Transferring photos when syncing to new hard drive
I recently had to restore my hard drive and while i have all of my contacts and i tunes backed up i have a lot of photos that had not been backed up. is there anyway to transfer them to the computer before i sync the iphone and it wipes everything?
If the photos are in the Camera Roll on the phone you can import them to the computer as follows: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083
If the photos in question are ones that were moved from the computer to the phone via a previous iTunes sync there is not a standard way to do that but there may be a third party app that will.
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Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information, take a look at:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12519
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Thank you for any and all help.So you're running Yosemite and iPhoto 9.6, right? In that case do the following:
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Before you open the chassis of your PC ensure that you:
UNPLUG the PC from the power mains
Take appropriate ESD precautions
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Hard Drive removal
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Steps
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Hard Drive replacement
Steps
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Slide the hard drive -spindle side up- into the drive bay until the drive latch snaps into place.
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Hope this assists.
I work for HP but my posts and replies are my own.
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"Although I am an HP employee, I am speaking for myself and not for HP"
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