At the new iPad’s unveiling, Apple also introduced a $4.99 iPhoto for iOS app in the App Store to compete with apps like Adobe’s Photoshop touch, bringing multi-touch photo editing to iPhone and iPad in a breakthrough way. Despite the fact that iPhoto app is a universal binary and has been optimized to work on both iPhones and iPads, it supports only the iPad 2 and the new iPad, leaving out support for the first-gen iPad. Luckily for the original iPad owners, there is a workaround for installing iPhoto.

** Note: If you sync your iPad with iTunes after installing iPhoto using this method, it will be removed from your device.

Step 1:

Purchase and download iPhoto app from the App Store using iTunes on your desktop computer.

Step 2:

Also download the free iPhone Configuration Utility from Apple.

Step 3:

Sync your iPad with your computer using the USB cable. Once done, leave your iPad connected and launch the iPhone Configuration Utility.

Step 4:

Now click on Applications section in the left hand pane and choose Add from the top bar. Look up the downloaded iPhoto app on your computer and select it.

Step 5:

Once done, click on your iPad in the left hand pane and select Applications.

Step 6:

Select iPhoto from the list of Applications and click install.

That’s it. Enjoy iPhoto on your original iPad!

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