Transfer photos from Mac To iPad?

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Transfer photos from Mac To iPad?

This has me really confused.

Id like to transfer photos from my Mac running 10.10 to my iPad running ios8. I have uploaded from the thousand or so photos on iPhoto to iCloud- or at least i think i think I have, but they don't appear on the iPad or iPhone.

Evidently you cannot transfer photos via iTunes (have version 12) now, so i guess iCloud is the only option.

I have the relevent iCloud setting turned on in both iPad iPhone and Mac and have tried logging out and back on all devices.

Posted on Dec 15, 2014 6:42 AM

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Winston Churchill

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Dec 15, 2014 10:58 AM in response to richard177

If you enable iCloud photos on iOS8 you don't get “my photo stream” anymore, so photos you add to “my photo stream” on your mac won't appear on your mobile device. You can either disable iCloud photos or put your photos into shared albums on your mac rather than “my photo stream”,

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léonie

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Dec 15, 2014 10:59 AM in response to richard177

Evidently you cannot transfer photos via iTunes (have version 12) now, so i guess iCloud is the only option.

You can still sync your photos with iTunes Photo Sync with iTunes 12 and iOS 8, provided you do not enable iCloud Photo Library (Beta) on your mobile devices. (iCloud Photo Library beta FAQ)

iCloud Photo Library (Beta) disables the upload of photos using iTunes (iOS and iPod: Syncing photos using iTunes) and also disables the upload from your Mac using My Photo Stream. You can only upload using the Photos (Beta) app on the iCloud web page. https://www.icloud.com/

If you want to continue using iTunes Photo Sync or My Photo Stream to upload your photos, disable iCloud Photo Library (Beta), until iCloud Photo Library is supported on the Mac.

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richard177 Author

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Jan 20, 2015 5:16 AM in response to léonie

Thanks léonie. Turning off photo stream allowed me to use iTunes. This was doing my head in, as couldn't use airdrop on my early 2011 Mac. Your help is much appreciated.

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léonie

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Jan 20, 2015 7:35 AM in response to richard177

You're welcome 🙂

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Mar 17, 2015 9:37 PM in response to richard177

Use an app like PhotoSync to transfer them from your Mac to your device (and vice versa) using your wifi: http://www.photoosync-app.com. If you're using iOS 8 the app cannot yet access all the photos in the photos section of the Photos app on your device, but they have submitted an update to Apple that addresses this. In the meantime, you can still transfer photos from your Mac to your devices. Note: I have no affiliation with this app developer.

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