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Q: iTunes cannot sync photos to the iPhone because your iPhoto Library is not yet available.

I've turned my iPhone 4 into a iPod, meaning I only use it to hold music for my workouts. Ever since I've upgraded to Yosmite I can't sync my iPhone 4 to iTunes anymore. I can back it up, but I can't sync. Each time it tells me "iTunes cannot sync photos to the iPhone because your iPhoto Library is not yet available"  I don't want to sync any photos, just music.

 

I've tried to repair my iPhoto Library, restarted my Mac, restarted my iPhone 4 but I still get his error message.

In iTunes when I select my iPhone 4 > Photos, I just get a spinning wheel.

 

Any thoughts??

Posted on Apr 19, 2015 8:17 PM

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Q: iTunes cannot sync photos to the iPhone because your iPhoto Library is not yet available.

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  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Apr 20, 2015 12:34 PM in response to nik1420
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    Apr 20, 2015 12:34 PM in response to nik1420
  • by nik1420,

    nik1420 nik1420 Apr 22, 2015 5:38 PM in response to Linc Davis
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    Apr 22, 2015 5:38 PM in response to Linc Davis

    Thanks Linc but I can't follow the first link since I just get a spinning wheel for photos. I saw the second link and tried directions in it, but I still get the spinning wheel and the same error.

  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Apr 23, 2015 5:58 PM in response to nik1420
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    Apr 23, 2015 5:58 PM in response to nik1420
    I can't follow the first link since I just get a spinning wheel for photos.

    Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:

    ☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)

    ☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.

    ☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.

    The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select

              SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages

    from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select

              View ▹ Show Log List

    from the menu bar at the top of the screen.

    Click the Clear Display icon in the toolbar. Then take an action that isn't working the way you expect. Select any lines that appear in the Console window. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.

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  • by Greg Barton,

    Greg Barton Greg Barton Apr 25, 2015 10:04 AM in response to Linc Davis
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    Apr 25, 2015 10:04 AM in response to Linc Davis

    I just had this issue and I believe it was just iPhoto blocking access to the photo library while the library was being upgraded to the most recent version. (Photos v1.0)  Once the library upgrade was complete (which took several hours while pegging CPU) and I restarted iTunes all was well.

  • by Kerr_6,

    Kerr_6 Kerr_6 Aug 22, 2015 12:03 PM in response to Linc Davis
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    Aug 22, 2015 12:03 PM in response to Linc Davis

    2015-08-22 2:57:19.301 PM iTunes[10076]: Entered:_AMMuxedDeviceDisconnected, mux-device:43

    2015-08-22 2:57:19.301 PM iTunes[10076]: Entered:__thr_AMMuxedDeviceDisconnected, mux-device:43

    2015-08-22 2:57:19.477 PM iTunes[10076]: tid:1e83b - BootedOS mode device disconnected

    2015-08-22 2:57:23.286 PM iTunes[10076]: Entered:_AMMuxedVersion2DeviceConnected, mux-device:44

    2015-08-22 2:57:23.411 PM iTunes[10076]: tid:1e83b - unable to query device capabilities

    2015-08-22 2:57:33.502 PM com.apple.usbmuxd[6229]: MuxTCPInputSCE received RST for 0x2c-9f8a3fb23dd1f30d272b58249e659437e75371d8@0x1d110000:49922->0x1003204b0-MDC rashReportTool/NULL:7937: sendMuxSegment connection was closed

    2015-08-22 2:57:33.692 PM MDCrashReportTool[13101]: 13101:7868416|CrashReportCopierAFC.m:-[CrashReportCopierAFC copyRemotePath:toLocalDirectory:preserveDirectoryStructure:localPathOut:usingCo nnection:]| ERROR: AFCFileRefOpen on ./OTAUpdate-2015-04-17-07-55-54.ips failed

  • by Miss Jenna,

    Miss Jenna Miss Jenna Oct 25, 2015 12:03 PM in response to Kerr_6
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    Oct 25, 2015 12:03 PM in response to Kerr_6

    Sooooooo did u ever find out what the issue/cause was?

     

    I'm having same issue. Trying to sync iPhone 6. but i'm confused because I get the exact same error, which references iPhoto library not being available - but isn't it supposed to be referencing Photos library now??

     

    I dunno. All i know is that this is frustrating.

  • by Hussein2000,

    Hussein2000 Hussein2000 Nov 7, 2015 5:57 AM in response to nik1420
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    Nov 7, 2015 5:57 AM in response to nik1420

    did u find anything to solve this out?? I'm having exact the same problem with my iPhone 6s plus.. I'm really confused cause i downloaded new music and its telling me that 'iTunes cannot sync photos to the iPhone because your iPhoto library is not yet available. try again later' BUT I'm download the new music not photos.. SOMEONE HELP PLEASE

  • by nik1420,

    nik1420 nik1420 Nov 8, 2015 6:43 PM in response to nik1420
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    Nov 8, 2015 6:43 PM in response to nik1420

    I have not found the solution. I haven't had the time to further investigate and now my iMac is really slow. I'm trying to solve this issue before going back to the syncing issue.