Sync'd and lost photo albums - help!

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Sync'd and lost photo albums - help!

I sync'd my iPad Air with my PC before leaving home and added several Albums to my Photos. I do not have the photos in these albums on my Laptop. I took some photos on my camera, created a folder on my laptop and copied these new pics into it. I then sync'd my iPad using my laptop and iTunes with the intent of copying the new folder of pics to the iPad (I selected just that folder in the iTunes sync for Photos). The sync did copy this folder to my iPad as a new album, but it also deleted all of the albums I put on the iPad from my home PC. How can I get them back? I do not have an iCloud backup....

iPad Air Wi-Fi, iOS 7.1

Posted on Apr 12, 2014 1:25 AM

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JimHdk

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Apr 12, 2014 3:11 AM in response to MDK3800

That is the danger of syncing with two different computers given the way that iTunes syncs photos.

When you sync with photo folders specified in iTunes it places just those folders on the iPad and deletes any other synced folders. You must always specify all the folders in iTunes, even the ones that are already there.

You can restore the lost folders from your PC when you return home. Note that you will lose the folder from your laptop when you do this if you don't copy that folder from your laptop to your PC first.

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MDK3800 Author

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Apr 12, 2014 5:57 AM in response to JimHdk

But didn't iTunes create a backup (on my laptop?) of the iPad? At least it said it was....! And if so, can't I restore the old photos from there? I'd rather restore the old photos and add the new ones when I get home and put them on my PC....

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