Importing Pictures
You needn’t use only the iPhone’s digital camera to get pictures onto the device. You can also synchronize photos from a PC or Mac by using the Photos tab on the iTunes iPhone page, which is described in Chapter 3. (We assume that you already know how to get pictures onto your computer.)
Quickie reminder: On a Mac, you can sync photos via iPhoto software version 4.03 or later and Aperture. On a PC, you can sync with Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 or later. Alternatively, with both computers, you can sync with any folder containing pictures.
When the iPhone is connected to your computer, click the Photos tab on the iTunes iPhone page. Then select the appropriate check boxes to specify the pictures and photos you want to synchronize. Or choose All Photos and Albums if you have enough storage on the iPhone to accommodate them.
Syncing pictures is a two-way process, so photos captured with the iPhone’s digital camera can also end up in the photo library on your computer.
Mac users: Connecting the iPhone with photos in the camera roll usually launches iPhoto in addition to iTunes. (The When a Camera Is Connected setting in Image Capture preferences controls what is launched.)
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