best way to get videos off an iphone onto a windows pc

Cable plus the Windows Photos app has been the most reliable for me. Plug in, unlock the phone, tap Trust when it asks, then in Photos hit Import and pick the device. Dragging out of the DCIM folders in File Explorer works too but on big videos it sometimes stalls halfway or gives a "device is unreachable" error. Two things that save a headache. On the iPhone, Settings > Photos > Transfer to Mac or PC: Keep Originals gives you the real files, Automatic converts on the fly which is slower and is often what causes the errors. And if the videos then won't play on the PC, they're HEVC, so you need the HEVC extension from the Microsoft Store or just use VLC.