Moving digital images

I'm sure that xfer cable still exists at the apple store

MrWizard wrote:
this is the 'time' i really enjoy 'Android'

just plug in the usb cable and copy them to or from phone <> PC

or pull the msd card and slip into the laptop slot

The very same can be done with iPad & iPhones.
It's the only file format that can easily be transferred that way

this is the 'time' i really enjoy 'Android'

just plug in the usb cable and copy them to or from phone <> PC

or pull the msd card and slip into the laptop slot

MrWizard wrote:
won't iTunes sync all that stuff ??

then simply delete it from the iPhone after syncing to the iPad via the PC/Mac

if you can get them to sync all on the same computer, yes. Then you can build an Alaska folder and set that as a sync folder and they will all pick it up.

Thanks for the info, I'll try to work thru it. I've installed drop box on the Ipad. Now I can't delete unwanted photos.

Bob

Probably the easiest way is to move all your photos to a computer, edit there, and then move back to your iPads via Dropbox, email or iCloud (AirDrop in the future?). We have 2 iPhones, 2 iPads and MacBook Pro laptop when we travel. We rarely use our iPads to take photos but do use our iPhones extensively.

There is a way to move photos from iPhones to an iPad via Apple's $29 30-pin Camera Connection kit via plugging in with the iPhone's USB cord or SD cards from other cameras. If you have the new connector iPads then you also need the adapter. I don't see where Apple has a new adapter camera connection kit.

Camera Connection Kit

Lightning to 30-Pin Adapter if you need it

We are moving away from physically transferring between iPhones and iPads to simply using Photostream on iCloud. Take a photo on your iPhone and it automatically transfers to the iPad and computer whenever you have them connected to wifi (not cellular). The trick is all the devices have to be on the same iCloud account. That's not practical for us since an iCloud account also syncs calendars, email, contacts, notes, etc. It is fine for me managing my own photos but not my wife's.

I put all the photos from all the devices onto my MacBook Pro directly into iPhoto via Photostream from my iPhone or Camera Connection Kit from my wife's iPhone or Camera Connection Kit for our other digital cameras. There I can edit and organize and create slideshows amongst other things.

Photostream via iCloud is cool. It streams everything to my computer into iPhoto and keeps the last 1,000 photos active and viewable on all my devices including Apple TV on my 47" TV at home.

Of course there are other ways. You can send all your photos from all devices to one account online such as Photobucket, Flickr, etc., organize, and create slideshows there as well.

Whenever you connect the ipad/phone to the PC it opens up a folder much like a thumb drive. Photos are the only files apple lets you move around without using iTunes. You can remove photos but you can't add any.
Put all your photos in one folder on your PC then link to it using iTunes. All new photos added to that folder will be copied to the pad every time you hook up.

won't iTunes sync all that stuff ??

then simply delete it from the iPhone after syncing to the iPad via the PC/Mac

There are several apps (WiFi Photo, Transfer, SuperShare) that allow you to do it wireless. Before Apple changed the connector, they had a $30 widget that would do it also so I could shoot video on the iPhone and take it to the iPad to edit. There's probably one for the newer connectors out by now.

Open a free up to 5G account, and add the Dropbox app to both, using Camera Upload. Completely automatic upload and sync to your other devices.