IPad as a photo/video storage device?
I'd love to replace my netbook with an iPad for travel. I use the netbook for internet access and for storage of data from my camera. I know I can transfer images to an iPad via the camera connection kit. However, my camera also takes video in a wacky AVCHD format. I know there's no way to view this sort of unprocessed video on an iPad. However, is there a way to copy the file structure from the camera ? AVCHD, at least on my Panasonic GH1, uses a series of subfolders.
Is there a way to copy this data to an iPad via, I presume, the camera connector, and then sync it intact to a MAC?
Apart from format compatability you may also want to consider resource management while on the road. It was only via a tip of a developer that I learned how to remove video's directly on the iPad (choose cover mode, keep the finger on the video you want to remove until a delete cross appears). For Photos the filemanagement is still very primitive, though. On the iPad you cannot delete events or albums at once, and if you've synced them with iTunes you cannot remove them at all. In short, you have to consider rather carefully beforehand how much space you will need for your data vault.
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I would be concerned as well if my iPad was not recognized by iTunes. Thank you for providing all the information with the steps you took in regards to this issue. I found an article with a few more steps you can take (you can skip the steps you have already taken):
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and delete them after you import them on the device where you don't want them -
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Central, wireless, storage of all music, photos, videos, movies?
Hi all,
Please excuse if this is covered elsewhere... i looked and could not find a direct answer. A friend pointed me towards the DS214 play and after some research i am not sure i need to leave the apple family or pay for the Synology name. As a somewhat tech saavy father of 2.5 kids (due May), i wanted to ask other apple parents if they have similar needs with their home enjoyment and see what solutions are out there.
My situation. i have a 1TB imac and a macbook pro. We store all music and tv shows/movies puchased on the imac so apple tv can access them. we have our current iphoto library on the imac where we interact with iphones and ipads, and also apple tv for pics/home videos.
my problem is that i have tens of thousands of pics and a thousand home movies stored on external drives because i ran out of room on the imac hard drive and because iphoto wasn't performing well with so many files in one library. we use iphoto manager (3rd party) to jump between libraries which is fine but not ideal. I hate having different external drives connected for fear they may die one day or a cord gets pulled out or a child breaks one. furthermore, i am using externals to back up my externals, etc etc. it's a physical hardware mess. i want to take my digital family life to the next level using a home HUB of sorts.
Here are a few examples of what we want, thanks in advance for any help!
1. We have an imac and a macbook pro laptop. Is there any way to store the main photo library centrally so that we can edit and organize pictures and videos from both machines and have the changes/updates seamless appear on the other? (thought was to store the iphoto library file on a hub or similar, not on the imac hard drive)
2. We have two apple tvs and would like both to be able to access all movies, music, photos, videos from a central storage. right now they speak to the itunes library on the imac which is fine. but neither can access our archive iphoto libraries stored on external hard drives connected to the imac.
3. Aside from buying a much bigger and more expensive computer, and putting everything back on the main hard drive... my thought was if all these photos (and / or libraries) were stored in a central HUB location i could access them from both a laptop and imac and save myself the space on the computer hard drives and access them interchangeably without worrying about an external drives being unplugged, dropped, etc.
But this goes back to #1 and #2 above, can all these files, found in either one huge iphoto library and itunes library, or several libraries, be stored in a central wireless HUB location and be accessed and shared and enjoyed as if they were sitting on the main computer hardrive?
Lastly, i would like the ability to back everything up... meaning a HUB that had two drives or a partition so it could back itself up. basically swapping out 3 USB connected hard drives used as storage and backup for some sort of wireless HUB, that can be used by a few computers, apple tv and back itself up?
thank you very much in advance. I hope all this makes sense....
best,
JWWe have an imac and a macbook pro laptop. Is there any way to store the main photo library centrally so that we can edit and organize pictures and videos from both machines and have the changes/updates seamless appear on the other?
iPhoto Libraries must be located on a drive that is formatted OS X Extended (journaled) with ownership set to be ignored for it to work properly and be used by more than one user. It should not be accessed wirelessly as that can lead to library database corruption due to dropouts occurring when writhing to the library's database file. The following is from this Apple document: iPhoto: Sharing libraries among multiple users - Apple Support.
It's recommended that you store your iPhoto library on a locally mounted hard drive. Storing your iPhoto library on a network share can lead to poor performance, data corruption, or data loss. If you use both iPhoto and Aperture with the same library, using a Mac OS X Extended formatted volume is recommended. For more information, see Aperture: Use locally mounted Mac OS X Extended volumes for your Aperture library.
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My iphone storage is full and I do not have enough storage for upgrades or to take more photos/videos, download apps, etc. I do have my photos/videos ON for icloud sync but not sure if I can safely delete them from my iphone to make room. And if I can delete them from my phone how do I access them on my icloud? I logged in for the first time and do not see where to access photos/videos?
You can't just store photos on icloud. They can be included as part of a backup or when using photo stream to sync photos from one device to another, but 1) photo stream keeps photos for up to 30 days after which they are deleted from the servers, and 2) never rely on a backup to icloud as a way of storing photos. (When photos are deleted from the device, they are no longer on recent backups, and older backups get deleted in short time.)
When it comes to photos, users should sync them to a computer for archiving. Then they can delete the photos from the device, as the computer will have copies.
Photos in backups on icloud cannot be viewed on icloud.
Read this... import photos to your computer...
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When I updating my iTune today, I got few other pop up notes asking if I want to sync my iPad and other notes seems restoring... so.. now I lost all my photos/videos that I had with my last trip with my parents to Yellow Stone/Grand Teton.... I am very nervous sitting here asking your help. Please response if you know how. Thank you.
Hi there sorry to hear that, if you have previously backed up your iPad you can restore it to that backup, do you know if you have a previous backup? If you go to iTunes,edit then preferences then devices you will see you previous backups, your photos could be there if you backed up your photos previously though i hope this helps you.
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Can I share photos on networked storage device with windows user?
Ok, so I have done my research and feel kinda confidant about moving iPhoto Library to external hard drive. However my windows using husband now wants to know if there is a way he can see them too, as I have pics/videos he does not. Also is there a way to organize the photos from his computer on ExHD so I could see them in iPhoto?
I am scared to death that he is going to get into my Library file (even on accident) and jack something up to the point that I lose all my pictures, or the ability to access them, etc...
We would like to be able to share music as well, would same principles apply? Any suggestions?
ExHD is networked between the two computers if that makes any difference.?What format is that networked storage device?
Users report many problems with Libraries that are stored on disks formatted anything except Mac OS Extended (Journaled) - these include problems importing, sharing and saving edits.
iPhoto has no cross platform ability whatever. The best you might do is to use a Referenced Library but this has problems too, so research that carefully.
Best option: tell your husband to get a Mac.
Regards
TD -
the Wifi storage options are interesting but it seems they only allow to read files from the device on the iPad but not transfer files to the storage device via WiFi.
I'm looking for a possibility to use the iPad for photography while traveling, without the access to a computer.
Shooting photo's in RAW format crates pretty big files that will fill up the iPad's memory pretty fast if you shoot a lot during a (let's say) month long trip.
my idea was to use load the photo's to the iPad so i could view them and sort out any bad ones. then copy them over to the storage device so i can continue using my CF cards for shooting. I have an image thank for copying the photo's directly to the HDD but it would be so sweet to be able to check them on the iPad before hand.
any suggestions?Check out pogo plug device, it allows you to upload camera roll via wifi.
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I am thinking of buying a "new" iPad but I have a very large iPhoto library which I would like to keep intact and be able to view on my new iPad. Is there a way to use a external storage device to store the iPhoto library and view it on the iPad?
You can't use an external hard drive like you would with a computer.
You can use a USB flash drive & the camera connection kit.
Plug the USB flash drive into your computer & create a new folder titled DCIM. Then put your movie/photo files into the folder. The files must have a filename with exactly 8 characters long (no spaces) plus the file extension (i.e., my-movie.mov; DSCN0164.jpg).
Now plug the flash drive into the iPad using the camera connection kit. Open the Photos app, the movie/photo files should appear & you can import. (You can not export using the camera connection kit.)
When you first connect the USB flash drive, you will only see thumbnails of the pics on the iPad; you have to import the pic file to see the full size. With your large library of pics, you will have to do this repeateably and then delete pics so you don't exceed your memory capacity.
Cheers, Tom -
I have reduced my photos, videos and apps quite a bit and yet my available storage in "icloud" remains the same! It won't let me back up now unless i delete storage( which ive done) or buy more storage, which i won't! So now what?
when you go to settings > icloud > storage and backup > and select your device it will tell you what all is going into your backup the next time you perform one. that will give you more information than we can.
the only other thing i can think of is that you have a large amount of 'other' data taking up space on your phone. that consists of settings, the iOS itself, contacts, calendar events, messages, and other things like that. contacts and calendars in icloud don't take up space in your icloud backup because they're being synced in real time, but if they're locally stored or connected to an email address on your phone, they will.
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