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You need to own a legal copy of the game you want to play, but always be sure to check your local laws and whether emulating software you bought is legal in your part of the world! Connect Joy-Cons or the Switch Pro Controller to Your PC The main problem with the emulator option is that it may be illegal where you live. However, this isn’t a polished, user-friendly experience. There are even ways of moving your save files to and from your Switch and emulator. Unfortunately, this means purchasing the game twice, but you’ll find that the PC version is cheaper than the Switch and other consoles.Īn official screenshot of the Yuzu Switch Emulator So if you want to play the same game on your PC, you often have the option of buying the game on the PC. Many third-party Switch games are available as PC ports. Play The PC Version of the Switch Game Instead

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If you want to upgrade to a larger SD card, you can use your PC to copy the contents over, and it will work without issue. You can also back up the SD card contents if anything goes wrong with the card you currently have, but you can’t use that content on a different console. You shouldn’t alter any SD card’s contents unless you know exactly what you are doing. If you want to copy all of your content to your PC from your Switch, you can simply remove the SD card from its slot and use a USB SD card adapter or integrated SD card slot to view the card’s contents.īe sure to turn your Switch off before removing the SD card. The good news is that you can access the data more directly from the SD card. This is an ingenious solution on Nintendo’s part, but it doesn’t always work for everyone. Save them to your smart device using your browser.From the Switch Home screen, choose the Album icon.This method works by temporarily turning your Switch into a web server. The only limitation is that you can only share ten photos (and one video) at once. Once these media are on your smart device, you can sync them to the cloud or otherwise transfer them to your PC the way you’d move any other file on your smartphone to a computer.

You can quickly transfer videos and photos from your Switch to your PC using the Smart Device transfer function. Use Smart Device Transfer for Photos and Videos When done, remember to select Disconnect. If you see a “Connected to the Computer” message, you can open the Switch drive in your operating system. System Settings > Data Management > Manage Screenshots and Videos > Copy to a Computer via USB Connection The Switch will simply show up on your computer as a USB drive.

Use a USB Cable to Transfer Photos and VideosĪs of Switch System Software 11.0.0, you can connect the Switch to your computer using a USB-C cable connected to your PC’s USB port. Otherwise, you’re stuck with the Switch screen. There are specialist hardware modifications to add this feature to a Switch Lite, but it’s cheaper to buy a second regular Switch. The Switch Lite lacks the hardware to output a video signal, so any solution that depends on the HDMI output in the Switch dock won’t work with the Switch Lite.

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It does take a few clicks to get it all set up and switch to full screen mode in the Elgato software, but it’s worth it for the result.

If you own a Playstation 4 or 5, Xbox One, or Xbox Series console, you can also connect them to the capture device and play while recording your gameplay without any lag.

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