NOTICE: As of 1/1/2007, I can't get either of the kids iPods to save a configuration change to the iPod Photo 'Sync to' to point it to a folder, instead of the default which is an Adobe Photoshop Album Starter, which I don't want to have to add to the mix. I don't know what the problem with the sync is, but I will have to dog deeper before the following will work on my Win XP laptop...VO
As a pop with two new iPods in the house, I would like to at least have some say on what goes in them...and podcasting and photo sync is how I'm going to do it. Podcasting makes it easy to get original audio content on the iPod and I'll have some more to say about that another post. What follow's is a very drafty procedure for putting photos from Flickr onto the iPod.
Pre-requisites and other things you need before you start.
1. Select a, iPod Photo Directory where photos and folders you want sync'd will go. Something in My Pictures will suffice.
2. FlickrDown: This is the key piece that will download photos and photo sets to the directory above.
3. iTunes and iPod. The first time, you will need to configure iPod preferences to get Photos from your iPod Photo Directory.
Procedure:
1. Put photos in the iPod Photo Directory. Use FlickrDown to do this when your pictures are shared via Flickr. Or directly download pictures to the iPod Photos Directory (right-click Save Image As...). To come: how to automate launch and download via FlickrDown. Let FlickrDown complete.
2. Launch iTunes.
3. Plug in iPod. Let it sync.
4. Select the iPod in iTunes Devices category and then the Photos tab above the iPod image and (iPod) Name and other ID info.
5. Sync Photos From Choose Folder.
(Run into problems with changed iPod Photo config. Off to the Genius Bar.)