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[Lilysmom]

Can anyone tell me step by step?  I need help lol.  TIA.  LM

[Lilysmom]

I managed to do it.  Not sure it was the most direct way but job done.  LM

[LTT1]

@Lilysmom

I use Dropbox. It is free and if you set the button to "automatically upload photos from iPad" it will do it by itself no hassle.

Both Dropbox and your iPad will remind you of this when it has installed.

I will think about this, but right now I can't envision any other way. Google drive would work well too, I imagine.

[chickenbutt]

Glad you got your things copied.

I'd have to say that the most practical way is to copy these files onto an external hard drive and then take them from there to copy onto the new computer.

Is that the fastest?  Nope!  But it won't take long at all and the BIG reason for doing it that way is that you should always have at least one external copy of all your treasured files (photos, docs, etc).  

[MKR14]

I bought a 128gb USB by SanDisk that Best Buy had for $19.99 on special last week. I put over 5000 photos on it yesterday that were on my computer hard drive and it still has 120 gb left. I bought 2 when I ordered them. I like the USB drive as you can plug it in anywhere and take it with you.

I just back up my iPads up to iTunes and then go to My Computer and right click on my iPad icon and transfer the photos on the iPad to my USB thumb drive. I also put a copy on a disc of important ones. All our photos are on our computers and not printed out. I want to be sure my kids and grandchildren have photo memories to pass on.

I also use Dropbox Free but it fills up quickly. It is as easy as Google to save them in also.

[Nuttmeg]

I use Google Driive and Google Photo. They are free with a Gmail account and use a free app. When I take photos with a smartphone or a tablet the pictures are sent direct to my Gmail photo account. https://support.google.com/photos/?hl=en#topic=6128818

I use Google apps with my Android and idevices.

[Lilysmom]

Thanks everyone for the suggestions.  I plugged iPad into computer which recognized it as a hard drive.  I went into files, copied them to desktop and dragged them into my pictures file on the computer.  5000+ photos in about a half hour.

Now I must back my computer up to an external source.  I have one but haven't used it for awhile.   I am sure there is newer technology.

@MKR14, your solution sounds interesting.  I wonder  what else is out there vis a vis newer technology to do this.  My external drive is probably five years old now and I am guessing there is better ethnology out there today.

Before I do that, I should cull the photos. I have too many!  I print the ones I really want to keep of special events like graduations and family photos.  LM

[jackthebear]

there are a couple of ways to do that

I had the link saved but it's gone

put your ? into google and you will see how, 

there is a website called How To  or something like that that may pop up 

[chickenbutt]

Do you keep your photos in folders?   What I mean is, for example, I take a lot of pics (2-3,000 a year) and have like a folder that is 'BirdPics2016', etc, and folders for other categories. 

So, when I go to move pics to back up, or to put on an additional computer, I just move the whole folder at once.  It takes some minutes to get each one, but you are moving a bunch at a time so, collectively, it takes a lot less time than moving each pic individually.

[Lilysmom]

@chickenbutt, when I connected iPad to the computer, the 5000+ were already in five files named 100apple, 101apple etc.  I moved these files as groups. Didn't take any time at all.  I spent more time googling how to do it than I did moving the photos.

Any thoughts on external hard drives, USB's etc?

 Thanks.  LM