Anyone know how to do it? Apple, in thier all knowing wisdom, compresses them into .ithmb format, which your computer can't read. Anyone know how to convert them to a more conventional format?

If you own a Mac, the iPod Photo Reader (http://www.cs.unm.edu/~kwiley/software/keithsIPodPhotoReader.html).

If you own a Mac, the iPod Photo Reader (http://www.cs.unm.edu/~kwiley/software/keithsIPodPhotoReader.html).

And if I dont?

I assume you've got the files and just need to convert them?

http://ipod.qarchive.org/

Seems the best bet.