It's taken me a week to figure out the simple process of copying photos from a desktop computer to a new iPad; mainly because most of the instructions I found online left out a one obvious step. Obvious, now that I know what to do, but not obvious the first time I tried it.
So, in case anyone else needs a hand, here are my notes on How to Copy Your Photos from Your Computer to Your New iPad:
Connect your iPad to your computer, open iTunes, allow iTunes to run its initial Sync.
After the Sync is finished, look in the iTunes left column, and under "Devices" you'll see "iPad". Click on "iPad". (This is that obvious step I kept missing.)
The iPad Management screen will display, and you will see a tab labeled "Photos". (You will not see the "Photos" tab unless you are at the iPad Management Screen.)
Click the "Photos" tab. Check "Sync Photos from:" iTunes will display a drop down list of locations on your computer containing images; you can browse to a specific folder.
Check to select any folders in the list containing images that you want added to your iPad. Then click "Sync" in the lower right corner.
iTunes will begin copying all images in the selected folders from your computer to your iPad.
When the photo sync is finished, you can then access your photos on your iPad by tapping the photo icon.
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