Importing photos from iPod nano 2nd generation

Hey there,
I would maybe take a look at this article, which describes a step-by-step process for importing photos from an iPod to the computer. It involves enabling disk use on the iPod so you can gain access to the Photos folder on your iPod. Hope it helps. 😉

[How to Move Photos from iPod to Computer|http://www.ehow.com/how 4443034move-photos-ipod-computer.html]

B-rock

Again, I have no direct answers to this( sorry about that 😉 ), but I can point you to somewhere that does. This article explains everything about the thumbnail images and how to get them from your iPod to your Mac. It also mentions a third party utility that will make sense of these .ithmb files for your Mac. Hope it helps.

http://www.macworld.com/article/48138/2005/11/keithsipodphotoreader.html

B-rock

Yeah, I noticed that. Sorry I couldn't be of too much help. Take care. Best of luck in the future. 😉

B-rock

Hi Fabulous,

The photos on the iPod are sized for television, which is a good deal smaller than the originals. It is better to copy the original images from Mac to Mac.

1) Turn on File Sharing on the Mac with the photos. You do this in System Preferences->Sharing where you checkmark File Sharing.
2) On the other Mac choose Go->Connect to Server in Finder.
3) Copy the images you need.

If you both use iPhoto (version 7 or newer) you can do this directly from iPhoto as it has built in photo sharing which you turn on in its preferences.

To do what you suggest, I will recommend File Juicer as I am the author! It extracts images from almost anything, including flash cards and iPods. You don't need File Juicer as you still have the original photos!
http://echoone.com/filejuicer/recover-photos-from-ipod

Kind regards,
Henrik

The iPods are made mostly for music, so the CPU inside is not powerful enough to handle JPEG images, only photos prepared for its display. Battery life is more important.

If you look to use your iPod as a portable hard disk to exchange photos (and other files), you enable "disk use" in iTunes. Then you can swap images as you please in full quality.
http://echoone.com/pictures/filejuicer/enablediskuse.jpg
Or check the "sync full resolution" under Photos in iTunes. This will leave less space for music.

If you have deleted your original photos or had your Mac stolen/burnt/etc without backup, it becomes important to convert the ithmb files from it (get them with "enable disk use"). Should the large F1023_1.ithmb file from your iPod not convert with File Juicer, I will give you a free copy if you send me a copy of it for bug fixing. See File Juicer's support page if it is too large for email. On the 2. gen iPod Nano the largst images are in the F1023_1.ithmb file (_2 or higher are also used if you have many photos). Their size is 246 x 183 pixels - not much, but if this is all you have left it is better than nothing.

Just checked that it still works on my iPod Nano 2 G.

Kind regards,
Henrik