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Two Easy Ways to Save Images from Safari on iPhone

Perhaps you've found an image you love online and want to save it as a gift idea or an inspiration for your latest creative endeavor. The problem is, how do you save a photo from Safari on your iPhone? To save a photo from Safari, you can either long-press an image to download it, or copy and paste it from Safari into one of your iPhone apps.

How to Save a Photo from Safari to Your iPhone Photos App

Saving images to your Photos app is the easiest and most reliable way to download photos from Safari on your iPhone. To learn more about your iPhone features and fun Safari browsing tricks, sign up for our free Tip of the Day Newsletter. Now, here's how to save an image from Safari on your iPhone:

Now when you open your Photos app, you'll see your newly saved image! This method is great for saving pictures; however, it's important to note that if you try to save an animated GIF using this process, it will only save as a static image. To properly save a GIF, read this article to learn how to save a GIF and preserve the fun animation. 

Copy & Paste an Image from Safari into an iPhone App

You can also save an image from Safari by copying the image and pasting it into an iPhone app with a text field. This method is ideal if you want to insert the image directly into a document, text message, or email. Here's how to save Safari images using copy and paste: 

Now your image should appear in the text field you've pasted it into! The downside of using this method is that if the image you've copied was a linked file (and not directly inserted into the Safari article you copied it from) you might see a link instead of an image. In this case, use the steps in the section above to save it to your Photos app. Then, you can easily insert the image from your Photos app into your Notes or Messages app. Also, if you've been looking for ways to back up your photos to your laptop, check out these easy methods to transfer photos from your iPhone to computer .

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Download Images From Any Browser On Iphone With This Shortcut

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Are you an iPhone user looking for an easy way to download images from the web? Look no further, because with this iOS shortcut you can download images from any browser directly to your Files app in just a few taps! We'll show you exactly how to quickly and conveniently save images from any website on your iPhone. No more hassle of switching back and forth between saving and transferring photos - with this quick shortcut, downloading web images to your device will be a breeze!

Helps you to save the image file separately to a folder in the Apple’s Files app

Do you want to save image files separately to a folder in the Apple’s Files app? Now, there is an easy way! This exciting new shortcut helps you to do just that. With a few simple steps, you can get organized and store all of your images quickly and efficiently.

This shortcut makes saving files easy. All you need to do is choose the file or folder with the images you want to save, add the desired destination path, and click “Save”. The shortcut will then save all of your images from the source folder into the destination folder. It's that simple!

If you're looking for a way to organize your image files without any hassle, this shortcut is exactly what you need. In no time at all, your files will be neatly saved away where they belong!

Save Image from any browser to Files

If you’re an iPhone user, you know how helpful Apple’s Files app can be for organizing and storing data. Now, with this handy shortcut, it’s easier than ever to save images from websites directly to the Files app. This shortcut helps make it simpler to bring images over to your device without having to open a separate app or manually copy/paste them into an email or text message. Instead of having all your photos tucked away in random folders on your phone, this trick will help keep them organized in one spot – the Files app – separately from each other.

The process is simple: when you come across a photo that you want to save from a website on Safari (or another browser), just press and hold the image until a menu appears with the option to select this shortcut.

How To : Download Images on Your iPhone When a Site on Safari Won't Let You

Some websites block image downloads on their webpages so you can't save them for reuse. That means long-pressing or force-pressing on protected images in Safari on your iPhone will not do anything or will omit the "Save Image" option. Taking a screenshot is the obvious solution to bypass restrictions, but you won't get the best quality. Thankfully, there's another way.

To download seemingly undownloadable images from a webpage onto your iPhone, you'll need a third-party app, and developer Eduardo Rocha just happens to have one you can use. With his free iOS app, you can save blocked background images and embedded photos and graphics. If the image has a URL readily visible in the webpage's source code, it's fair game.

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On that note, it's worth mentioning that this tool will not find every image on every website. Some webpages, like parts of Apple's site, hide the image source URL in the code. While these images can still be found very easily in desktop browsers, I've yet to see an iOS app that also finds dynamically loaded content. Tools usually focus on webpages that block the long-press contextual menu or have background designs.

Step 1: Install 'Save Images'

Rocha's app is called "Save Images – Downloader for Safari," and it works as a Safari extension. This is the more preferred method versus other apps like " Image Downloader & Viewer " that are browsers themselves. For the "Save Images" app, you can install and tuck away in one of your tools folders, as you'll barely need to open it after you set it up. It requires iOS 8.0 or later.

• App Store Link: Save Images - Downloader for Safari (free)

Step 2: Configure Settings

Once it's installed, open the app up to configure its settings, which more or less means you get to include or exclude certain places its hunts for images in. By default, all three of its options will be toggled on, ready to use, but you can toggle any off that you find unhelpful. As for file types, Save Images will find .jpg, .png, .gif, and other popular image formats.

• "img" tags (normal linked-to images)
• CSS background images (URL images or embedded base64 encoded images)
• "meta" property="og:image" tag (usually the page' main image)

While that seems like a good amount of options, the Safari extension still can't locate images behind iframes, dynamically loaded images, or anything that's not listed above in the webpage's original source code view. As it appears, the app scrapes the webpage without monitoring network requests, which is why some pictures won't show up when trying to save them.

Step 3: Add the Safari Extension

Before you can actually use this in Safari, you need to enable its extension. With Safari open on any page, tap the share button in the bottom navigation bar. Swipe right in the bottom activities row until the very end, then tap "More." From the list that opens, scroll down and toggle on "Save Images," then tap "Done." You'll see it in your activities row now, and if you want to move it near the beginning for easier access, you can long-press on the icon and drag it left where you want.

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Step 4: Download an Image in Safari

Navigate to the webpage in Safari that you want to download images from, and tap on the share button in the bottom navigation bar. Find the "Save Images" icon in the bottom activities row of the share sheet, and tap on it.

The extension will automatically show you any image found in the original source code for the webpage, which may include header images, backgrounds, thumbnails, and icons.

Tap on an image to enlarge it and view its file extension, resolution, and size. You can long-press the image to copy it to your clipboard, otherwise, tap on "Save" in the top right to download the image quickly to your Photos app. You can also hit the share icon, and tap "Save Image" in the bottom row of activities. In the share sheet, you can also use any of the apps in the top row to share the image right away.

Step 5: Download Images in Bulk

If you would like to save all of the images at once, tap on "Select" in the top right of the main view, then on "Select" on the bottom left to select all of the photos. Of course, you can also choose some but not all of the images by checking/unchecking images. Once ready, tap "Save" in the top right, and the images will be saved to the Photos app.

Images downloaded will say "Saved" on them, though, only on this screen; If you exit the extension, it will not remember something you saved the next time you use it.

And just like that, you've saved a blocked image that you can use for your home screen background, for a witty reply in a text, or for some other innocuous reason.

Websites usually block users from saving images to combat copyright infringement, a just cause if there ever was one. So if you plan on using this guide to skirt copyright restrictions for commercial, public, or malicious reuse, don't. To play it safe, you should never use an image you found on the internet unless it's public domain or has a license specifically saying it's okay to use, but that's an article for another time.

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Save any picture from the web to your iPhone or iPad

Whether you're looking for a good iPhone wallpaper or want to share a gif you found online, there are lots of great reasons to save images to your iPhone or iPad.

Doing so is easy, but I'm still amazed how many people don't actually know how to go about it (my mother included). So, in case you're lost: Here's a quick tutorial on saving images to your device — even the ones that won't let you save them through normal means.

To save an image sent to you in Mail or Safari, it's as easy as tapping and holding on the image in question.

When the share sheet pops up, just tap the Save Image button to send the photo to your Camera Roll.

In other apps, like Tweetbot, you may have to first tap the picture to enlarge it fullscreen, then tap and hold to save.

Finally, there are some sites on Safari that don't allow picture saving, due to copyright reasons or the way the website is built. If it's for copyright purposes — such as a pro photographer who wants to be paid for high-resolution versions of their images — I'd ask that you please respect the owner of those pictures and purchase anything you legitimately want to download.

If you need a low-resolution version, however, or the image you need isn't downloadable, you can take a screenshot of it by pressing the Home button and On/Off button at the same time, then opening the screenshot in the Photos app and cropping accordingly.

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Troubleshooting, how to save images from safari to iphone & ipad.

Have you ever wondered how you can save pictures from webpages in Safari to your iPhone or iPad so they show up in the Photos app? It’s very easy, but that’s no consolation if you’re unfamiliar with how it works. Fortunately within a moment or two, you’ll have this method down, and you’ll be able to save any picture from the web to your device in no time.

Saving images from Safari to the iPhone or iPad is super easy, but like many features in the world of iPhone and iPad, it’s hidden behind gestures and actions that may be unfamiliar to you if you’re new to the platform, or just unfamiliar with the broad range of features iPhone offers through gestures like long-presses and holding taps. And as you may have guessed, that’s how saving images from Safari works in iOS and iPadOS.

How to Save Photos from Safari to iPhone or iPad

• Open Safari on the iPhone or iPad if you have not done so already
• Go to the webpage or website where the pictures you want to save are found (you can practice on this webpage by using the photos in this article)
• Find the picture or image you want to save, then tap and hold on that image

• Keep holding until a contextual menu appears, where you can tap on “Save to Photos” to save the image from Safari to your iPhone or iPad

Now you can open your Photos app to the Camera Roll, and you’ll find your recently saved image from Safari stored there.

You can save just about any photo from the web to the iPhone by using the tap-and-hold trick, and then choosing to “Save to Photos”.

And by the way, we’re focusing on Safari here, but the same tap-and-hold trick works to save images from Chrome and most other web browsers you’ll find on the iPhone or ipad too.

Another method that works more broadly beyond Safari and with other apps is to simply take a screenshot and then crop it down to the image you want to save, but that’s really not saving the picture, it’s taking a picture of the picture, so not quite the same.

Enjoy those photos you find on the web! Whether you’re using them for wallpapers, sharing inspirational quotes, spreading memes, or whatever else.

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How to download all images from a web page on iPhone and iPad

This tutorial shows you how to download multiple selected or all images from a webpage in just a few taps on your iPhone or iPad. Plus, it also shows you how to download background images of a website that doesn’t have the usual “Save Image” or “Add to Photos” option when you press it.

If you go to our Wallpapers section , you will find tons of posts. And usually, in every post, we have about five to ten options. Sure, you can see all the images and download just the ones you like. But if you find yourself liking everything you see, you can use the steps below to download all images of our wallpaper post in one go.

Secondly, if you go to Apple.com , you will see many beautiful iPhone, iPad, and other images that make up the webpage. But even if you press one of the images, you may not find the familiar option to save it. This is because these images are rooted deep and form a part of the site’s background. Sure, you can take a screenshot of those images, but that’s not as ideal as the solution we show you below to download even un-downloadable images from a webpage on iPhone and iPad!

Follow these steps to download all images of a webpage on iPhone and iPad:

1) Download the free ImageDrain app.

2) Open Safari and visit the desired webpage. For faster loading times, most sites use a feature called Lazy Loading, which loads the images only when the user scrolls down almost up to that image. So, for best results, make sure you scroll to the bottom of the website once so that all images are fully loaded.

3) Tap the share icon .

4) Tap ImageDrain .

5) It will now load all the images of that webpage in an easy grid layout. Select the desired images by tapping the checkbox . To select all, tap the blue checkbox in the top right.

6) Finally, to save all images to iPhone’s Photos app, tap the download button .

Open the iOS Photos app, and you will find all the images from that webpage here!

In addition to the above app (which is excellent), you can try iDig – Image Bulk Saver . This lets you download all images from a webpage but not the background images. The steps are the same as above.

ImageGet – Downloader From Web is a paid app that I didn’t try, but its app description on the App Store claims to “save all images on a web page with only one button.” You may give it a spin if desired. Related: How to request a refund from Apple for an app purchase

Finally, if you want to download all images of a webpage in Chrome on Mac or PC, check out the Download All Images extension. I use it almost every day and love it.

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How To : Save web images from Safari on your Apple iPhone

So, you're browsing the web on your iPhone using Safari, and you come across a picture you really want to keep forever and ever… what do you do? You can save it directly to your phone! But how do you download that web image? Best Buy has answers. The Best Buy Mobile team explains how simple it is to save web images from Safari on your Apple iPhone.

Mike: "Hey, this is Mike from Best Buy Mobile in Bangor, Maine. Today we're gonna talk about how to take an image off Safari and do what you want with it on the iPhone. First thing were gonna do is select Safari. That's the web browser that comes on your iPhone. As you can see, there is a bunch of images here, I'm just gonna pick one. All you do is push and hold that image until you see the menu pop up. The next thing we do is we say that we want to save the image and now it's placed into the camera roll. Hit our home key here and select photo. There's our camera roll, there's the image that we saved. You can look at it in a landscape view, you can resize it, you can double tap it to go back to its original size. And then let's just say you took that image and you want to assign it to somebody's contacts. All you need to do is select this menu here on the bottom right and you see another list of menu options here. The next thing we do is we just say we want to add to a contact. It will bring up your contact list, select Steve and confirm it. And if we want to call Steve we just select contacts, and there it is. Ok, so let's say we want to take the same picture and make it your wallpaper. All we want to do is go back into photos, hit the camera roll, select the picture that you want, choose this menu on the right and then again you have the options…"

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How to download files using safari, how to the change default download location, alternative for ios 12 users: documents 5 by readdle.

In your work or personal life, you'll sometimes need to download a file on your iPhone or iPad. Using the new feature introduced in iOS 13 and iPadOS 13, you can now do this directly in Safari. No third-party app needed!

Safari's download manager is a hidden new feature in the  iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 updates. If you're going about your day, browsing the web, you probably won't be aware of the feature. Instead, it comes up when you tap on a download link.

Go to a web page and find the link for a file you want to download. When you select it, you'll see a popup with the filename asking if you want to download it. Tap on the "Download" button.

The download will start, and you'll see a new "Downloads" button appear next to the address bar at the top of the browser. Tap on the button to reveal all current downloads. From here, you can monitor the progress of multiple downloads.

If you want to stop a download at any time, simply tap on the "X" button.

Once the download is finished, tap on the file to preview it. If you've downloaded a media file, image, or a PDF, you'll be able to see it in the preview window.

You can then share the file to any app. Tap on the "Share" button from the bottom-left corner.

Press the "Search" icon next to the filename in the Downloads section to open the file.

Once you open the file in the Files app, you can tap and hold on the file to reveal the menu.

From here, tap on "Delete" to delete the file.

By default, the downloaded files are saved to the Downloads folder in iCloud Drive in the Files app. This is a great option if you have a paid iCloud storage plan  because it allows your downloaded files to instantly sync across all your devices.

But if you're on the free, 5GB tier, you might not have space for storing large files.

Thankfully, you can change the default location to local storage. Open the "Settings" app and go to Safari > Downloads. If you can't find the browser on your phone, try using Apple's Spotlight search to locate it.

Here, switch the selection to "On My iPhone" or "On My iPad" depending on your device.

By default, Safari will pick the "Downloads" folder. You can change this by tapping on the "Other" option to select any folder from the local storage (or from a cloud storage option).

The new download manager in Safari is exclusive to iOS 13, iPadOS 13, and above. If you haven't updated to the latest OS (which you should), or if you're in a situation where you can't update, here's a workaround for you.

Try using the free Documents 5 app by Readdle . It's an all-in-one browser and file manager app.

Open the Documents 5 app and tap on the "Browser" button in the bottom-right corner to switch to the browser mode.

Now, navigate to the page with the download link and tap on it. From the next screen, select the folder where you want to download the file and tap on "Done."

The download will now start. You can tap on the "Downloads" tab to view all downloads.

Tap on the "Files" button from the bottom-left corner to switch to the file manager. From here, tap on the "Downloads" folder to see your downloaded file. You can tap on the download to preview it in the app. Tap on the "Menu" button to view options for opening the file in another app.

Safari's download manager is just one of the many new features in iOS 13. Take a look at our list of the  best iOS 13 features to learn more.

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Weird but useful iOS 15 trick that allows you to download multiple images from your browser (and much more)

Several readers sent me a link to a tweet by TopTechGeek showing a really weird, really odd, but actually quite useful iOS 15 trick.

The trick allows you to download multiple images from the browser -- I've tested Safari, Brave, and Chrome -- and save them into your Photos app.

Here's TopTechGeek explaining how the trick works.

SUPER COOL IOS 15 TRICK!! 🤯👌🏾 pic.twitter.com/BZPh8fo2Sw — TopTechGeek (@RealTopTechGeek) September 28, 2021

It's a really interesting trick. I'm not sure if it's a bug or a feature, and it's quite specific (for example, it doesn't seem to work properly with animated GIFs).

I've been able to replicate this in the Mail app for downloading images from emails, also copying multiple links and dropping them into Notes. I can also grab multiple images from Photos and drop them into other apps.

I can use this in the Files app to select a whole bunch of files and move them to another folder.

It's interesting, and works well when it works, and yet it seems that it only works with certain apps (mostly Apple apps).

It's quite a nice use of touch functionality. I wish Apple would use this more.

Now excuse me while I download all the cat photos out there… I mean, test this feature out in other apps.

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