Q: Unsync my photos
I had photos on my mac that I moved to a folder on my desktop. Later I attempted to transfer these photos over to my iPad from that folder. When they went onto my iPad they became uneditable and I am unable to remove the picture. How can I delete the pictures from my iPad without removing them from the computer? I attempted to follow the instructions given by Apple themselves but they did not work.
Posted on Jul 8, 2016 1:04 PM
If you synced a folder with photos to the iPad, you can only delete them from the iPad by syncing again, with this folder unselected.
See this help page: Keep your photos safely stored and up to date on all your devices - Apple Support
Scroll down to the paragraph:
Turn off iTunes syncing
If you don't want the synced photos on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch anymore, turn off syncing in iTunes and they'll be removed from your device. You can turn off syncing for some of your photo albums or all of them at once.
Stop syncing some albums
- Open iTunes on your computer and connect your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
- Click on the device icon in iTunes.
- Click Photos.
- Choose "Selected albums" and deselect the albums or collections that you want to stop syncing.
- Click Apply.
Stop syncing all photos
- Open iTunes on your computer and connect your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
- Click on the device icon in iTunes.
- Click Photos.
- Deselect "Sync Photos" then click "Remove photos."
- Click Apply.
Learn how to delete photos and videos synced from iTunes when you can't access the originals.
Posted on Jul 11, 2016 6:46 AM