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J E F F4
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Re: [Beginner] Ipod Touch Questions

said by AZinOH:

If the initial setup of the Ipod Touch requires iTunes to be installed on the PC, I can live with that. I'll just uninstall it afterwards. Thanks for your assistance.

You'll be fine then.

Is this for mainly games or photo/video? Just curious.

Octavean
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The latest version of iOS eliminates the need of a Mac or PC making such iOS devices independent stand alone products. This likely helps facilitate the sale of such iOS products to those who don’t have a Mac / PC, are uncomfortable in the use of a Mac / PC or are uninitiated in the use of a Mac / PC. At least this is the case for the iPod Touch and the iPad. I don’t have an iPhone so I cannot speak to that end but I don’t see why it would be different.

However, the installation of software / apps on these iOS devices will still be limited to the app store unless the OP wishes to jailbreak.

I personally think it’s a good idea to backup your iOS device(s) in iTunes just in case but beyond that I wouldn’t really push for the use of iTunes or the omission of it.
said by AVD:

said by Octavean:

So Eye-Fi app on your iPod Touch (free) and Eye-Fi Center on your Mac / PC (free) should do it for wireless Video and photos transfer even without an Eye-Fi card. This is how I do it but I’m sure there are other options out there.

I could never get automatic upload to work. (on a windows pc) So it is just a little simpler than emailing yourself the photos.

I don’t think I have ever had a problem transferring photos / videos with the new iPad and the Eye-Fi app. The camera is a bit different though because it could go into standby mode during a file transfer.

AVD
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is it automatic? you take the photo and find it on your computer a few minutes later? Or do you have to highlight the photo before it shows up?

Octavean
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Not sure its been a while since I used it. I’ll check.

***edit***

OK, I checked by running the Eye-Fi app on the iPad and it looks like there may be manual settings.

However, I started the Eyefi app when the target Mac was off. I closed the app and closed the smart cover on my new iPad. I then turned on my Mac and it started transferring photos right away.

AVD
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all the photos or only the ones you selected?

Octavean
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Neither, it just sends the photos and videos that were added since the last transfer. It just seems to work without much effort.