I think we can all agree that any time you can transfer information quickly, easily and wirelessly between devices beats having to plug in a cable and do it via iTunes any day. My interest in PhotoSync arose when I saw it as an easy and fast way of getting a shot taken with my DSLR that was on my computer in Lightroom over to my iPad to use in a model release App. While there are other iOS Apps that allow you to wirelessly (Bump) images between devices, I like Photosync because it adds the ability to do it not only between iOS devices but also your computer too. You can install PhotoSync on each of your iOS devices. You can also download install the FREE PhotoSync companion app for your Mac or Windows PC. Transfers between Mac/PC and your iOS device happen via WiFi. Transfers between your iOS devices themselves can happen via WiFi or Bluetooth. PhotoSync allows you to send images or videos.

 

It works very well

This was one of the easiest Apps to setup that I've ever tried. The beauty is that there is no account to setup. The devices see each other automatically by just launching the app on each device. Select the images/video in your camera roll or albums and tap the Sync button. You will then see a list of available devices (running the app) on your network to send to. Tap the iOS device or computer that you want to send to and off they go. From your computer you can go the other way and this is what I wanted to setup. I even setup a Lightroom Export Preset to export my RAW images to JPG, put them in a folder and then fire up the PhotoSync app on my Mac automatically to start the transfer. The images show up in my iPad's camera roll and of course from there they are accessible to all my Apps that use photos. While the iPad 2 does have a camera and this lessons my need for this workflow, the camera on the iPad 2 is, let's just say not the best for taking quality pics. Your iPhone's camera is WAY BETTER and your digital point and shoot or DSLR is even better yet. 

 

Send to the Cloud too

The latest version of PhotoSync added the ability to send images/video directly to your Dropbox and Flickr accounts as well as an FTP server of your choosing. This leads me to my only feature request. The App works beautifully but there is one thing I want and that is Bluetooth support for Computer to iOS device transfers. I can imagine being out in the field with a iPhone or iPad 3G and wirelessly syncing shots taken with my DSLR from my computer over to either of those 3G enable iOS devices for instant sharing/uploading. If Bluetooth support were there on the companion App for Mac/PC then you wouldn't need a WiFi hotspot to make those transfers. Also if there was a WiFi hotspot available then you could just upload from your computer anyway. Otherwise, I find PhotoSync to be VERY USEFUL!

You can get PhotoSync for your iOS devices for $1.99 here from the iTunes