Photos synced, connect to computer and photos disappear (on Touch)

I just got an iPod Touch and synced some photos last night. I plugged it back into my computer this morning to charge it and all the photos disappeared. How do I save photos so that whenever I connect to my computer they don't all get erased on the Touch? Does this make sense?

Hi,
Welcome to Apple Discussions,
It sounds like you have either -
1. moved or changed the name of the photo folder with which you synch.
or
2. moved or deleted the photos from that folder.
or
3. Changed your synch settings in some way.
To organise your photos you could do the following -
1. Make a dedicated folder on your desktop and call it whatever, I chose "Pod Pics"
2. Within this folder make sub folders such as "Holiday 2008", "Beach" etc. iTunes photo synch will only support 1 level of sub folder so do not put other folders within these.
3. Copy the photos you require into the appropriate folders. I use copies to ensure my originals do not get lost or deleted accidently
4. Open iTunes and with your Touch connected go to the "Photos" tab on the "Summary" page (click on your device name in the left pannel to see this).
5. Check mark "Synch photos from" and choose the folder "Pod Pics" you made previously.
6. Enable either "All photos" or "Selected Folders" and select the sub folders you want to synch with, then Synch your Touch.
iTunes will then "Optimise" (read mangle) your photos to fit on the Touch. It does not actually alter the originals but makes copies which will appear in a subfolder called "iPod Photo Cache"
Hopefully that all makes sense.
Good luck,
Dud.
Message was edited by: Duddo

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