, just connect iPhone to your laptop,
select the image file in Backup Management, and click the Arrow icon to
restore. You could also select wanted files by clicking an icon.

Verdict
As we can see, download mass/all pictures from Google Photos is a little is a bit
complicated. Therefore, if you want to back up your photos, it is recommended that you use
AOMEI MBackupper, which is more convenient for restore. And this software allows you to select
files when backup or restore, which is not supported by some other backup tool. Don't
hesitate to use it.