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Chris Locurto

Q: Is there a way to have photos sync to my iPad from the iPhoto and the Photos app and coexist on my iPad?

When I connect my iPad and iTunes opens automatically, I click on "Photos" in my device summary list of iTunes, and under the "Sync Photos" area, where ir says "copy photos from", I can select either "iPhoto" or "Photos", and when I choose one over the other, it erases the photos on my iPad from the one that is no longer chosen. Is there any way to sync photos from either application and have them coexist on my iPad?

iPhone 6, iOS 8.1.2

Posted on Sep 4, 2016 12:56 PM

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Q: Is there a way to have photos sync to my iPad from the iPhoto and the Photos app and coexist on my iPad?

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  • by sberman,

    sberman sberman Sep 4, 2016 1:15 PM in response to Chris Locurto
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    Sep 4, 2016 1:15 PM in response to Chris Locurto

    Photos became the OS X application receiving updates and attention from Apple about eighteen months ago.  When Photos was introduced back then, it included a library migration from iPhoto.

     

    Why would you not simply rely on the one source - Photos - to supply photos from your Mac?

  • by Chris Locurto,

    Chris Locurto Chris Locurto Sep 5, 2016 8:49 AM in response to sberman
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    Sep 5, 2016 8:49 AM in response to sberman

    Thanks, I would like to.  Would you please guide me throught that, or send a link to perform the photo migration from iPhotos to Photos?

  • by Chris Locurto,

    Chris Locurto Chris Locurto Sep 5, 2016 8:57 AM in response to Chris Locurto
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    Sep 5, 2016 8:57 AM in response to Chris Locurto

    Actually, I just realized, it's not that all of mt pictures don't appear when I open Photos, they do. It's that I can only sync pictures to my devices from Photos that are albums, whereas, with iPhoto, I used to be able to sync any pocture I wished because they were discretely categorized as events (so I never had to create "albums" of pictures in order to select and import to my devices).

     

    So my question has changed to...is there any way to import photos from the Photos app that are not part of an album, or do I have to create albums of photos in order to import to my device?

  • by sberman,

    sberman sberman Sep 5, 2016 1:03 PM in response to Chris Locurto
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    Sep 5, 2016 1:03 PM in response to Chris Locurto

    See this page from iTunes' help.  Play around with Photos and the iTunes sync page referenced here.

     

    Photos