How to download files from Yandex.Disk on the iPhone

Yandex.Disk is very popular among Russian-speaking users not least due to the fact that surpasses its "imported" competitors with the volume of free space, which is provided free of charge, and lower price tag for its expansion. File download is one of the main tasks with which you have to face in the process of using this cloud storage, and today we will tell you how to solve it on the iPhone.

Method 1: Yandex.Disk

First of all, let's go on the simplest and most obvious way - downloading files to the internal repository of the Apple device directly through the Yandex cloud application. How it can be implemented depends on the type of data.

Option 1: Photo and video

Such files such as photos and videos, in Yandex.Disk are presented as a separate category. You can download them both in the standard gallery of the mobile device and in an arbitrary folder on the domestic drive. This is done as follows:

1. Run the disk mobile client and go to its bottom panel into the "Photo" or "Albums" tab.

   

   In the first will be presented all images and video in the order of their conservation / creation,

   

   In the second, they are divided into groups, almost similar to those in the standard photo application.



2. Touch your finger and hold it on the first graphic file you want to download,

   

   And after the selection, tick the rest.

   

   Advice: To allocate a group of images and / or a video at once, check mark should be installed opposite the dates of their creation.



3. Note the necessary items, tap the Share button located on the bottom panel and select one of two options:

   

   • "Save to the gallery."

     

     After preparation, photos and / or video will be added to the standard photo application,

     

     Access to which will need to "resolve".

   

   • "Save to" Files ".

     

     Allows you to download data to the IOS built-in file manager (on the iPhone) or in ICloud Drive.

     

     Both in the first and in the second for greater amenities you can create a new folder,

     

     For which the corresponding button is provided on the top panel.

     

     Confirmation of actions is carried out by TAP on the inscription "Save".

   

You can find the image and videos downloaded from Yandex. You can be in the standard photo application or "files", depending on where you saved them yourself.

Option 2: files of any type

If the file format you want to download on the iPhone from the Yandex cloud storage is different from what has photos and videos, the algorithm of necessary actions will be slightly different at least in the first steps.

1. In the Yandex.Disk application, go to the "Files" tab

   

   And find the folder, the data from which you want to download to the iPhone.



2. Holding your finger on the first file, highlight it, and then, if you need, check the rest by setting the check mark on the left of their names.



3. Click on the "Share" button

   

   Select "Save to" files "in the list of available actions.

   

   And expect to complete their preparation.

   

   Next, the file manager window will be open, in which you need to specify the folder to load the data. You can choose any convenient or create a new one, it remains to confirm only to click "Save".



The file download procedure can take some time, depends on the size, after which they can be found in the folder you selected.

Method 2: "Files" (iOS 13 and above)

The iOS 13 Apple has significantly recycled the file system by making it more open and approximate to the fact that Android users have been used to see. Now on the iPhone, you can not only work with files and folders, but also move, copy them from one locations to another, and even between different cloud storage. So, using the capabilities of the "Files" system applications, download to a mobile device as individual elements from Yandex.Disc, and entire directory will not be difficult.

1. Run the file application, take a look at its main menu and if there is no Yandex.Diska there, add it. For this:
   • Tap the button with a treachery in a circle located in the upper right corner.

   

   • Select "Change".

   

   • Move the switch opposite Yandex.Disk to the active position.

   

   • Tap "Ready" to confirm the changes made.

   

2. Next, go directly to the cloud storage by clicking on its name in the menu.

   

   Find the folder you want to save on the iPhone, or open it and find the necessary files.



3. If there are several items to download, highlight them, first taping "choose" on the top panel and noting the necessary.

   

   Next, to invite your finger on any of them and select one of the two available items in the menu that appeared - "Download" or "Copy". The first solves our current task instantly, saving the selected data to the "Download" folder.

   

   The second allows you to specify the place (folder) for them. Using the "Files" application menu, go to the directory where data from Yandex.Disk is required,

   

   Hold your finger on an empty area before the pop-up menu appears and select "Paste".



Now it remains only to wait until the data is downloaded and individual files or a folder with them will appear on the iPhone, depending on what you have downloaded.



Note that the copying option (not loading) works on IOS versions below 13, but only with a number of restrictions - it will be available not for all files, and the menu itself, which opens access to the necessary actions, will have a different appearance similar to that In the insert window in the screenshot above.

Method 3: third-party file managers

Long before Apple provided the possibility of normal interaction with the file system in iOS 13, some developers were offered in the App Store more functionally rich analogues of the standard files "Files". As then, and now, the most successful representative of this segment is Documents from ReadDle, with which you can download files from various sites, web services and cloud warehouses, including Yandex.Disk.

Download Documents from the App Store

1. Install the readdle file manager using the link presented above, run it and read the main features - in fact, simply scroll through the screens with the description of the functions and close the window with a suggestion of the purchase of another developer product.



2. From the main window, go to the "Connections" tab,

   

   Scroll through the list of options available in it at the bottom and in the Add Other Connections block, select "Yandex.Disk".



3. Enter the login and password from your account, then tap the "Finish" button and wait for the completion of authorization.



4. By connecting the cloud storage to the file manager, go to that folder, the data from which you want to download, or to its direct location, if you want to save all the contents.

   

   Touch to the tremble-dressed in the circle, call the menu and select one of the available options:

   • "Download" - immediately after you provide access to the iPhone repository, the download process will be started.
   • "Share" - allows you to "save" in "files" in the same way as it was done in previous methods.

   

5. Downloaded from the disk files or folder with them will be placed in "Downloads" or the location you specify, depending on which options you selected in the previous step.



Documents from Readdle - not the only file manager for the iPhone, although the most multifunctional one. With it, you can upload files of any type from various sites and services on the Internet, as well as exchange data between the computer and the smartphone without the need to connect via USB. To learn about some features of this application and familiarize yourself with the following articles on our website presented in the App Store alternatives.

Method 4: without Yandex.Disk (iOS 13 and newer)

The above options for solving our today's task, with the exception of the previous one, implied the presence of an installed Yandex.Disk application on a smartphone from Apple. However, in the current version of iOS, you can download files from the cloud storage without it - it is enough to use the standard Safari browser, which has recently got a full-fledged download manager. Thanks to this, you can save files not only from your disk on the iPhone, but also from someone else's, provided that you have discovered access by reference or you found it yourself.

Option 1: download from your disk

In the web version of Yandex.Disk, the separation of files by type (photo / video and all others) is not so substantial as in the mobile application, and therefore you can download them according to a general algorithm.

Yandex.Disk entry page

1. Go to the Safari mobile browser presented above and log in to your Yandex account, specifying a login and password from it.



2. Find the files or folder you want to download. As in the mobile application, there are separate tabs in the web version - "Files", "Photo", "Albums".

   

   Hold your finger to highlight and before the appearance of the panel with accessible actions in the top area of ​​the interface. If you want to download several items at once, tap them.



3. Tap the download button marked in the image below,

   

   And confirm your intentions by selecting "Download" in a pop-up window with a question.

   

   Note: When downloading multiple files or folders, they will be packed in a zip archive, open which can be standard tools iOS or using third-party applications.



Option 2: Download by reference

Downloading files from Yandex.Disc by reference is still easily simply than in all cases discussed above. It is enough just to open this address in Safari and execute one of the two available actions:

• "Save on Yandex.Disk", after which they can be "open ..." in their own cloudy storage and, if such a need arises, upload to the iPhone any of the methods already known to you.



• "Download" - Saving to the internal storage of a mobile device will be started immediately after you confirm your intentions by clicking "Download" in the pop-up window. The resulting files, as in the previous case, can be found in the "Download" folder.

Despite the seeming limitations of the iOS file system, to date, downloads any type of Yandex.Disk to iPhone and even entire folders with them can be literally in several taps on the screen, and for this it is not necessary to use third-party applications.