# Stupid Ipad question(syncing from Ipod to Ipad) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 22, 2013, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-ipad-question-syncing-from-ipod-to-ipad/669436 "2013-09-22T12:00:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-ipad-question-syncing-from-ipod-to-ipad/669436/1 "2013-09-22T12:00:32Z")
I await the “let me google that for you” links, but I have tried to find the answer and I am apparently using the wrong search terms. That, or Apple does not allow this. I just got an Ipad 2 and have had an Ipod 4 for a couple years. Anyway, I have all my pictures on my Ipod, including some not taken on the Ipod. I have them organized into albums as well. Anyway, I would like to get all the albums and pictures directly copied over to the Ipad. Does it not do this? Icloud is on for both devices. Will it not both copy and re-create my albums on the new device? It copied my calendar over with no problem, once I activated icloud and so forth on both devices. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-ipad-question-syncing-from-ipod-to-ipad/669436/2 "2013-09-22T13:06:53Z")
Have you tried “photo stream”. Try enabling it on both devices. I don’t think it quite does what you are looking for though. It copies all of your photos to iCloud so you can access them from other devices but I’m not sure that you can then transfer them to your iPad or that it maintains album structure. I think the “Apple” way of doing it is to sync your iPod to your PC using iTunes then sync your iPad to the PC. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-ipad-question-syncing-from-ipod-to-ipad/669436/3 "2013-09-23T02:51:46Z")
[iOS7 has AirDrop that will do it](http://www.macworld.com/article/2048737/get-to-know-ios-7-airdrop.html), or simply install Dropxbox on all 3 devices. > [@Richard\_Pearse](#): > > I think the “Apple” way of doing it is to sync your iPod to your PC using iTunes then sync your iPad to the PC. Until the above the Apple was to have everything on your Mac/PC, and sync it independently to your mobile devices. There is no official way to sync your iPod to your Mac/PC, although there are apps like Senuti that can do it. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-ipad-question-syncing-from-ipod-to-ipad/669436/4 "2013-09-23T04:47:54Z")
Yeah you’re right. Will AirDrop maintain the OPs album structure? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-ipad-question-syncing-from-ipod-to-ipad/669436/5 "2013-09-23T05:11:45Z")
IIUC, Airdrop does not work on an iPad 2, but I could be wrong. I found an app called “Transfer” that makes what you want to do fairly easy. ---
**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-ipad-question-syncing-from-ipod-to-ipad/669436/6 "2013-09-23T05:20:37Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > Until the above the Apple was to have everything on your Mac/PC, and sync it independently to your mobile devices. There is no official way to sync your iPod to your Mac/PC, although there are apps like Senuti that can do it. I’m having trouble parsing this, but if you use iTunes (which is still easier than iCloud, since it can have a library many times larger), you can “transfer purchases” from the iPad/iPod to the computer for apps, songs, and movies. This won’t work for non-purchased items, but then, the only way to get them onto the oiP\_d would have been through iTunes in the first place, so that’s usually not a problem. If you’re using iCloud, you can just tell the new devices to download the same stuff. Photos are different. Import them to your photo app (it’ll see the devices as a camera), then let iTunes distribute them back out. On a Mac, this is iPhoto; I’m not sure what photos sync to on a PC, probably just the standard photos folder. If you’re just using iCloud, photostream’s your best bet, but it’s clumsy with pre-existing albums and such. It’s much easier to manage photos and albums with a computer. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-ipad-question-syncing-from-ipod-to-ipad/669436/7 "2013-09-23T11:30:58Z")
Any way to copy over apps that are no longer on he App Store? I have some games that have apparently been dropped. Cartagena is one. ---
**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-ipad-question-syncing-from-ipod-to-ipad/669436/8 "2013-09-23T18:00:04Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Any way to copy over apps that are no longer on he App Store? I have some games that have apparently been dropped. Cartagena is one. I don’t have one available to try out, but try the “transfer purchases” to get it into iTunes on a computer. It should sync everywhere after that. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-ipad-question-syncing-from-ipod-to-ipad/669436/9 "2013-09-24T01:08:34Z")
To my second inquiry: I connected the Ipad to my computer and authorized the computer to this Ipad. By doing so, I was able to copy the Ipod apps that no longer are offered by Itunes. It was actually easy, though I wish there was a wireless way to do so. I didn’t find one if it exists. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-ipad-question-syncing-from-ipod-to-ipad/669436/10 "2013-09-24T07:35:31Z")
> [@TimeWinder](#): > > I’m having trouble parsing this, but if you use iTunes (which is still easier than iCloud, since it can have a library many times larger), you can “transfer purchases” from the iPad/iPod to the computer for apps, songs, and movies. This won’t work for non-purchased items, but then, the only way to get them onto the oiP\_d would have been through iTunes in the first place, so that’s usually not a problem. If you’re using iCloud, you can just tell the new devices to download the same stuff. > > Photos are different. Import them to your photo app (it’ll see the devices as a camera), then let iTunes distribute them back out. On a Mac, this is iPhoto; I’m not sure what photos sync to on a PC, probably just the standard photos folder. If you’re just using iCloud, photostream’s your best bet, but it’s clumsy with pre-existing albums and such. It’s much easier to manage photos and albums with a computer. Yes, I should have made it clear that I was referring to music which I’ve imported into iTunes from my CDs - you can sync that onto your iP\* but not back again to another PC/MAc. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-ipad-question-syncing-from-ipod-to-ipad/669436/12 "2013-10-19T08:40:30Z")
Thread bumped by spammer. Reported.