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iPad syncing - what does it do?

After ten years with an iPad, I still have no idea what the SYNC function does. Does it copy Desktop to iPad, or iPad to Desktop? Which is master, and which is slave?

I ask because some photos and screen caps on my iPad seem to have disappeared after a sync. But I was trying to save them to my desktop, to keep them secure. Now they are gone.

And on syncing again, some photos on iPad have duplicated themselves.

And while some photos on iPad have been transferred to desktop (no idea how), there are whole sections (years) that refuse to transfer.

And while this helpful Apple page describes how to transfer from iPad to desktop, I do not have this iPhoto page. Mine just says 'Moments' at the top - there is no 'Import' page.

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201302

iPhoto V 1.5 (370.42.0)

iTunes V 12.7.3.46

Desktop El Capitan V 10.11.6

Any ideas?

iPad Pro Wi-Fi, iOS 11.2.6

Posted on Mar 17, 2018 4:47 AM

iPad syncing - what does it do?

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