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annette256

Q: Going crazy.   Have tried to upload my photos to make a book (I have done this before successfully) but after trying for at least 12 times I am stumped.  I have done a repair to iPhoto, downloaded in safe mode, created 2 more books. Error still happening.

Going crazy.  Have tried at least 12 times to upload photos to make a book.  I used the same photos in June and made the book quite successfully.  An error message always occurs.  I have done a repair in iphoto, rebuilt it, uploaded in safe mode and have even started again and made another book only to have the error message appear again saying that uploading was not successful.    Any ideas please?

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

Posted on Oct 1, 2013 12:50 AM

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  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Oct 1, 2013 4:51 AM in response to annette256
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    Oct 1, 2013 4:51 AM in response to annette256

    What is your iPhoto version?

    An error message always occurs.

    And what does the error message say exactly?

     

    Sometimes the upload will not succeed, if your book contains photos that are corrupted . Is the preview of the book ok?  If you not yet have made a preview, check it carefully, if all photos seem to be o.k.

    See: iPhoto, Aperture: Previewing an order in iPhoto or Aperture

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Oct 1, 2013 9:36 AM in response to annette256
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    Oct 1, 2013 9:36 AM in response to annette256

    Boot into Safe Mode, Mac OS X: Starting up in Safe Mode, and follow leonie's suggestion for previewing the book.

     

    If you can successfully create a pdf preview and there are not errors, i.e. typos, missing text, etc., then try ordering your book from the Safe Mode.

     

    Save the pdf file to compare with the printed copy when it arrives.

     

    OT

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Oct 1, 2013 9:54 AM in response to Old Toad
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    Oct 1, 2013 9:54 AM in response to Old Toad

    But annette256 already tried Safe Mode, Old Toad?

    I have done a repair in iphoto, rebuilt it, uploaded in safe mode and have even started again and made another book only to have the error message appear again saying that uploading was not successful.

    If the preview is o.k., I'd have suggested to try from a different administrator user account, in combination with Safe Boot Mode. Perhaps it is a preferences or permissions  problem.

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Oct 1, 2013 9:59 AM in response to léonie
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    Oct 1, 2013 9:59 AM in response to léonie

    Missed it since it wasn't capitalized.  Been missing a lot of those lately.  The eyes must be going.

     

    If all else fails a reinstall of the system may be indicated via the Recovery volume:  OS X: About OS X Recovery

     

    Thanks for the catch, leonie.

  • by annette256,

    annette256 annette256 Oct 1, 2013 7:05 PM in response to léonie
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    Oct 1, 2013 7:05 PM in response to léonie

    Hi LeonieDF,

     

    The version of iphoto is iphoto 11, 9.4.3

     

    The error message occurs at the end of the upload process. It states :

     

         "An error occured uploading your order. Click retry to upload the failed asset again or cancel".

     

    We have also created a pdf and checked it - all seems ok with the images and text there.

     

    Still at a loss...

     

    Hi OldToad,

     

    We've also tried booting in safe mode, checked the pdf built while loaded in safe mode, amd tried to upload again multiple times with no success.

     

    Have rebuilt, repaired the iphoto 11 data base as well. Still no luck...

     

    The strange thing is, the photos used to make this book have been all used to make previous books succesfully with no such problems.

     

    I have also re made the book from scratch 3 times now too...

     

    We will now try creating and using a different admin account.

     

    Cheers all, thanks for your assistance and I'll keep you posted.

     

    Regards,

     

    Annette256

  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Oct 1, 2013 7:18 PM in response to annette256
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    Oct 1, 2013 7:18 PM in response to annette256

    Have you shut down and rebooted and then tried to order?

     

    LN