When I transferred an album from my PC to my IPad It showed up in "From My Mac" . I then created a new photo album and copied the photos to my new album. My question is when I transferred another album from my PC all of my previous photos in both my new album and From my Mac album disappeared/. How can I transfer photos and save them without them disappearing when I transfer new photos.
iPad (6th gen) WiFi, Cellular
Each time you sync photos to the iPad by using iTunes, it adds and/or deletes photos on the iPad to match the current setting/selection in iTunes. For example if you first sync folder A and then later want to add folder B, you need to select both A & B in the second sync. Or if you first sync folder A, you can add and delete photos to folder A and sync again and the new photos will be added and the deleted photos will be removed.
I now use iCloud Photos for syncing, but when I did use iTunes for that I found it convenient to create a master folder on my computer (e.g., iPad Photos) and then just add other folders one level deep in that folder. For example if my "iPad Photos" folder contained folder A on the first sync, I could simply add folder B to the "iPad Photos" folder and then sync again without changing the selection in iTunes.
More information in the "Sync your photos manually with iTunes" section of Keep your photos safely stored and up to date on all of your devices - Apple Support
Each time you sync photos to the iPad by using iTunes, it adds and/or deletes photos on the iPad to match the current setting/selection in iTunes. For example if you first sync folder A and then later want to add folder B, you need to select both A & B in the second sync. Or if you first sync folder A, you can add and delete photos to folder A and sync again and the new photos will be added and the deleted photos will be removed.
I now use iCloud Photos for syncing, but when I did use iTunes for that I found it convenient to create a master folder on my computer (e.g., iPad Photos) and then just add other folders one level deep in that folder. For example if my "iPad Photos" folder contained folder A on the first sync, I could simply add folder B to the "iPad Photos" folder and then sync again without changing the selection in iTunes.
More information in the "Sync your photos manually with iTunes" section of Keep your photos safely stored and up to date on all of your devices - Apple Support
You would have to convert the synced photos to regular camera roll photos by duplicating them and saving the copy to the camera roll. It would be a lot of work.
One more thing - the photos you are syncing with iTunes to an iPad are treated differently from the photos you take with the iPad camera or save to Photos. They are not part of the camera roll and are not saved in Photos. You can just browse them but have to create a copy to be able to edit them. And it is difficult to import them back to your computer. iTunes synced photos are just second class photos on an iOS device.
Thank You for your reply. It was most helpful. Disappointing I can't treat the synced photos like the camera roll photos. Appreciate your response.
I did that and when I tries to sync a different folder the photos in the camera roll disappeared too.
Saving Photos transferred to IPad using ITunes
