Apple designed the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch Photographic camera Roll (Recents in iOS xiii and to a higher place) to only contain photos and videos y'all take with the device. The same holds true for default albums such equally Favourites, Panoramas, Selfies, Screenshots and Videos.

This is why it is not possible to add photos or videos from elsewhere directly to Camera Coil or its photo albums.

This commodity provides an explanation and a couple of solutions for people who desire to lose the shackles of Photo Library and its limitations and add photos to iPhone Camera Roll.

  • Camera Roll vs Photo Library
  • Copy photos from Photo Library to Photographic camera Roll
  • How to add photos to iPhone Photographic camera Roll directly

Camera Gyre vs Photograph Library

The photos you add together to your device from PC (with iTunes, CopyTrans Photo, etc.) get to a separate folder called Photo Library. Here is the difference between Camera Roll vs. Photo Library as viewed in CopyTrans Photo interface:

Camera Roll vs Photo Lubrary in CopyTrans Photo interface

Annotation: On your iPhone, y'all encounter photos added to Photo Library in the "From my Mac" section, which is not part of Camera Gyre. As well, you can't delete these images, at to the lowest degree from your device:

No Delete button in From My Mac album

CopyTrans Photo can delete these images only fine.

Also, we know a couple of tricks that will assistance y'all add photos to Camera Scroll in the end! Here they are:

  • Re-create photos from Photo Library to Camera Roll
  • Add photos to Camera Gyre directly

Copy photos from Photograph Library to Camera Coil

If your photos are already in Photo Library, here is a little trick to put them into Photographic camera Ringlet:

  1. On your iPhone, go to Photos -> Albums -> From My Mac, then select the album with the photos you lot need to re-create to Camera Roll.

    2. From My Mac section of iPhone Photos app

  2. In the upper-correct corner, printing "Select" and cull the photos y'all need. There is besides the option Select All.

    3. Selecting photos in iPhone photo album

  3. And so select the Share selection in the lower-left corner of the screen and choose "Duplicate" to add photos to Photographic camera Ringlet or "Add to anthology" if you desire them every bit function of a specific collection.

    4. Duplicating photos from From My Mac to Recents

  4. The photos are now part of your Camera Roll.

    5. iPhone Photo app Recents album

How to add photos to iPhone Camera Roll with Cloudly

At that place is really a trick to add photos directly to Camera Coil, only you lot will demand to apply iCloud power for that. Hither is the idea: if you could upload images from PC to iCloud and enable iCloud syncing on device, the photos would migrate straight to your Camera Roll. And we know simply the tool to aid – CopyTrans Cloudly!

Before you lot start uploading photos, enable iCloud sync on your device: get to Settings -> your Apple ID -> iCloud -> Photos and ready toggle switch to ON. To forestall data loss in the hereafter, cull "Download and proceed originals": this will go on the photos on your device even if you lot disable iCloud sync later.

Enable iCloud Photos in iPhone settings

Then, upload the photos:

  1. In CopyTrans Control Center, run CopyTrans Cloudly. If you don't have it installed, download the programme here:

    Download CopyTrans Cloudly

    2. If you need help, refer to the installation guide.

  2. Sign in with your Apple ID. Nosotros use SSL connection to protect your data, so y'all're safe!

    3. CopyTrans Cloudly iCloud login interface

  3. On the welcome screen, choose "Upload".

    4. CopyTrans Cloudly Upload button

  4. Select the files (.HEIC, .PNG and .JPEG images and .MOV, .MP4, .M4V video files) that yous desire to upload to iCloud. Once you lot're gear up, printing "Upload!"

    5. Selecting images to upload to iCloud using CopyTrans Cloudly

  5. Expect until the plan carefully delivers your photos and videos to your iCloud account… There they are.

    6. CopyTrans Cloudly uploading process

  6. Your images sit tightly in your iCloud. If your device is synced to iCloud, the images will appear on it as well. Viva la CopyTrans!

If you plan on using CopyTrans Photograph after on, we recommend that you lot switch off iCloud sync after uploading the files. Here'due south how to disable iCloud Photos on your iPhone.

Now yous're good to go! You tin add and remove photos from Camera Curl whenever yous want.

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