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Sync Camera roll photos using iTunes?

So I did my first sync after the initial set up. In iTunes, I chose to only sync photos from a couple of folders. Once the sync was complete, I was surprised that the photos from my camera roll was not copied to my mac. I went to the photo tab and wanted to choose to sync the camera roll photos, but there is no option for doing that.

The only work around I did, was to launch iphoto and import the photos from my iphone 3G. How do I set it up in itunes so that the photos from the camera roll will be sync'd automatically each time??

Macbook Core 2 Duo 2.16Ghz, Mac OS X (10.5.4)

Posted on Jul 16, 2008 11:02 PM

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Posted on Jul 16, 2008 11:13 PM

When the iPhone includes photos that were captured by the iPhone, it is also detected and treated as a digital camera when connected, so such photos are not included with the iTunes sync process.

If you use iPhoto for storing photos, you can use iPhoto for the import. If not, you can also use the Image Capture application located in your Applications folder to import these photos to the designated location on your hard drive.

How do I set it up in itunes so that the photos from the camera roll will be sync'd automatically each time??


You can't, but you can have iPhoto launch automatically when your iPhone is connected which will occur only when your iPhone includes photos that were captured by your iPhone. The import process by iPhoto or Image Capture is not automatic, but you can have either one launch automatically.
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Jul 16, 2008 11:13 PM in response to 5G podder

When the iPhone includes photos that were captured by the iPhone, it is also detected and treated as a digital camera when connected, so such photos are not included with the iTunes sync process.

If you use iPhoto for storing photos, you can use iPhoto for the import. If not, you can also use the Image Capture application located in your Applications folder to import these photos to the designated location on your hard drive.

How do I set it up in itunes so that the photos from the camera roll will be sync'd automatically each time??


You can't, but you can have iPhoto launch automatically when your iPhone is connected which will occur only when your iPhone includes photos that were captured by your iPhone. The import process by iPhoto or Image Capture is not automatic, but you can have either one launch automatically.

Jul 19, 2008 5:47 PM in response to GradStudent

Some questions that might help:

Do either of these apps launch when you connect the iphone? Which one? When you fire up the app "Image Capture" on your mac and look at preferences, is there any application selected in "When a camera is connected, open " That's the global off/on for camera syncing and applies to the iphone. Also within iphoto08, you can switch this off/on under preferences there.

Sync Camera roll photos using iTunes?

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