Thanks much. It makes perfect sense. Paul via phone
On Jan 13, 2013, at 12:39 PM, "Steve Cottrell" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 13/1/13, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> How do you do that? Via a menu on the Mac? >> Sorry for being dense. But I'm new to iPHone. > > I actually missed out some info, so I'll repost the previous info, > amended, and more basic. > > Start on your Mac desktop. Create a new folder (in the Finder, File>New > Folder) OR if you already have a folder designated by iTunes as your > folder that iTunes syncs photos from, use that if you like. As long as > you know what folder is the folder iTunes uses to sync photos to/from > with your iPhone, and where it is on your Mac, then you can do the following: > > > On my Mac, (I run 10.6.8) I created a folder called 'iPhone Pics' and I > keep it [anywhere - on the desktop if you like]. > > I keep it out of the way in my home folder. But to make it easily > accessible, I dragged the icon of my iPhone Pics folder into a sidebar > of an open window. (To organise the sidebar better, in the Finder go to > Finder>Preferences and see the 'sidebar' button to tidy up). This way, > every time I open a new window, my iPhone Pics folder is right there on > the left in the sidebar. I click once on that and then I can see the > contents of the iPhone Pics folder, and add to it or delete things. > > To tell iTunes that I wanted the 'iPhone Pics' folder to be the default > folder so that every time I sync my iPhone with my Mac, it uses 'iPhone > Pics as the one single folder - the master pics folder, if you like - > you simply have iTunes open with the iPhone plugged up by USB, and in > the bar on the left of the iTunes window, select 'iPhone', and then see > the tabs on the right, click on 'photos'. The first option is for > selecting a folder to sync photos with. I navigated to my iPhone Pics > folder, and now that is set as the default folder for syncing all photos > on my iPhone. > > Incidentally you can create folders within that folder, and so I have > many folders separating subjects like one for landscapes, one for > portraits etc. > > Then it's just a case of dropping jpegs into those folders straight on > my mac desktop and syncing the iPhone. > > A few notes: I only ever sync locally to my mac, I don't use iCloud. > Also, the folder and pics in those folders managed via the mac desktop > can't be edited while on the iPhone. EG, if you want to delete a pic, > you do it on the Mac, and then sync the phone. > > Hope this makes sense. > > > > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ Broadcast, Corporate, > || (O) | Web Video Producion > ---------- <www.seeingeye.tv> > _____________________________ > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
