Transferring iPod photos to iBook

I had my friend upload a couple of pictures on my iPod at his house. I wanted to know how to get those pictures onto my computer, if possible. Thanks in advance to anyone that can help!

i have the same problem. I try to transfer photos from my G5 iPod. But if i try to copy them using the finder it stop responding in the middle of the copy process. Same problem on several different Macs (all with 10.4.6). It seems theres some trouble in the finder, as i also have lots of different problems copying files from external FAT32 or NTFS (Firewire or USB2) drives, also confirmed on several different Macs (one of them a new G5 double core). Sometimes i even have problems copying files from one externel HFS+ drive to another external HFS+ drive but this is not so often and only with hugh transfers (>50 GB). The most comon result is that the finder stops responding, so i have to restart. I haven't test yet on my new IntelMacMini, so i can only say it happens on G4 and G5 Macs and it seems to be a problem in the finder, not the iPod, as the iPod has no problem at all, loading photos from a Digital Camara or what so ever.

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i Have an Ipod Photo 60GB . it all works Ok and i have music and 20,000 Photos stored on it. However i have the following problem.
i can synch my photos from My G5 to the ipod and store them ok.
but what i want to be able to do is to transfer all my photos that are then on that Ipod to my laptop (ibook),.
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1.Should I delete my old iPhoto Library Current folder once everything is transferred to Photos Library Current?
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If you have enough iCloud storage. But Photos will still need space for local thumbnails on all devices.
See: Apple - OS X - Photos Preview
Fill your library, not your device.
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