ITUNES: SYNCING PHOTOS

Learn how to sync photos from your computer to any iPod with a color display, iPod touch, iPhone, or iPad using iTunes.

Syncing photos to devices

You can sync photos to your device from iPhoto, Aperture, or from a folder on your computer.

1. Make sure you have the latest version of iTunes.
2. Open iTunes and connect your device.
3. Click the Device button in the upper right corner. (If viewing the iTunes Store, click the Library button in the upper-right corner first.) If you don't see your device, choose Hide Sidebar from the View menu.
   
4. Click the Photos tab.
   

To sync photos from a Mac or Windows PC to your device using photo applications

1. Select "Sync Photos from."
2. Choose the application you want to sync photos from in the pop up menu.
3. Choose to sync all photos or selected photos. Select "Include videos" to sync videos stored with your photo library. 
   
4. Click Apply.

To sync photos from a folder on your computer to your device

1. Place all of your photos into a folder on your computer. You can organize photos into subfolders to make albums.
2. Select "Sync Photos from."
3. Select "Choose folder" from the pop-up menu and choose the folder where you stored your photos. 
   
4. Click Apply.

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To delete synced photos and videos from your device

To delete Camera Roll photos and videos from your device

Importing photos to your computer

Additional Information

Syncing photos with your device will create an iPod photo cache.

Syncing photos can only happen from one computer or user account at a time. Syncing photos with a different computer or user replaces the photos on the device.

You can't reimport pictures synced from your computer to your device back to your computer. You can only import pictures in the Camera Roll or Saved Photos from your device to your computer. If you need to retrieve synced photos from your device:

1. Email them from the device to yourself.
2. Copy them from the emails to your computer.

On iPhone and iPod touch using iOS 5 and iOS 6, all synced photos will appear in a unified category called photo library. Photos are not duplicated; this is a way to view all synced albums in one place. You can also tap a specific album beneath photo library to view individual albums.

System requirements

Supported formats

Important: Information about products not manufactured by Apple is provided for information purposes only and does not constitute Apple’s recommendation or endorsement. Please contact the vendor for additional information.

Last Modified: Jan 28, 2014

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