Difference between camera roll, photo stream, and photo library

Something you should be aware of is that I mentioned over Wifi, and not wanting to deal with an iCloud account.

I know how to copy pics after connecting through USB, that was not my question.

You were provided the option for doing it over wi-fi.

Don't want to "deal" with an iCloud account, then you are out of luck.

Not sure how you can know how to import pics from the device after connecting via USB but don't know iTunes isn't used for that.

Read this article: Import personal photos and videos from iOS devices to your ...

Other than a third-party app or iCloud, there is no transfer of photos & videos over wi-fi.

Just use your USB cable.

Because "that" - tranferring over usb - was not what I was discussing.

AFAIK iTunes *is* used to sync over WIFI (the option reads "Automatically sync with iTunes on your computer"), and iTunes offers Music and Photo sync with the iPad.

So I would have hoped that one of those sync options would be to "bring over new iPad photos to my computer" - but from your answers I gather this isn't the case.

Thanks for the answers anyway - Franck

I think there is, I have it disabled but I used it in the past for Music, and I don't see anything saying it wouldn't work for photos. Check out General->iTunes Wi-Fi Sync.

Franck

franck103 wrote:

So I would have hoped that one of those sync options would be to "bring over new iPad photos to my computer" - but from your answers I gather this isn't the case.

Correct.

To copy photos to computer, you need to use Photo Stream (iCloud) or connect using USB.

hi, may I know if you know what methods are there to mass transfer all the photos from collections/moments to camera roll? all of my photos used to be in camera roll until my phone suddenly restarted itself and not only did i lose some photos but my camera roll also has 0 photos! the leftover photos could only be viewed in collections/moments though /:

joeytzjy wrote:

hi, may I know if you know what methods are there to mass transfer all the photos from collections/moments to camera roll? all of my photos used to be in camera roll until my phone suddenly restarted itself and not only did i lose some photos but my camera roll also has 0 photos! the leftover photos could only be viewed in collections/moments though /:

You don't need to and really shouldn't sync them to the Camera Roll if they are not already in the Camera Roll.

They are on your computer and were sync'd to the iPhone using iTunes.

My Itunes library shows triple the amount of pictures that are actually on my Iphone. Any idea how to reduce the Library amount down to the actual amount of pictures.

Allan, please forgive me if I am doing this wrong but I also have a PHOTO Stream and Photo Sharing question and since you are one of the only ones who understand this I need your help. After I started importing pictures from a camera memory card a number of different folders/albums were created. One is "Imported Photos & Videos" another is "Last Import" and finally "All Imported". Can I delete Imported Photos & Videos and Last Import without losing all my imported pictures. I'm a little gun shy since Apple Tech support "helped me" with a problem and when I finished with the steps she recommended I no longer had any pictures in my iPhone or iPad Photo Stream and can't get them back.. A big Opps! on her part.

MYRBCHMAN wrote:

Allan, please forgive me if I am doing this wrong but I also have a PHOTO Stream and Photo Sharing question

Please start a new thread of your own.

Hello Allan,

many thanks for your answers.

But I still have that problem, when I delete a photo from my camera roll, it will be also deleted from my photo stream!