How can I transfer photos from my Mac to my iPod?
You can’t drag individual photos or groups of photos to the iPod like you can with music files in iTunes, but you can choose how you want them to be synchronized by selecting the correct options:
- Connect your iPod to your computer.
- Select the iPod icon when it appears in the iTunes window (below devices).
- If the Photos pane does not show, click the Photos tab.
- Select your photo syncing options.
Apple also notes that:
- If you use iPhoto 4.0.3 or later in Mac OS X, you can have iTunes automatically sync all of your photos and albums or just certain albums every time you connect your iPod.
- If you are using Adobe Photoshop Elements versions 3.0 or later, you can sync all of your photos or just certain collections of photos.
- If you are not using any of the above applications, you can sync all of the photos in a selected folder, or only photos in specific folders inside the selected folder. Folders inside the selected folder will be displayed as photo albums on the iPod, but not subfolders beneath them.
Ultimately, the process isn’t nearly as intuitive as synchronizing your music collection, as photo synchronization was “grafted onto” iTunes, but it’s still rather easy. For more information, check out Apple support article HT1389.
Published March 24, 2009 12:00 PM
Last modified on June 16, 2009 4:44 PM
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