

The folder containing photos on your iPhone may be a few levels deep in the ChromeOS Files app, so you may have to do a little digging. If you don't have the cable that came with your iPhone, you can also find a number of third-party options on Amazon. For older Chromebooks or budget models, you'll need a USB-A to Lightning cable. If your Chromebook has a USB-C port, which most newer Chromebooks do, you'll need USB-C to Lightning. Keep in mind you'll need to use a USB to Lightning cable for the connection as Apple is still using Lightning ports on the iPhone 14 series in 2022. Just physically connect your iPhone to the USB port on your Chromebook, provide permission on your iPhone when prompted and the ChromeOS Files app will then show the photo data from your iPhone. If you prefer to take care of business the old-fashioned way, you can easily do that as well. Keep in mind that most Chromebooks don't have a lot of storage on board, so you may not be able to locally store every single photo you take anyway. It's also possible to manually transfer photos, which we'll cover next, but that's quite a bit more complicated than just using Google Photos. This is by far the easiest solution, but of course, there's the issue of original quality backups and paying for storage from Google if you take a lot of photos. You can also access all of your photos using the Google Photos web app as well. If you simply install the Photos app on your iPhone and choose to sync full-quality images, all of your photos will be available in the Photos app on your Chromebook. As a loyal Android and Chrome user, I'd argue that Google's solution is the better one, which is actually nice because it's also available on iOS.Īpple doesn't make their Photos app available on Android, so you really need to go with the Google solution here to sync your photos to your Chromebook in the cloud using a first-party solution. Apple and Google both have incredibly popular Photos apps.

If you want an easy way to get your iPhone photos on a Chromebook without the hassle, cloud syncing is your best bet.
