IPad – Macbook Air iPhoto does not see albums on the iPad

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I have a number of photo albums on my iPad. When I connect my iPad to my macbook air and go to iPhoto I only see the photos in my camera roll.

  1. I want to transfer my photos on my iPad to my mac. I can't sync my photos because it was synced with another device previously and I don't want my photos on my iPad to be deleted. I need to get the photos onto my mac first before I sync.

  2. When I had a PC I could simply go to the iPad and select the photos and copy and paste them. I cannot find any place on the mac where I can browse the photos on the iPad?

Am I missing something?

Please help. I am starting to thing I made a huge mistake getting the macbook air.

Best Answer

You could use a 3rd-party app such as the free WiFi Photo Transfer to access all those pictures on your MacBook Air. It uses a web browser to access the photos, so you don't have to install any software on the MacBook Air or deal with syncing.

The whole process is easy:

  1. Launch the app on the iPhone or iPad
  2. On your computer, you type in the address it tells you to in a browser.
  3. You can then choose to either download a specific picture or entire albums.

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Another benefit is that none of the pictures are sent to the Internet.

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