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Q: Photos Folders messed up after iOS update

I transferred photos in folders from my laptop to my iPad via iTunes.

Now every time there is a system update, these imported photo folders are completely messed up, e.g. duplicated Folders, containing photos from a variety of different folders etc. Of course I can neither move, nor delete, rename or anything else with these Folders, so I end up going through a series of synchronisation processes via iTunes, taking usually the better part of a day until all is back to normal.

a) Does anyone else experience this?

b) Is there a simpler way to fix or even better prevent this from happening?

iPad Air, iOS 9.2.1

Posted on Jan 31, 2016 9:19 PM

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  • by King_Penguin,

    King_Penguin King_Penguin Aug 26, 2016 11:32 AM in response to RLHN
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    Aug 26, 2016 11:32 AM in response to RLHN

    I'm on a Mac and I have the same problem, and have had for all updates for a few years - I've also changed Macs over that time and continued to have the problem on the new Mac

  • by RLHN,

    RLHN RLHN Aug 26, 2016 12:17 PM in response to King_Penguin
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    Aug 26, 2016 12:17 PM in response to King_Penguin

    Good to know (I guess!) At least I know that I going out and buying a Mac won't solve this problem!!! It really is very irritating, as it takes hours to reload my photos after every minor iOS update!! Unbelievable that Apple ignores this problem!! I may start managing my photos with Adobe Lightroom Mobile to avoid using iTunes for photos altogether.

  • by davidfromleighton buzzard,

    davidfromleighton buzzard davidfromleighton buzzard Aug 26, 2016 12:24 PM in response to RLHN
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    Aug 26, 2016 12:24 PM in response to RLHN

    I dont use itunes at all for syncing photos and music. I always get the problem so its nothing to do with syncing with itunes.

  • by davidfromleighton buzzard,

    davidfromleighton buzzard davidfromleighton buzzard Aug 27, 2016 2:36 PM in response to davidfromleighton buzzard
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    Aug 27, 2016 2:36 PM in response to davidfromleighton buzzard

    Just been looking at the total mess of my photo albums and realised its an even bigger mess than usual. Somehow, and I cant begin to fathom why, there are photo albums with the usual random jumble in them but with names that I had deleted a few years ago. How on earth are the deleted album names being resurrected by updating the os?

    Why dont Apple sort this. Its enough to stop me updating as it takes ages to redo it all.

  • by King_Penguin,

    King_Penguin King_Penguin Aug 28, 2016 12:10 AM in response to davidfromleighton buzzard
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    Aug 28, 2016 12:10 AM in response to davidfromleighton buzzard

    To fix it I reconnect my iPad to my computer's iTunes, deselect one of my photo albums and sync, and then re-select it and resync - that puts my albums back to how they should be

  • by Crigou,

    Crigou Crigou Aug 29, 2016 5:13 AM in response to King_Penguin
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    Aug 29, 2016 5:13 AM in response to King_Penguin

    Dear innocent victims of iTunes.

    Since recent iOS updating on my iPad, I can no longer run iTunes from my Windows 10 (32 bits) machine. And after numerous vain trials to push photos and videos into the iPad, I fortunately got the tool FoneTrans (but not free). With this solution, the photos appear automatically on the iPad screen in their original chronological order.

    Cheers. Crigou.

  • by davidfromleighton buzzard,

    davidfromleighton buzzard davidfromleighton buzzard Aug 29, 2016 6:09 AM in response to Crigou
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    Aug 29, 2016 6:09 AM in response to Crigou

    I use a similar tool called copyTrans. This does work reasonably well. The problem isnt with getting photos onto the ipad cos CopyTrans handles that. Its when there is an ios update and updating over the air changes the photo albums to such an extend that they have to be redone.

  • by RLHN,

    RLHN RLHN Aug 29, 2016 6:55 AM in response to King_Penguin
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    Aug 29, 2016 6:55 AM in response to King_Penguin

    I'm anxious to try this (deleting and restoring one album only) next time! I've been deleting ALL my albums, deleting the "iPod Photo Cache" folder. and then reloading ALL my albums, which takes several hours. This would save a LOT of downtime!

  • by Crigou,

    Crigou Crigou Aug 30, 2016 2:27 PM in response to davidfromleighton buzzard
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    Aug 30, 2016 2:27 PM in response to davidfromleighton buzzard

    OK davidfromleighton buzzard.

    Like you I had a photo jam when using the sync tool called iTransfer. But with FoneTrans everything seems alright now. Until when ?

  • by RLHN,

    RLHN RLHN Sep 16, 2016 9:09 AM in response to King_Penguin
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    Sep 16, 2016 9:09 AM in response to King_Penguin

    I tried this (deleting ONE album and syncing; then adding the album back and syncing again) and found that it works with my PC as well as on your Mac!  Thanks very much!

    This is MUCH less time consuming than deleting and replacing ALL my 7500+ photos!!!

    [It still would be nice if Apple would just fix the problem!]

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