The photographs are a precious asset for many, since they have a high sentimental value. It is important to always have it protected and synchronized between devices to avoid losing these photos and videos. In this article we tell you all the methods that exist to have your entire library of photos and videos synchronized at all times.
Importance of having photos synced on iPad
There are many memories that can be had in a series of photographs taken at the most important moments of your life. This means that these memories must be in the most synchronized way with all the devices and also in a safe place. In this way you will be able to access them from any device and at any time, also making it easier to share them.
There are undoubtedly many ways to perform this synchronization and it will not matter if you are within the Apple ecosystem or you only have an iPad. There are many ways that can be taken to perform this synchronization, both by iCloud or with other services.
Sync photos with iCloud on iPad
If in addition to having an iPad you have other products from the company, it can be said that you are within the Apple ecosystem. This greatly facilitates some tasks such as having the same photos on all computers at the same time, something that is done through your cloud, iCloud. The problem is that the space available in the cloud for free is only 5GB. If you want to synchronize all your photos, you must go through the box with enough security to hire more space , since it is necessary to have them uploaded to the company’s cloud.
If you opt for this option, you can activate this feature on the iPad by following these steps:
- Enter Settings.
- In the sidebar, click on your photo and name.
- Go to ‘iCloud’.
- Click on ‘Photos’.
- Activate the first option called ‘Photos on iCloud’.
When you activate this option, all the photos you have on the reel of your iPad will be uploaded to the cloud. It is important that there is a good internet connection through WiFi so that they can be loaded quickly and without consuming the data plan you have.
If you have this same option active on the rest of the devices, you will see how all these photos that you have stored on the iPad begin to appear in the ‘Photos’ application. This will happen both on the iPhone, Mac and even on Apple TV.
Use iTunes to sync photos on iPad
If you have a Windows computer, it is also possible to synchronize the photos through the ‘iTunes’ program. But it is not something exclusive to Windows, since if you do not want to go through the cloud you can also synchronize your photos through the Finder by connecting the iPad to the Mac. In this way, you can synchronize all the photos in a local folder.
To perform this synchronization, you must follow the following steps:
- Open iTunes or Finder.
- Connect the iPad with a USB cable to the computer.
- At the top left will appear the icon of your device on which you must press.
- In the sidebar click on ‘Photos’.
- Click the box next to ‘Synchronize photos’. If you have synchronized the photos in iCloud this step will not let you do it.
- Choose the application or folder from which you want to sync content.
- Choose between syncing photos, videos or specific albums.
- At the bottom click on ‘Apply’ and synchronize.
At the moment the program will start 
Synchronize all the multimedia content on your computer and it will store it here. The local space will be updated every time you connect the iPad physically and sync in iTunes or Finder, depending on the operating system you are using. This is an interesting way to access all the photos locally and easily share or edit them . Obviously this requires having a hard drive of considerable dimensions to be able to store both photographs and videos.
Use third-party clouds to sync photos
In addition to these official company options, you can also make use of other cloud services such as Google Photos . With this application that you can download on your iPad you will have the possibility to synchronize your entire library with Google Drive in an unlimited way. In order to have unlimited storage it is important to choose that you want to optimize the quality as much as possible. With this application you can synchronize your photos with the iPhone and also with Mac or Windows through the web version of the application. The operation is very simple, since you simply have to open the app and grant the necessary permissions to start uploading photos and videos to the cloud.
If you are not a friend of Google Photos you can choose other cloud services that are synchronized through the ‘Files’ application. You can natively use this native iPadOS application to access data from iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Google Drive, One Drive or other platforms. You can create a folder within this service and copy and paste the photograph you want to have synchronized here. Also from the Photos application itself you can share the multimedia file you want with Files so that they are stored in this way. At the moment the file will appear on other devices such as iPhone or Mac through its web version.
