Photo trans from mac to pod

Question

got an 80 gig.
does anyone know how (third P sftwr? or some kind of "drag&drop" tecnique?) to transfer photos to pod without using iTunes so that they can be viewed on the pod?

Answer 1

no prob. thats what this forum is supposed to be for. free exchange of ideas and the like.
I have been much more far afield than version tracker and still nothing.
BUT I realised and saw that a fellow "forum-ite", ttgal (in this forum), had the same concern.
this is the method I have come up with.
I realy dont like to use iPhoto except as a place to download my cams to. I work mainly with photoshop so all my "finals" come from that not iPhoto.
anyway...
the workaround....
here is what I have done as a "reach......"..oh sorry...."workaround" to the PROBLEM.
make a folder on your desk top (or where ever).
name it "pod pix" or something.
within that folder make two folders.
label one "excude" and the other "include".
within the "include" folder put all your fotos in other folders.
exaple: I do underwater reserch so I have 3 folders within the "include" folder labled "fish"..."algae" ..and "invertabrates".
as I get new pix I add them to the apropriate folder.
any that I do not want I put into the "exclude" folder.
now...
in iTunes with your pod pluged in, ALWAY be in "manual mode" by the way.
go to the "photo" tab at the top of the pod main page.
tell it that you want to "sync photos from..." and then navigate it to the folder labled "include".
this will show ,as in my case three folders that can be selected for syncing.
these will show up as what I call "sub libraries" on the pod.
I.E.
you have
Photo Librarie (and as in my case)
invertabrates
algae
fish
that way every time you plug in the pod and bring up iTunes it will "auto sync" to the folder "include" and adjust itself to what it finds in there.
this also keeps you from having to use iPhoto all the time.
FYI: song files are the only files other than .txt files (for notes) that you can "drag&drop" as a way to move them around freely.
should be that way for pix too ...but hay.....(see comentary at end).
what this tells the pod to do is scan to look and see if there are any new photos or anything that has been taken out and adds or deleats as it sees fit.
essentualy syncing is just that...making whats on the pod look like whats in the folder you have it syncing to.
its kind of the same as it does for address book and iCal in "contacts" when you have them synced.
you either sync or you dont.
commentary:
apple sould have made this more user interactive/actuated and less automatic
but....hay they get paid big bucks to screw up like this and be so out of touch with the control that real people realy want.
nice job...Jobs.
cheers&aloha
matt