PhotoDrop

Transfer photos from iPhone to Windows over local Wi-Fi without iCloud, iTunes or third-party cloud services.

PhotoDrop runs a small local web server on your Windows PC. Open it in Safari on your iPhone, choose photos, and receive privacy-friendly JPEG copies with metadata removed.

Features

• 📷 Transfer photos over your local Wi-Fi network
• 🔒 No cloud services
• 🚫 No iTunes required
• 🧹 Automatically removes EXIF, GPS, camera and other metadata
• 📱 Works directly from Safari on iPhone
• ⚡ Lightweight ASP.NET Core Minimal API
• 💾 Saves received photos to the user's Pictures/PhotoDrop folder

Screenshot

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How it works

iPhone
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Safari
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Canvas re-encodes image
(removes metadata)
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HTTP upload
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PhotoDrop (.NET)
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Windows Pictures/PhotoDrop

Requirements

• Windows
• .NET 8 SDK (for development)

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Running locally

dotnet run

Allow Windows Firewall access when prompted.

Open the displayed address on your iPhone while both devices are connected to the same Wi-Fi network.

Example:

http://192.168.1.25:8080

Select photos in Safari.

The received JPEG files will be saved to:

Pictures/PhotoDrop

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Building

dotnet publish -c Release

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Privacy

PhotoDrop does not:

• upload files to the Internet
• use cloud storage
• require an Apple ID
• modify original photos

Images are re-encoded in the browser before upload, producing clean JPEG copies without embedded metadata.

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Limitations

Current version:

• Photos only
• Live Photos are imported as a single image
• Videos are not supported
• Output format is always JPEG

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Tech Stack

• .NET 8
• ASP.NET Core Minimal API
• HTML
• JavaScript
• Canvas API

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License

MIT