Syncing photos on the mac for iPhone can be such a pain because syncing and managing it is two separate function. And since I was too cheap to buy appeture or iPhotos, I have to find other ways to manage photos on my macbook.
To manage photos (i.e. download them to your macbook) and not sync and find that your photos is inside a "Photo Database" file which is a 4KB unix file - which actually redirects to the iPhone backup folder. Truth be told, whenever you sync, the files are actually on your computer inside the following path: but you can't use them. its giberish. You need to organise them and this is how:
http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/how_manage_photos_pain_free
In short:
1. Connect your iphone
2. Create a folder on your Pictures main folder, I call mine "Aaron's Iphone"
3. Start Image Capture (can be found under applications)
4. Select to import to "Aaron's Iphone" folder and import all.
5. Manage the pictures and the next time you can sync accordingly
To manage photos (i.e. download them to your macbook) and not sync and find that your photos is inside a "Photo Database" file which is a 4KB unix file - which actually redirects to the iPhone backup folder. Truth be told, whenever you sync, the files are actually on your computer inside the following path: but you can't use them. its giberish. You need to organise them and this is how:
http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/how_manage_photos_pain_free
In short:
1. Connect your iphone
2. Create a folder on your Pictures main folder, I call mine "Aaron's Iphone"
3. Start Image Capture (can be found under applications)
4. Select to import to "Aaron's Iphone" folder and import all.
5. Manage the pictures and the next time you can sync accordingly
