I just got a replacement iPad from the Apple store during a Genius bar visit.
I was asked if everything was backed up but as I was overseas we decided that since I used iCloud it wouldn't matter.
The guy checked that I had iCloud which I do but somehow with the new iPad when I backed up from iCloud there are no photos. Having iCloud and having photos on iCloud are two different things. I have iCloud but don't have a single photo there. Do you have iCloud Photo Library turned ON? Settings > Photos & Camera. If you don't, go to Settings > iCloud Do you have Photos turned ON? I have it turned OFF on the iPad,and it deleted the photos that were on there...all except for 3 of them?
Now that I am home I'm trying to put photos on my iPad How?I am trying to do it through iTunes but the message that comes up when iPad is selected is iCloud Photos is on.The iPad can access them in iCloud via WiFi or Cellular.
but I keep getting the message that I can put the photos on via iCloud. I don't want to do that as I have no idea how to. Where and how do you get that message?The message is in iTunes when I select photos under iPad
With the previous iPad all the photos were there in iTunes Maybe just semantics but the photos were not on iTunes, they would be on your computer HD and iTunes allows you to sync them to your iPad and I could select which photos I wanted to put onto my iPad but now for some reason it's saying the photos are in iCloud and to put them in from there. Relates to whether you have iCloud Photo Library on or not.
When I log into iCloud there are hardly any photos. I'm not sure why as I pay extra every month for iCloud to allow me extra storage.
I'd rather not have to email myself 13,000 photos (that would be very time consuming) to get them onto my iPad without using iCloud. Where are these 13,000 photos? On your computer? I think this is the first thing we need to determine. If they are on your computer and you can confirm that, the worse that would happen is that you lose the few that you have on iCloud. If you don't mind losing those, turn iCloud P. L. OFF (if On), go to Settings > iCloud > and turn Photos OFF. That is how I have mine set up BUT ONLY DO THIS IF YOU ARE SURE THE 13,000 ARE ON YOUR COMPUTER and you can see them. Then connect to iTunes and sync those 13,000. They will not appear in Camera Roll, they will show up as Albums named and structured just like you see them on your computer. The photos are on my iMac in iPhoto ,I also seem to have the new photos from Apple but I prefer to use iPhoto.
I'm confused? I hope I did not make it worse. If you are unsure, just repost with the information I asked above and perhaps someone more knowledgeable than me about iCloud P.L. can help with those there. The steps about syncing from your computer if your 13,000 are indeed there should hold.