What is "Live Photos"
Live Photos can shoot 1.5 seconds of video before and after the shutter is released. That is
3 seconds of video, and is available on iPhone 6s and later.
The photo image is saved as a video, and it is fun to tap and move. It is very convenient
because it can be set as wallpaper and lock screen.
However, there are some things to keep in mind when shooting Live Photos. That is, Live
Photos consume twice storage space as much as regular photos. Because the effect of Live
Photo is composed by combining .jpeg and .mp4 files, it occupies much storage.
If you save multiple Live Photos to your iPhone, the storage capacity will be consumed
quickly.
3 ways to save Live Photos to computer
As mentioned above, if you take a lot of Live Photos, your iPhone will run out of storage
space. You’d better save important Live Photos to USB or PC to solve the shortage of
space.
Next, for those who want to backup Live Photos to PC, here are three ways to import Live
Photos to PC.
Method 1. Introduce Live Photos to PC with USB cable included with iPhone
Live Photos can be imported to a computer using the lightning cable.
However, you need to install iTunes on your PC. Since photo data is arranged in a row, it is
difficult to find a large number of photos. Also, it is not recommended because there are
frequent errors that can't import photos from iPhone to PC when using this method.
Step 1. Connect iPhone to PC with lightning cable. Then you will see the
iPhone icon in Windows File Explorer.
Step 2. Click iPhone> Internal Storage> DCIM> 100APPLE. When you
enter the folder 100APPLE, you can see the JPG and MOV files and also Live Photos.
Step 3. Find the Live Photos you want to save on your computer and copy the
two files JPG and MOV to your computer. Then, backup of Live Photos to PC is completed.
Method 2. Save live photos to computer with iCloud
As you know, when you turn on "iCloud Photo Library" on iPhone, a large number of
photos taken by iPhone would be automatically uploaded to iCloud and can be downloaded and
saved on your computer. Because it supports Live Photos, you can save Live Photos to your
computer using iCloud.

However, keep in mind that iCloud has a maximum storage period of 30 days and a maximum of
1000 copies.
Step 1. iPhone “Settings”> Apple ID> “iCloud”> “Photos” and turn on
iCloud Photo Library. Then all photos and videos including Live Photos will be uploaded to
iCloud.
Step 2. Access “icloud.com” on your PC browser, enter the same Apple ID as
your iPhone and log in.
Step 3. Select the "Photos" icon, find the Live Photos you want to
backup to your computer, and download the two files, JPG and MOV, to your computer. Then you
complete importing Live Photos to PC with iCloud.
You can upload iPhone Live Photos to iCloud Photos, then import them to your computer and
save them.
Method 3. Save live photos to computer with mBackupper
mBackupper is an iPhone to Windows
PC transfer software which allows you to easily transfer not only photos, but also messages,
music, videos and contacts to your Windows PC on a simple pane. It gives you flexible
selection to meet your needs. It is an ideal and extremely useful solution to protect your
important iPhone data from loss or damage. If you use Windows PC, mBackupper is your best
choice.
Now we will show you how to transfer live photos from iPhone to Computer with mBackupper.
First, download and install mBackupper on your computer for free.
Step 1. Connect your iPhone to your computer with a USB cable. Then tap
Trust This Computer on your iPhone.
Step 2. On the home screen, you have 2 options, Click Custom Backup or
Photos Backup. Chose Photos Backup.


Step 3. You can click the icon to select the pictures that you want to
back up and click the button OK.

Step 4. Then specify a path as the destination to store the backup on
PC.
Step 5. At last click Start Backup to start the transfer and wait for it
to complete task.
Step 6. When your images backup is completed. You can see all backup
tasks in Backup Management.

Conclusion
There are many ways to transfer live photos from your iPhone to your Windows
computer.
However, both ways are inconvenient. Only mBackupper can do this in a fast and efficient
way without missing any images. It's a free and useful software to protect your
iPhone from data loss disaster. Why don't you give it a try?