After scanning and editing photos, you can easily export them from Pic Scanner Gold or Pic Scanner app to other devices or cloud, or share with family and friends.
Both Pic Scanner Gold and Pic Scanner apps let you freely export scanned photos. There are two main ways to do it: Export and Back Up.
When to use Export
Use Export function when you want to transfer selected photos (with or without captions):
- Up to a hundred selected scans to Photos app on your Mac, iPhone or iPad
- Up to a hundred photos to external drive or cloud storage services such as Dropbox, iCloud, Google Drive, OneDrive etc.
- A few photos to Facebook, Twitter or other social networks
- A few photos via email or messaging services.
This document explains how to use the Export function.
When to use Back Up
Use the Back Up feature when you want to transfer all or a large number of photos (with or without captions) and albums:
- From Pic Scanner Gold on old iPhone or iPad to a new one
- From iPhone to iPad, or from iPad to iPhone
- To your computer, external drive or in a cloud location e.g. Dropbox, Google Photos etc.
To learn how to use Back Up feature, please read this.
How to use Export function
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Airdrop
This is the fast and easy way. Make sure your iPhone or iPad and Mac are on the same wifi network and set up for Airdrop.
In Pic Scanner Gold, go to Gallery (or Cropped in Pic Scanner) > tap Select > choose photos > tap Export > choose Exclude (or Include) captions > This sharing options screen will appear:
To save photos to your Mac, select it from the Airdrop devices found, then Airdrop.
Other Ways to Save to Mac
If you can’t use Airdrop for any reason, then on the above screen:
- Save in the Photos app: Tap ‘Save x items’. Photos will be saved, and if iCloud is enabled, will also sync to Photos app on Mac.
- Save to Mac via iCloud: Select ‘Save to Files’. You’ll see the following screen:
Choose Desktop to save photos on your Mac desktop, or Documents, Downloads etc.
Save to Other Cloud Services: Dropbox, Google Drive etc.
If you use another cloud storage service e.g. Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox etc., select it on the above screen to save photos in it.
Exporting to Mac or PC via USB cable
Use this only if you use a PC, or can’t use the above methods for some reason. This will save all photos from Pic Scanner Gold’s Gallery (or Pic Scanner’s Cropped) screen on your computer.
From iPhone/iPad to Windows PC
- Connect iPhone or iPad to computer via USB cable. Launch iTunes on computer, and select your device [See (1) below].
- Click File Sharing in iTunes sidebar on the left [(2) above]. The right pane will show all the apps whose data is backed up [(3) above].
- Click on Pic Scanner Gold or Pic Scanner [(4) above]. Further right side will show some folders and files e.g. original_images, splitted_images, etc. Select splitted_images FOLDER, and drag it onto computer’s desktop. This folder will have all the photos you have on your Gallery (Pic Scanner Gold) or Cropped (Pic Scanner) screens.
- Close iTunes and disconnect your device from the computer. On computer desktop, rename the folder from splitted_image to whatever you want.
From iPhone/iPad to Mac
Broadly similar to the method for PC given above, but instead of iTunes you will use Finder.
- Connect iPhone or iPad to computer via USB cable. On the computer, open a Finder window. In the sidebar, under Devices, click on your iPhone or iPad. Click on the Files Tab
- From the list of apps displayed, click on Pic Scanner Gold. You’ll see a list of files and folders in the right side pane.
- Drag “Splitted Images” folder to your Desktop or any other location. It contains all the photos saved in Pic Scanner Gold’s Gallery.
