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Q: How do I restore only my Photo albums to my iPad from my iTunes backup without doing a complete backup?

How do I restore only my Photo Albums to my iPad from my iTunes backup without restoring everything?

iPad Pro, iOS 9.3

Posted on Apr 23, 2016 10:47 AM

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Q: How do I restore only my Photo albums to my iPad from my iTunes backup without doing a complete backup?

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  • by jacquelinefromedmonds,

    jacquelinefromedmonds jacquelinefromedmonds Apr 25, 2016 4:48 PM in response to jacquelinefromedmonds
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    Apr 25, 2016 4:48 PM in response to jacquelinefromedmonds

    Oh, I just wrote a very lengthy post and hit the wrong "reply" and lost it all!  So I'll start over.  I've been away from this for several days because I was having trouble keeping the iPad connected to wi-fi and had to deal with that.  After several trips to the Apple store and three very long phone calls to my Internet provider, I think that problem is finally solved.  So I can now finish up here.  I had to smile at GrimmGrimms' last post because he is right on when he likened me to his mother, recognizing that my computer knowledge is somewhat limited.  I am an older person and definitely not a techie, but I am more savvy most of my friends, older and younger.  ;-) 

     

    I have made some progress with the problem in that I did put Dropbox on both my computer and my iPad.  Then I had to figure out how to use it.  I managed to send several of the photos to the iPad, but they are in the Dropbox App and I am in the midst of trying to get them from there into the Albums in Photos.  I think I almost have it figured out in that I have managed to move one photo so far, although I'm not quite sure how I did it.  But if I did one, then surely I can do the others.

     

    To rccharles, what you did in moving your photos from your computer to your phone is exactly what I originally was trying to do.  I hesitated though because I thought once I connected to iTunes it would start a full backup, which was not what I wanted.  I did check iTunes Preferences and saw that I could turn off the auto start there, which I did.  But before proceeding, I posted my question here.  And the discussion started.  Thank you for sending me the link to the question you had posted in the forum when you were trying to move your photos to your phone.  I read the discussion and it was helpful to me.

     

    I have noticed that Apple has several articles on backing up to iTunes and/or iCloud.  I've only taken a quick glimpse at a couple of them but intend to get back to them.  I did note that one said you could back up on both, but in a limited way.  This has been a long and very frustrating venture, especially when the iPad stopped connecting while I was trying to work it out.  But I think I'm just about there -- since I have managed to move one photo.  ;-)  Again, thank you all for your help.

  • by jacquelinefromedmonds,

    jacquelinefromedmonds jacquelinefromedmonds Apr 27, 2016 4:35 PM in response to jacquelinefromedmonds
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    Apr 27, 2016 4:35 PM in response to jacquelinefromedmonds

    Well, this should be my last post.  After reading the Apple articles about iCloud and iTunes backups, I went into iTunes (without connecting the iPad to the computer) and looked in iTunes Help.  There I found a section titled "Add photos to your iPod, iPhone, or iPad."  I followed the directions there and it worked perfectly -- the albums all moved to the right place on the new iPad very quickly and in tact.

     

    I see my last posts are on a second page so may not be seen by anyone else who might be seeking help on a similar problem.  Too bad, because the answer was so simple.  Just be sure, should anyone try this, to first turn off the auto-start in iTunes Preferences before you connect the iPad to the computer.

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