My mom got an iPad Air as a birthday present. She has been using an iBook G4 running 10.4.11 until now.
I am trying to migrate her photos from the iBook (iPhoto) to the iPad. Is there any easy way to do so?
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No easy way no.
G4 with 10.4 means a (very) old iTunes version (9.2.1). For iTunes 10 you need a least Leopard.
To sync with iOS7 (the default OS of the iPad Air) you'll need iTunes 11.1.
Other options :
- Use a another (more recent) mac to do it
- send the images with an app or mail (veeeeeery long)
answered Nov 7, 2013 at 14:46
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yeah these would be the insane ways I guess haha. Using the "another Mac" option, would you go about this by installing recent iPhoto on this Mac, then import the old iPhoto lib into it? then use iTunes to move the images to the iPad? Sorry if these are silly questions, I'm a dev and would be most happy with a CLI solution. Nov 7, 2013 at 14:57
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Yeah CLI would be great but there is no one that I know of. The easiest way is probably using the photostream. Here is an example from Windows if that's an option : pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/apple/3444903/… Nov 7, 2013 at 15:03
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ok I'm exporting all photos from the old iPhoto to a folder on my Mac via Wifi. Will then sync this folder to the iPad via iTunes, no need for iPhoto (1 GB download!) for this then. Nov 7, 2013 at 15:23
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ok got it. it was even more insane than i feared it to be: during the syncing process, itunes kept adding data to a folder "ipod thumbnail cache" or something, which incrementally doubled the size of the photo lib in question. this filled up my SDD, which resulted in itunes cancelling the transfer (without any error message, it just stopped syncing). so this involved a fun session of deleting caches, bloated apps etc. form my Mac.... i rate the overall migration process D-, not fun at all. Mom would never have been able to do it herself. Nov 7, 2013 at 20:13
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