Rivr is the fast way to move thousands of iPhone photos and videos over USB to your Mac or an external drive. No iCloud, no sign-in, no subscription. Download once, use forever.
Six features iCloud, AirDrop and the Photos-app menu don't give you — for people who actually want to clean out their iPhone.
One click selects the 10, 50 or 500 largest files. Perfect when your iPhone storage is full and you want to free multiple gigabytes in under a minute.
Videos only. Photos from last month. Everything from that one trip. Filter by type, date and size, sort as you like, and select in seconds.
Transfer to any mounted volume — external SSDs, NAS mounts, even SD cards. Optionally auto-organized into year/month subfolders.
Optionally remove files from the iPhone after a successful copy — with confirmation. No silent deletes, no accidents.
No cloud, no servers, no telemetry. Transfer happens only between the iPhone cable and your Mac. Your photos never touch the internet.
Rectangle-select like in Finder, Shift+click for ranges, Cmd+click to toggle. For power users who want to mark 500 photos in five seconds.
Rivr is an ordinary macOS app — no App Store account, no sign-up, no registration screen. Just open the DMG, drop the app in, launch.
Click Download Rivr — free, open the DMG and drag Rivr.app into your Applications folder.
Because the app isn't Apple-notarized yet: right-click → Open → Open. One-time step, double-click works from then on.
Plug in the cable, tap "Trust?" on the iPhone. Rivr lists all photos, videos and files — you pick what goes to the Mac.
Three honest direct comparisons with the usual suspects for iPhone-to-Mac photo transfer.
iCloud syncs — what you delete is gone everywhere. Rivr copies and keeps iPhone and Mac cleanly separate. Bonus: no storage-tier upsell.
Read comparison →AirDrop is brilliant for 5 photos. Not for 5,000. Rivr does bulk transfer over USB and preserves original metadata.
Read comparison →Five ways to free up space — and which one is actually fast. Rivr solves the biggest chunk in under a minute.
Read the guide →Yes. Rivr is a free macOS app — no subscription, no in-app purchases, no trial timer, no email sign-up. You download the DMG, install the app and use it forever.
No. Rivr transfers photos and videos exclusively over the USB cable between iPhone and Mac. No uploads, no cloud, no servers — works entirely offline, even in airplane mode.
Yes. Any mounted volume is a valid destination — external SSDs, USB sticks, NAS mounts, even SD cards. Optional auto-sort places files in year/month subfolders.
Only if you enable it. "Delete after transfer" is an opt-in checkbox with a confirmation prompt before anything is removed from the device. By default Rivr only copies.
Rivr isn't Apple-notarized yet, so Gatekeeper blocks it. One-time fix: right-click Rivr.app → "Open" → confirm "Open" in the dialog. Double-click works after that.
Yes. Rivr is Universal — native on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs, macOS 13 (Ventura) and newer. No Rosetta translation, no performance hit.
Yes. Rivr transfers HEIC, JPEG, PNG, RAW formats (ARW, CR2, DNG etc.), MP4, MOV and Live Photos. Originals are copied 1:1 — no conversion, no quality loss.
Yes. Rivr detects every connected iOS or iPadOS device. If multiple are plugged in at once, you pick between them in the sidebar.
