How do I add photos to my Apple iPod?I have a new Apple iPod Video and have been really enjoying its music capabilities, but I'd also like to add some pictures to its photo album from my PC. But I'm darned if I can figure out how the heck to do that! There's nothing vaguely photo-related in iTunes and I'm stumped. Help! While the iPod is a great music player, I have to agree that using iTunes to manage photos and video is pretty awkward. I too have struggled with this when trying to figure out how to add photographs to my own Apple iPod 5G (that is, iPod Video), and finally figured it out. The first step is to hook up the iPod to your Windows PC and start up iTunes. Your iPod will show up on the left side after a few seconds and you'll want to click on it. It'll look like this:  On the lower right there's a cluster of four buttons: you want to click on the leftmost of them, the iPod Options button. I've highlighted it above. When you click on it, you'll see a set of options. Choose the "Photos" subtab:  You can see how to get the photos onto your iPod from here, I bet. Choose to synchronize with either your My Photos directory or a specific subfolder therein:  Click on "Okay" and a few seconds later iTunes will show you that it's plugging away adding content to the iPod. Interestingly, it automatically reformats the images to have them look maximally attractive on the iPod as it goes:  That's how you add photos to your iPod. But how you later delete ones you don't want? That I have no idea how to accomplish and it's not mentioned at all in the iPod documentation either, interestingly! Anyone have a clue?
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Never miss another useful Q&A article again! Subscribe to AskDaveTaylor with Google Reader. My experience with my Nano and photos is this: thank u so much. i had been tryin 2 figure out how 2 get pics on2 my ipod nano 4 days, i stumble across this site and manage it in a matter of minutes. thanx again How can one separate and organize sets of photos (folders?) in the 60GB iPOD? Posted by: Ron Daniel at June 28, 2006 10:25 AMhi, i was wondering how do i get album pictures on my ipod. I mean when a song is playing it shows the songs ablum picture. Posted by: Julian at July 25, 2006 7:59 PMhi im a proud owner of an ipod video 30GB, but i havent figured out how to transfer videos that i already have on my PC but on another program. I would like to know how to infact transfer my videos into itunes so that ill beable to upload it to my ipod. Posted by: josh at August 24, 2006 6:56 PMOkay, I opened up iTunes, and It said nothin about SNAPSHOTS. It just says owners IPOD. Posted by: Alex at August 26, 2006 8:21 PMYou rock! I've been trying to figure this out for months. Every time I would connect my ipod to the computer, all my pictures would transfer to it and it drove me crazy! Your the best! Posted by: Kelly at September 21, 2006 8:41 PMTo delete the photos you have to go thru the same process but instead of selecting photos you want you deselect the ones you dont want and it will automatically do it. Posted by: William Lancaster at October 27, 2006 4:35 PMI have been trying to put pictures on my ipod but i dont seem to have the relevant bottons at the bottom right ie i dont have the ipod button; the only two buttons i have are browse and eject. Can anyone help please. Posted by: mark smith at December 30, 2006 6:28 AMTHANK YOU SO MUCH! I recieved my iPod 2 Christmas' ago. and I just now figured out how to put pictures on it! so sad. I really think that itunes and the apple.com, is not very informative on how to work your ipod. You helped so much! Thanks again!! Posted by: Christina at February 7, 2007 3:09 PMi can't get the photos on my ipod nano.. the iopd tab isn't there .. can anyone help plz.. my version of itunes doesn't have the cluster of 4 buttons at the bottom right hand corner, do you know why that may be?. thanks, Hi, My iTunes doesn't have that cluster of 4 buttons at the bottom right hand corner. I wonder if you could help me? Thanks! Posted by: Sara Maki at February 25, 2007 5:41 AMI too am having same problem as some others in that i dont hav the IPOD tab button, its so frustrating as i want to put fotos on ipod any ideas????????? Posted by: derek at February 26, 2007 2:23 AMRemove or delete any photos by going into the folder where your pictures are stored and deleting them or moving them to a different folder Posted by: Michael at February 27, 2007 2:23 PMi dont have the ipod icon in the bottom right corner do you now why ? I dont have the photo icon on my itunes Posted by: mh at March 27, 2007 10:53 PMif you don't see the button it means its an updated version of itunes. iTunes now incorporates it into the ipod settings. Just plug in your ipod and see the tabs on the right hand side after you click on it.. Posted by: Ian at March 29, 2007 9:17 PMok, so i ahve a 30gb video ipod, and no videos. I converted them on videora, but once they go into my ipod u can hear the sound, but only shows a picture. can any of u plz help me? Posted by: bh at March 31, 2007 1:34 AMhey thanks for the information i have got vedio ipod 30gb one but when i attach ipod to itunes it doesnt show the photo option. can you tell me what is wrong Posted by: piyush at April 8, 2007 12:51 PMGuys.. I found out what the problem is if you don't have the 4th icon.. you have to click on the place where it says like 'Ayaka's Ipod' (your name) and then it'll appear ^_~ ~Ayaka Posted by: Ayaka-chan at April 22, 2007 9:37 AMI don't have the iPod options tab on my iTunes and I don't know what to do!? Posted by: B.C at April 25, 2007 5:03 PMI clicked on the part were it said my name, but when I did that it did't appear either what do I do know? Posted by: B.C at April 25, 2007 5:08 PMI dropped my iPod will it still turn on because ti doesnt? Posted by: Sue at May 8, 2007 2:32 PMi don't have those buttons all i have is the eject button. what can i do? Posted by: gwen at May 22, 2007 4:50 PMupto optimisation its doing well,then i says"can'ensure disk is write protected" I do have the iPod options tab, but I don't have any subtabs for some reason. All it says is Automatically sinc all music to iPod, sync music from a selected album, manually manage songs, and open iTunes when connected. I was wondering why I don't have the photos subtab or anything. I really hope you can helpe me! thanx Posted by: Dani at June 6, 2007 4:48 PMhow do I delete photos from my apple ipod? Posted by: stephanie at June 7, 2007 9:24 AMi clicked the littel ipod on the corner of the itunes but something poped up and it says ipod preferances and the tool thing didnt pop up Posted by: juan at June 29, 2007 9:52 AMWhen i put my ipod in and try and import new photos it doesnt let me do it unless i delete others that are currently on there..i want to add both from my laptop and from my pc. Posted by: Nathan at July 22, 2007 5:32 PMon my itunes it doesnt have d little pic thing that u circled. so i cant get my pictures on my ipod. please help me Posted by: salina at July 24, 2007 9:43 AMOK EVERYONE LISTEN UP!!! The reason some of you don't have the four buttons at the top is because only mac users have the four button option and window pc users have the two buttons. But to find the photo tab connect your ipod and when it comes up click on it and it should tell you how much space is on it and everything at the top theres tabs and find the one that says photo tab. So they should do it! Good Luck! Posted by: Sarah at August 21, 2007 7:01 PMhelp!! my ipod used to show great pictures near the songs but lately they only show when i play the songs on itunes and not on my ipod why? and how the heck do i dowenload good movies or videos that would work on ipod? 'cos i tried to convert some to ipod but the voice some how disapears? Posted by: lena at September 8, 2007 11:53 PMoh! one more thing how come on itunes there is no ISRAEL option ! i mean i am from Israel but i can't make an account to download stuff from itunes store help? Posted by: lena at September 8, 2007 11:57 PMsorry! one last problem how do i download audio books to my ipod? because the audiobook icon is missing in my itunes Posted by: lena at September 9, 2007 12:02 AMo.k i know i have a lot of questions (sorry) but i'm a new owner of the Ipode video 80G ! and i'm having lots of troubles with it !! btw i have a windows operating system. thanx alot for helping me !! i've been stuck in place for 3 weeks now !!!! Posted by: lena at September 9, 2007 12:18 AMgod! i had no clue that ipod is so bloody complicated honestly for how much it costs (it cost 2/4 of my salary its so not worth it 'cos its too complex :-( :-( Posted by: lena at September 9, 2007 12:35 AMo.k how do i download audio books to ipod i've tried converting the mp3 audio books on ipod but i can't seem to rename the file from .m4a to .m4b help me please! Posted by: lena at September 12, 2007 7:51 AMHI, You can do it better without iTunes To add an album cover, right click on the song and then press get info. Then click on the tab that says something like.. artwork. Then click add and select a picture of the album from your pictures. I have used pictures of my own so i can see them when the song is playing :) good luck Posted by: Ellie at September 30, 2007 8:14 AMuhhhhhhhhhhhhh it still doesnt wrk i hvn't gt the little ipod tab @ the bottom n i cnt find that screen where itshows how much pace i hv plzzzzz help add ma msn n cum on n help me if u must it's i would say that iPod is just a good mp3 player ... Posted by: Ozair at October 20, 2007 4:44 AMTo get it onto your ipod TOUCH, or any similar generation device you ... 1. Plug in your ipod Enjoy :) Ollie Posted by: Ollie at October 20, 2007 4:07 PMI jsut got an 80GB ipod classic yesterday and added one of my photo albums to it. THe pictures appear in tile format and i can scroll through them. As soon as i click on one to enlarge it to full screen the picture come up black. How do i resolve this? please feel free to email me if you know the solution! Posted by: Steve at November 5, 2007 8:09 AMi cant find photos in my itunes :'( when i click on the ipod thing at the left, it doesnt show me how much space i have left..it only shows this weird license thingy. i dont have any tabs or anything that deals with photos and ive been trying to get pictures on my ipod nano for weeks!!! I NEED HELP!! Posted by: Jordan at December 30, 2007 12:25 PMMy problem is my itunes doesnt have the four buttons on the bottom righ hand corner. Please help! Posted by: Laura at January 1, 2008 4:46 AMI have now two 30gb video ipods and both will not turn on. One day working the next nothen. Do you know wee to start looking? Posted by: Neil Rudofsky at January 2, 2008 5:25 PMok im a little peeved, i dont have the 4 buttons, apparently coz im not on a mac, fair enough, when i click on the ipod thing nothing else comes up, there is no photo thing anywhere...all tht comes up is some regristure my ipod stuff, do i have to do that for pics to work or did i set up i tunes wrong? Posted by: Dave at January 4, 2008 7:27 AMok i fixed it somhow, i clicked register and all the pics thing showed up on the top...sweet Posted by: Dave at January 4, 2008 7:31 AMi have the new iTunes how do i add photos? Posted by: Andy Rember at February 9, 2008 1:48 PMthanks for the information it really help me because i had not ideas what to do to add my photos thank very very much Posted by: tracey at February 16, 2008 9:06 PMMy problem is the only photos I can find on my ipod are the last ones I downloaded. What happened to the Other? Posted by: charlotte wyatt at February 18, 2008 3:53 PMI don't have those four buttons to click on at the bottom. I only have two of them!! So how can i upload pictures onto my iPod? what i tunes do i need Posted by: Joel at March 7, 2008 10:09 PMEven when i click on the "rick's" ipod those 4 tabs still dont come up.....help? Posted by: Rick milburn at March 10, 2008 5:01 AMThe problem most of you are having is that this picture is outdated. umm...i dont have da IPOD option in da PREFERNCES menu...plzz helpp..i really need to put the pics on it.. Posted by: jas at March 28, 2008 1:15 PMtrying to download some pics to my IPod Classic. absolutely do not see anything thing on ITunes that says Photo Please help, I would really like to add photos to my IPod !! What is wrong ??? I'm new so I believe I have the latest and greatest download . . . Thank you !! -bh- Posted by: Bonnie at April 2, 2008 8:15 PMokay so on my ipod when i go to coverflows a couple of them are all black but when i play that album it shows up!! it sounds weird but what should i do? Posted by: Kayla at April 8, 2008 2:36 PMBH - please go back to the top and look again at the tutorial. Do you need a Mac version? I can do that... Kayla, I've seen that too. My instinct is that somehow the iPod can't load all the graphics fast enough for the coverflow. Try going to the end, then slowly going back to the black covers and see if they're replaced with the proper graphics? Posted by: Dave Taylor at April 8, 2008 9:42 PMMines doesnt look like yours O.o How do you do when your ipod wont turn on? Posted by: shelby at April 23, 2008 8:23 PMI have a lot to say, but ...
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