Rollport

Get started

A few steps, the first time only. After that, connect the iPhone and click Import.

Steps for
  1. 1

    Download and install

    Open the .dmg file and drag Rollport to Applications.

    .dmgApple silicon and Intel

    First time only: macOS blocks Rollport, because Apple has not notarized it yet. Close the message, then open System Settings › Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway.

  2. 2

    Connect your iPhone

    Connect the iPhone with a USB cable and unlock it. The first time, the iPhone asks whether to trust this computer: tap Trust, then enter your passcode. Trust only your own computer, or one you know. Rollport waits and tells you what to do.

    Nothing goes over the internet: the photos go only through the cable.

  3. 3

    Choose a folder

    Choose where the photos go. Rollport suggests a folder: click Change… to pick another, or drop a folder on the window. Then click Use this folder. Use the same folder every time: it keeps a record of what it already has, so each import adds only what is new.

  4. 4

    Import

    Rollport counts the photos and videos the folder does not have yet, and shows the newest. Click Import.

    Files are copied unchanged, so HEIC stays HEIC. Each file keeps the date and time it was taken. Nothing on the iPhone is deleted.

    To import only some photos, or to name the files differently, see Using Rollport.

Something does not work? See Troubleshooting.