Photos and Collections

Hello there,
I've got a question concerning the collections support in Lightroom. Is there a way to get a quick overview over what collections are assigned to a particular photo?
Thank you very much.
Roy

not yet. Hoping, pushing for a check mark system like keywords, where a check mark appears by each Collection an image is in, like keywords already show.
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Missing all photos (and collections) before a certain date!

I just imported all my photos from my iPhone 4 from a vacation to put with photos from my DSLR into LR3, when i noticed that I was missing about 15000 photos from my catalog. They are still on the hard drive. I know that I can just import those folders back in, but i am worried that i have lost any edits/keywordin/etc. What can i do?

I found three different ones: the LR2 cat, the LR3 cat, and this one that I am currently on which I must have created on accident. So, I opened the one called something like "lightroom 3 catalog-2". I tried to "import from catalog" to get the photo & edits that I worked a little on in the past week (which was about 12GB of vacation photos), but an error occurred twice. So, i just imported all the photos from the folders to the correct catalog.
Thanks for all the help guys. I will start backing up my catalog. And, next time i will know what to do.

Where are my folders and collections?

I had many photos and collections created in lightroom - now I only get some. They are in my storage - but for some reason they do not show up in the library - where are they and what causes this?

Thanks, I stumbled onto the solution by opening an earlier catalog I had saved (or backed up). Not sure how I ever "opened" the erroneous catalog - or how I was able to open the correct one - but I did.

Iphone 6 photo - albums and collections

A few questions about photos on the new iPhone 6. First, under the collections, what is the perimeters set to organize the photos automatically? Some of the photos in "collections" have a two week span, then the next section is maybe a 3 mo nth span, then its 11 days, etc. It appears to be random that iPhoto automatically separates them in collections. Also, under one of the (automatic) collections, someone sent me a texted photo that was tagged with the location. That picture is grouped with photos that were unrelated and covered a 3 month span. Is there a rhyme or reason to it? Also is there a way to change the way iPhone groups these photos? If so where and how? Or is the only way to organize these photos is to add each photo to an album? That seems kinda of tedious and I would think there is an easy way to do all this that I just don't know about. Thanks!!

A few questions about photos on the new iPhone 6. First, under the collections, what is the perimeters set to organize the photos automatically? Some of the photos in "collections" have a two week span, then the next section is maybe a 3 mo nth span, then its 11 days, etc. It appears to be random that iPhoto automatically separates them in collections. Also, under one of the (automatic) collections, someone sent me a texted photo that was tagged with the location. That picture is grouped with photos that were unrelated and covered a 3 month span. Is there a rhyme or reason to it? Also is there a way to change the way iPhone groups these photos? If so where and how? Or is the only way to organize these photos is to add each photo to an album? That seems kinda of tedious and I would think there is an easy way to do all this that I just don't know about. Thanks!!

I upgraded to Lightroom 3.4 and can't move photos into collections or files

I upgraded to Lightroom 3.4 and can't move photos into collections or files

To move a photo into a collection, you point your mouse at the photo(s) (not the gray rectangle around the photo) and drag it into a collection.
You can't move a photo into a file. Perhaps you meant something else?

List of photos and their collections

Is there a way to print or view a list of all imported photos and the collections that they belong to? Right clicking on each image to view this type of info is pretty cumbersome.

Well, the basic need for this feature is because I bracket my shots a lot. When I do an import, I import all and then delete the obvious that I don't want to keep. The remaining shots (usually shot within fractions of seconds of another) are borderline. I keep those. Sometimes I end up with two very similar shots in multiple collections, but they were shot milli-seconds apart.
If I make an update to a specific shot that is milli-seconds or so different than another, then the one that is a millisecond away is not updated. I would like to be able to update the same shot at the same time. My request is based on a desire to identify the one that is a milli-seconds different, delete it and then add the primary one to the collection so that all can be updated at the same time. Does that help?
In the Grid view, with "All Photographs" selected and photos sorted by capture time, these photos that are milli-seconds apart should be grouped together. You can make these changes to your photos in this grid view. Your changes to the collection status of photos has to be done one-by-one (or group by group). When you are looking in Grid view, you make the necessary changes to this group of photos that are milliseconds apart by updating the photos, moving the proper photos to their collections, and then deleting the ones you don't want. I simply don't see any benefit of obtaining a list, as this doesn't seem to give you any advantage over what I just described.

How can I delete the photos in Collections/moments?

How can I delete the photos in Collections/moments? I have set icloud photo settings to none, and delete all my photos in album, but I'm still getting 5.6 G of photos!

help!

HT4436 originally my kids used my apple account, now they want there own. Can they keep there photos and music and move it to a new account?

I want to create a new account and transfer my photos and music to the new account. How can I do that?

Your talking about the famous AppleID divorce
There is no way to "move" music, apps, or photostreams between iCloud/AppleID accounts easily, but there are some ways to maybe salvage everything they want and get it to their individual devices. I'm going to assume that each has an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, and that you all have one or more computers with iTunes (macs or PC's, shouldn't matter).
In any case, this isn't likely to be a quick fix for you, so clear a couple of hours in the evening and grab a beverage of your choice. Here are a few ways to manage the divorce:
Separate iCloud (ie, contacts, calendars, etc) accounts for each person, Shared iTunes Music/Apps:
This approach allows each person to have their own device backups, plus their own address books, calendars, etc, and it allows everyone to share the apps and music that has been and will be purchased. This will also mean each has their own photostreams as well. With calendars and photostreams, you can create "shared" versions of each so you and they can collectively contribute and modify the calendar, and can collectively contribute to a shared photostream.
The great benefit to this approach is that all of the music and apps that have been purchased will continue to be available on all of the devices.
The disadvantage is that with the shared iTunes account, everybody is sharing everybody else's gift cards and/or money that is in the account. Monitoring it is a manual process.
To setup this scenario:
Create a new iCloud account (ie, new AppleID's) for everyone, including yourself.
In the iCloud settings on each mobile device use the new iCloud account (ie, AppleID) for that person.
Use those same iCloud credentials for the iCloud settings in each person's account on the computer. (Note that if you do NOT use separate accounts for each person on the computer, this method will not work for synching the iCloud stuff, just the iTunes stuff. I highly recommend you create user accounts on the computer for each person).
On your mobile devices, in the iTunes and App Store settings continue to use the "original" AppleID under which all of the music and apps were purchased.
In iTunes for each user account on the computer, continue to use the "original" Apple ID, just like on the mobile devices.
For each person's photos that they wish to keep, make sure that they are currently in the mobile device's camera roll (just as Winston suggested).
Now the device's and computer user accounts are all setup. When the mobile device's are synched to user's (or the common) iTunes app, all of the music and apps will stay, and all of the photos that were previously in each user's camera roll will still be there.
Separate iTunes Accounts, Shared iCloud Account
This approach allows each person to have their own iTunes account for music and apps, but will keep all of the iCloud stuff (like contacts and calendars and photostreams) identical accross everybody's devices. This is particularly useful if the kids get their own gift cards and are not amenable to sharing with their family and you want to continue to have identical address books, calendars, and photostreams.
The main drawback to this approach is that it is possible that each individual will lose access to some music and all purchased apps. That will depend highly upon when the music was purchased. ie, was it purchased before or after Apple went to a digital rights management (DRM) free model for music. All purchased apps will technically be lost, but sometimes its still possible to "keep" those apps via iTunes and your device will continually and annoyingly ask you for the credentials (ie, the original AppleID) under which the app was purchased.
Another drawback is that the free iCloud storage account is likely to be enough to backup all of your devices (if you have more than 1). Therefore, you will likely have to purchase a larger iCloud storage plan.
To setup this scenario:
Create a new AppleID for each person for use in the iTunes Music/App store. Remember to keep your original AppleID that was used for all of the purchases to date.
On each mobile device, in the iTunes and App Store settings input the new AppleID for each user. On one of the devices (you'll have to figure out on which one it makes the most sense), continue to use the original AppleID.
In the iCloud settings for each device (and the computer accounts), continue to use the original AppleID.
Now you must setup new iTunes databases on the computer for each seperate user. The only way to do this is to have each user have a seperate account on the computer (again, mac or PC, doesn't matter).
In each user's iTunes app on the computer, input the iTunes store credentials that match his/her mobile device that you setup in step 2 above.
On the computer, move all of the music that each person cares about into his/her separate iTunes database (ie, import the music into iTunes by whatever method you choose). The exact method for this is dependent upon whether its windows or mac, but basically, find the actual music files on the hard drive, and then import each of them into iTunes for each user. You want each user to setup their "new" music database on the computer. This is what the mobile device will synch against.
Once complete, synch each mobile device with each user's respective iTunes app. You MUST use separate iTunes databases at this point.
If all of the music was purchased post-DRM (or is DRM-free for whatever reason), then this method will result in each user having all of the music that he/she wishes. However, if some of the music has DRM, then your success here will be a crapshoot.
Photostreams should all continue to be shared and collective since they are attached to the common iCloud account, not iTunes.
Separate iTunes Music/App Account, Separate iCloud
This is the ultimate in "every man for himself". The advantage is the each person has their own free iCloud features (including the all-important backup) and each has their own iTunes account.
The disadvantage is the same as "Common iCloud, Separate iTunes" approach: individuals may lose access to already purchased music and apps. The photostreams will also be broken apart, although you can setup shared photostreams for the future.
To setup this up:
Create new iCloud/AppleID accounts for each person (except for the original user).
In each person's mobile device, use their new AppleID for both iCloud and iTunes Music and App stores. One person keeps the original AppleID and continues to use it.
Follow the steps above for creating new music databases in each user's account on the computer.
Synch each user's mobile device with their respective iTunes database.
OK, that's what i have for you at this point. I'm happy to answer further questions on this and help you figure out how to do what you want to do.
Thanks

Could someone please tell me the fastest, cheapest, simplest way to back up all my data (photos and music) thanks!

Well I am heading in to the
apple services store to collect my computer which went dead in my power cut 10 days ago (discussed in my last post), and has since been fixed with new power supply. My question is - what's the cheapest and easiest way for me to back-up all my data (several thousand photos, and similar number of songs on iTunes, and a few quicktime video files) Is there a product I can buy to save it on - I have no idea how many gigs etc, that will be? and what I need to buy to do so, and finally, how easy/fast will it be to save everything.... this is indeed a very simple thing, I am sure, but I have never done it before, just saved odd bits on pen drives, etc..... The repair is costing over $400 - and as it's an old imac, aside from the fact it has all of Final Cut Pro Studio on it - it's hardly worth the repair price.... what I want though is to save everything as cheaply and simply as possible - what do I need to buy and how (in simple language please) do I save it... Many many thanks if anyone can put this in simple language for me... Cheers

I agree with BGreg about OWC, great people and service, quality products and competitive prices. Not bigbox sell cheap stuff prices but fair prices. Like him I also like cloning with SuperDuper! or CCC. For most users CCC is perfect - SuperDuper! adds some extras that techs like.
But I'll also add a vote for Apple's own TimeMachine. It is an automatic backup system that runs every hour; the first backup takes a while and the rest not very long because they are backing up only the chances made in the last hour. Due to its schema, TimeMachine is most effective with a backup drive that is 2-3 times larger than your backup set. If you are using 200GB of your 500GB drive, then your TimeMachine backup drive should be at least 400GB and preferably closer to 600GB.
The two backup schemes are different and having two different backups is a very good idea - backup drives have been known to die . The clone's advantage is that it is a bootable system disk - if your computer's drive dies you can boot with it and keep working until you get the computer repaired. If your computer's drive gets messed up you can boot with the clone and try to repair it or at least recover some of the most recent files that aren't on the clone. (Which happens to be one of the disadvantages of a clone - people tend to reclone somewhat infrequently.) Having TimeMachine means you have very recent backups.
So if you intend to keep using this computer - TimeMachine might be the better choice - or at least another consideration. If you are just grabbing data - CCC will do the trick best.

Is there a way to change the WHITE background color of the photo gallery/COLLECTIONS to BLACK. IPad 4 ios 7

As a Professional Photographer, I chose to buy an IPad 4 for only one reason and that was the amazing color and clarity of the Photo Gallery as a mobile Portfolio.
Originally the background color of the IPad 4 Gallery was BLACK and this facilitated the photos greatly, photos look better and stand out better on a BLACK background. White backgrounds cause a glare eminating from the edges of the photo and cause iris in our eyes to close down, degrading the quality of the photo being viewed.
I updated to ios 7 and now my IPad 4 has a WHITE background, which is unacceptable for viewing photos.
HOW DO I CHANGE the WHITE background on the Photo/Gallery/COLLECTIONS to BLACK?
Apple should ALWAYS give USERS/OWNERS of their products control of such details. IT'S JUST GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE!

Vancouver22 Thanks for your help... the SLIDESHOW turned black for me automatically when the slideshow began. That works most excellent!
Now if I can just get the White Background to STAY BLACK, this might not be as painful as I feared.
My IP4 does lag slightly, but not enough to set fire to it yet.
The gallery/COLLECTIONS/ALBUMS are the most important thing to me.
Thanks!
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HT1583 When burning a DVD of photos and music from iDVD, the photos blur right before the transitions and the music has about 5 second glitches here and there before the music starts again. Is there any way to burn the DVD without this happening?

Each year I am in charge of making a slideshow of photos and music for my annual company meeting. I always use iDVD to set up my photos and music and then burn the DVD to play at the meeting. Every time I burn the DVD, it blurs right before the transition of the photo. It has always done this and I'm not sure why. It will also make the music glitch in a few spots for about 5 seconds or more. If I burn another DVD to try it again, the glitches will still be there, but in different spots. I've tried the highest quality of DVD's possible and this still happens. What can I do to fix this problem?

Try disabling transitions altogether!
There is a technical reason that this breakup happens - it is to do with how slideshows can be saved within the DVD specification, they can either be recorded as 'video streams' or as a collection of 'still images'.
When you add transitions iDVD has no option but to use a video stream, this can result in terrible 'breakup' because the mpeg 2 encoder isn't designed to handle scenes that are static with a sudden short change. You can see 'artefacts' in the video stream…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compression_artifact
'Still image slideshows' avoid the issue altogether by only showing a static image, no video compression is used & because the scene doesn't transition so it shouldn't breakup.
NOTE: Music on the slideshow is irrelevant, both types can use a soundtrack.
I cannot remember if it is possible to force iDVD to only make still image slideshows, I always use DVD Studio Pro to correctly setup DVD's. I'd suggest you use the option to save the DVD to a disk image & then open that disk image so that DVD Player can preview it, that should save on the number of test disks you burn.
If you cannot make it avoid using video streams you may be ether off making your own video slideshow in iMovie & then import that into iDVD. It may eventually look better despite being a video stream!
iDVD isn't really condusive to professional levels of control.

So many problems... My MacBook Pro is full and I'm terrified I'm going to lose all of my photos and music.

Where to even begin with the problames I'm having!? I have a MacBook Pro OS X 10.5.8, an iMac OS X 10.5.8, a 500GB Time Capsule, and an iPhone 4s. I know just enough about all of them to basically get myself into trouble... And It seems I have done a really good job at messing everything up!
I bought the iMac and Time capsule together in 2008. The Time Capsule didn't work properly for backups from the start (although it functions great as a router for my home network), and I spent several hours on the phone with applecare, took it to the Genius Bar etc., and it still has not ever worked as a continuous background backup. I did somehow manage to acquire one backup of the iMac with the TC before I did a reboot of the iMac a couple years ago. I can access the backup, but im not sure if the backup is actually on the time capsule or if it is saved on the HD. Furthermore, I have another backup (pretty sure it's a partial backup) from the MacBook Pro, and I don't know where that one is actually stored either. The Macbook Pro is so full that it is not functioning properly and i'm afraid it will die. I have subscribed to both Backblaze and Crashplan... The initial Backblaze backup completed on the MacBook, but I don't even have enough diskspace to download Crashplan. I need to get both Macs backed up to an external hard drive and I would like to save the backups I already have. I am also trying to start my own photograghy business, so I would like everything setup so that I can manage photos from both Macs and be condusive for storing and editing loads of photos. So here are my questions...
1. Can I (and should I) back up both Macs to one external hard drive?
2. Can I use the Time Capsule to route wireless continuous backups from the MacBook Pro to the external hard drive or would I need to have it wired every time?
3. Which external hard drive would be best for my situation? Would a RAID be best or is that overkill?
I am considering this one in either a 2TB or 3TB:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/1394/USB/EliteAL/eSATA_FW800_FW400_USB
4. Once everything is safely backed up, what is the best way to get my HD space freed up?
5. How do I set up the drives so that I'm not using all of my internal HD space for photos and music?
6. When I have enough space to upgrade to OS X Lion, will the cloud make a difference with how my photos are managed?
I know this has been extensive, and probably frustrating to those of you who know what your'e doing... Thanks so much for your time and patience!!

1sweetORnurse wrote:
1. Can I (and should I) back up both Macs to one external hard drive?
You can (if it's large enough), but see below. You should probably create a second partition on the drive for the second Mac. You can also back them both up to the TC.
2. Can I use the Time Capsule to route wireless continuous backups from the MacBook Pro to the external hard drive or would I need to have it wired every time?
There are several options:
Since you have an iMac, by far the fastest, easiest, and most reliable way to back it up is to connect an external HD directly to it.
It's slower, but you can also back it up to the TC.
The laptop can be backed-up to the same drive as the one connected to the iMac, over your network.
Finally, although I wouldn't recommend it in this case, you could back up either or both to an external HD connected to the TC.
3. Which external hard drive would be best for my situation?
Most likely, a good quality external HD. If you're going to use Time Machine, see Time Machine - Frequently Asked Question #1 to be sure you get one large enough.
Would a RAID be best or is that overkill?
In most cases, overkill. For redundancy, duplicate backups made on a separate HD, with a different app, is a bit safer than a RAID. See FAQ #27 for some suggestions.
I am considering this one in either a 2TB or 3TB:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/1394/USB/EliteAL/eSATA_FW800_FW400_USB
That link doesn't work for me -- it redirects to the main page. I have one of their Mercury Elite Pro multi-interface drives, and it works fine. Most anything they sell will be fine, as long as it's large enough.
4. Once everything is safely backed up, what is the best way to get my HD space freed up?
Even before you do that, check for hidden large stuff on your Mac that you don't need. See Where did my Disk Space go? There may be some things there that will gain you a few GBs, at least.
Also, obviously, delete anything you don't need, especially video, photos, music.
Do you have duplicates of the same files on both Macs? If so, deleting one might save a lot of space.
Then, you need to consider where you're going in the future. Backups alone won't gain you any space -- the essential part of a good backup strategy is to have (at least) two copies of everything important in (at least) two different places.
So most likely, you need to move some big stuff, such as your iPhoto and/or iTunes libraries, or a large video collection, onto a different external HD, and let Time Machine (and/or other backup app) back it up along with your Macs.
5. How do I set up the drives so that I'm not using all of my internal HD space for photos and music?
Be sure to format them for a Mac (most come pre-formatted for Windoze). See #1 in Using Disk Utility.
Depending on what kind of data you want to move, you can just drag and drop, then delete.
And/or see:
Moving your iTunes Music folder
Moving your iPhoto '11 Library
Moving iMovie '11 footage to another drive
6. When I have enough space to upgrade to OS X Lion, will the cloud make a difference with how my photos are managed?
I don't think so.
What's on your TC now? Anything? If not, you might want to erase it and start backing up immediately, so you have at least some protection until you get the external HD(s). See To erase everything on the TC's internal disk in #Q5 of Using Time Machine with a Time Capsule.
Then see #Q1 there for setup instructions. If there's a problem, post back with details, or check Time Machine - Troubleshooting.
Also don't hesitate to post back if this isn't clear, or you still have questions.

How do I delete photos and photo albums from my iPhone? The instructions given do not work. No "delete" symbol appears next to the album name, and no trash can icon appears below most of the pictures the computer just put on my new iPhone 4.

How do I delete photos and photo albums from my iPhone 4? The instructions given do not work. No "delete" symbol appears next to the album name when I press "Edit," and no trash can icon for me to click appears below most of the individual photos in the albums the computer just loaded on my new iPhone 4. When I synced the new phone the computer added these photo albums without permission from me. They are now taking up about 3 GB of memory on my phone. I would like very much to get rid of these photos from the phone. How do I do this?

To delete photos from your device
In iTunes, select the device icon in the Devices list on the left. Click the Photos tab in the resulting window.
Choose "Sync photos from."
On a Mac, choose iPhoto or Aperture from the pop-up menu.
On a Windows PC, choose Photoshop Album or Photoshop Elements from the pop-up menu.
Choose "Selected albums" and deselect the albums or collections you want to delete.
Click Apply.

I backed up my iPhone to iTunes, but can't find my photos and they need deleting

Hi, I'm new to this but I will really appreciate your help if I ever get this sorted.
I have an iPhone 5s and it is completely full to the point where I can't take anymore photos or save any more, its so frustrating, also I'm taking this phone back this weekend to the apple store for a replacement because it's faulty. So I backed it up on my boyfriend's laptop, on iTunes - then I checked the whole computer - all the folders for my photos, I only found one folder with 100 photos - when I've got 2,300 on my phone.... But the back up was complete. So I don't know what to do, because the photos need deleting to free up memory. When I try to delete photos from Collections - it says "This photo will also be deleted from photo stream on all your devices". Help please!
Thanks!

An iPhone backup to a computer via iTunes stores the photos in a backup file that is only meant to be be used if needed to restore back to the phone. There is 3rd party "extractor" software available but otherwise the photos are not directly viewable.
The backup via iTunes was a good idea and your Camera Roll photos should be there and should be able to be restored to your new phone. However if it was me I wouldn't rely on that alone. I would also import the photos to a computer where you can see and verify that you have a copy. That is a good idea at any time (not just when you know you might need it). Any phone can be lost, broken, suffer hardware issues, etc at any time and lose all data on it. Following is a link with information on how to import the photos to a computer: Import photos and videos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your Mac or Windows PC - Apple Support

Syncing Photos and My New iPad3 (A Horror Story)

I really don't know where to begin. Bought a new ipad3 and since all my tunes are on my iPhone, let full the iPad up with photos. What should have been a simple process, as my title suggests has turned into a 5 day ordeal. My issue revolves around two things that make it very hard for me to believe that this product marketed as the new magical must have device, could be beset with such fundamental problems. True it can do a thousand other things flawlessly however like many of my peers here in this forum, I purchased mine specifically for photo storage and viewing and of course this is exactly where the iPad breaks down.
What's even more frustrating is how ignorant Apple Staff (Who ever is answering the phone at their customer support number: 800-275-2273) is to these issues and that the customer has to hunt and search the Internet for solutions that make sense! It's just a shame! Trouble shooting with their experts was nothing more than a waste of time. As I have spent days researching these forums and discovering how many people have major issues with this product, I was simply blown away! The only thing I blame myself for is not reading these forums first. I doubt very seriously, let me stop playing, **** no, there is no way I would have ever brought this new iPad if I know of all these issues. . After paying almost $1,000.00 dollars for one (well iPad plus accessories) for it to have these substantial flaws is unacceptable.
Ok here's Number One. Syncing photos is simply hit or miss. There is no rhyme or reason for why some sync are successful and why others crash. It seems that the best why to make each sync successful is to limit the number of pictures and folders to as few as your patience lets you. If a sync failed if I reduced the number of pictures and folders it would complete successfully.
What's the big deal you might say, when you have over 100K images that you want to sync to your iPad, its a problem a big one, a major one, so frustrating that you want to take a golf club to it just like Daniel Tosh did on his show TOSH.0. When I spoke with tech support all they seemed to focus on was the amount of photos and adjusting dimensions and resolutions, etc. I will not share here what a said on the phone, but I think most of you know. I am suppose to readjust the size, resolution, and dimensions of 100K plus images to get them on. Absolutely not! I found that answer unacceptable! I have noticed in my reading that some members of this forum have chosen to do that, God bless them.
Some of the syncs fail right away others will only fail after waiting forever with you finger crossed, hoping to move a few more images to the iPad. Sometimes I have to power down/reboot the IPad, iTunes, etc for the next sync to be successful. How much time wasted trying to move my collection to this iPad. I am in the middle of a reboot now. So far after 5 days I have move 18,064 photos to the IPad. Wow you might say but let me tell you at great cost! During this process I completely rest.restored my IPad numerous times, not to mention how many times I rebooted my windows PC. Note worthy, one member of this forum actually wipe his PC's hard drive reinstalled his operating system and iTunes! I don't even want to consider what he might have done next!
Again this is unacceptable that Apple would have a product with these issues and basically leave their customers at their mercy! Hoping that the next release of iTunes may/may not fix the problem. I waiting a while before I wrote this just to make sure that I am not speaking out of anger, merely stating the facts.
Ok here's Number Two, Storage! The iTunes creates a folder called iPod photo cache that just get huge as you increase the number of photo's synced to the iPad. As of right now I have 17,815 photos on the iPad. ( It was suppose to be 18,064 but since the reboot all the numbers have changed. Ridiculous. Any way iTunes has put a monster folder of over 14GB on my ext drive where I store my pics. I personally feel that there should be some other way to sync them to the iPad without creating such a monster cache. The only solution I got from tech support was to reduce the size of each image in my collection. Again I will not share with you what I said on the phone, I will simply say that as a solution was again unacceptable! I personally would not even have the balls to say that to a customer.
If that was the only storage issue I could live with. Drives always seem to get cheaper and bigger. That I do love. The real storage problem is this, syncing a large amount of photos creates other files along with the syncing images that take up huge amounts of space on the iPad as other files! This makes me just want to scream and cut off my finger tips, something. To me this is unbelievable. So let me sum this up like this. In addition to the . 13.7GB my pics take up on my IPad "other" now takes up a whopping 7.7GB. All I have on the IPad is Pics and a few applications. The 7.7GB of other is a result of the synced images and no one seems to be able to tell me want the ____ is up with this.
That's 7.7GB of space that I need for may collection locked up as other files. Does the image need to be stored twice on the iPad? I have now idea. If anyone has an answer Please Help Me! No one at Apple seems to be able. I am open to anything that makes sense. I even place to crashed HD in te freezer over night, and yes it came back online recognized in windows once again.
A third problem that I did even mention is speed! Ipad why you so slow! Why you take so long to sync photos!
I just wanted to share my nightmare with all of you in hope of help. Thank you for taking the time to read this. If you have a solution or just want to share please email me at: [email protected]

Ah, it is interesting that this post turned up in my searching to discover how much memory the "New iPad" would require. I can sympathize with the original poster on how photos are (or not) transferred. I learned this lesson from my original purchase of an iPhone 4 upgrade from an iPhone 3. As you may know, the iPhone 4 has a much higher resolution than the iPhone 3. Not thinking, but not being forwarned, I anticipated a growing photo library. I don't recall the exact sizes involved nor am I going to go back and recalculate the sizes, but the result was something like this. I had about 11,000 photos on my iPhone and this required xxGB of storage. The library was mainly photos synced from my iPhoto library on my iMac. When I upgraded, the resolution of the photos was rescaled to the higher resolution. This meant the new library would require about 2.5 times xxGB. End result, return new iPhone and upgrade to one with more memory.
Okay, so if you are paying attention, the photos on my iPhone are reduced resolution images of those on my main computer. I hope you can see that if I were to purchase a New iPad, I need to know how much storage a photo takes on the New iPad. The poster has given some indication with 14GB for 17,000 photos. Because I have used an iPhone for a while, I was aware that iTunes/iPhoto doesn't directly scale and sync the photos directly to the iPhone. I don't know whether that is a good idea or not as the poster is disputing. I could understand there may be an efficiency in having your host computer controlling the scaling of the photos separately from the transfer operation. It would also have been interesting to discover the size of the poster's original photo library that is becoming down ressed to the iPad and the amount of storage of the New iPad.
Certainly the errors sound similar to when I was attempting to sync my new iPhone 4 with my iPhone 3. The problem was basically that I was trying to put more data into the iPhone than it had memory. Because I was doing this as a sync using my old iPhone 3 settings, iTunes failed to know how much storage the new photo library would take (as it does not up res the photos to the new iPhone photo cache first). In that respect, Apple and its support staff could have been more knowledgeable and helpful.
I cannot speak to the original poster's problem specifically, but the originals in my iPhoto library contain 26,000 photos in 229GB of storage, the modified photos contain ?? photos in 59GB of storage. It should not be surprising that I could not place the entire library into any iPad without some down resolution or compression. Yes, I prefer to let iTunes/iPhoto take care of the scaling for me. I do think it would be useful if Apple were to place some kind of guidelines as to the amount of storage one would need for photo libraries. Specifically, that is what led me to this post.

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