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akaynyc Author

Level 1

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iphoto not recognizing iphone?

I cant get iphone to download photos not even an option in iphoto.

imac g5, Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Posted on Aug 5, 2007 4:51 PM

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Jose M

Level 4

1,010 points

Posted on Aug 6, 2007 7:00 AM

Akaynyc,

More information might be needed here. See if these steps might help.

Go into the finder.
Click on Applications
Click on image capture. (Does your iPhone appear here as a camera?)

If you would like it to sync to iPhoto, in Image Capture go into the preferences.

Click on Image Capture next to the Blue Apple.
Click on preferences

You will see a area in the preferences window that says Camera. You will see a drop down menu and in there if you select iPhoto it should make iphoto open every time the phone is plugged in.

It should still sync in iPhoto if you open the iphoto application. It will be interesting to see if the phone is syncing with Image Capture.

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pimentel

Level 1

26 points

Sep 6, 2007 9:06 PM in response to rY.

I was able to downloaded ot corel photo album trial and then copy it to an usb drive to my ma...
This thing really *****!!!!!!!

Sep 9, 2007 10:06 AM in response to akaynyc

I have tried all this and the ONE thing that works for me is to take a picture with the iPhone and then directly after plug it into the computer. In the beginning it worked every time and it drove me nuts that it asked to import pictures even when there were no new ones.

kranbot

Level 1

0 points

Sep 9, 2007 10:38 AM in response to akaynyc

I'm having the same **** problem and it's driving me crazy. The only way I've been able to sync iPhoto with iPhone is to manually delete photos off my iPhone until I have fewer than 100 (I had over 450). Then, iPhoto magically recognizes my phone and suddenly is willing to sync. I'm also now selected the feature in iPhoto to have it erase photos from my iPhone when it syncs.

APPLE, I AM ANGRY ABOUT THIS! PLEASE FIX!!!

rY.

Level 1

15 points

Sep 9, 2007 10:57 AM in response to rY.

I've confirmed that, at least for my setup, performing the instructions I posted above will work even when there are 100-300 photos on my iPhone.

It's inconvenient, but at least it works.

BUT IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED, APPLE!!!

Sep 9, 2007 9:16 PM in response to akaynyc

In Itunes, go to preferences then click on the Iphone icon. check the box where it says "disable automatic syncing. Now quit Itunes and re-open Iphoto, your phone will show up. You will have to manually sync your phone in Itunes, but I actually prefer it.

robbied5

Level 1

0 points

Sep 10, 2007 6:26 PM in response to akaynyc

I'm having the same problem - I'm trying to sync/dwnload pictures from my iPhone to iTunes/iPhoto with no success. Am I doing something wrong? Its worked every other time so I'm at a loss...

Sep 11, 2007 12:20 AM in response to akaynyc

Same problem. 100s of pics I can't get off the phone. Been happening for over a month. I've tried the restart plus the other links below. Nothing worked.

Isn't there some way to get Apple involved in this??

Sep 11, 2007 11:46 PM in response to akaynyc

I managed to get my iPhone to sync. I'm still using 1.0.1 and iTunes 7.3.2.

I logged into my administrator account (I'm sure many of you by default are admin, so ignore this).

Finder > Utilities > Terminal

In terminal, enter:
sudo periodic daily (press enter, it will ask for your password)
sudo periodic weekly (enter, takes a little while)
sudo periodic monthy (enter)

Search google or doc pages to see what periodics do.

Next:
Finder > Utilities > Disk Utilities

Select your named hard drive disk. Then click the "repair permissions" button on the bottom right some where.

Hope this helps. I doubt this will be a permanent fix, but at least it worked.

kjk

Level 4

1,317 points

Sep 16, 2007 12:05 AM in response to akaynyc

I have this problem as well.
Mac OSX 10.4.10, MacBook. Image Capture and iPhoto both failed to recognize my iPhone (after month of working fine).
1) Restarted Mac (no go)
2) Reset iPhone (no go)
3) Various USB cable changes, starting/restarting iPhoto and Image Capture, etc. (useless of course)
3) Now trying RESTORE (which of course deleted the photos I couldn't synch since the last time it synched (with no problem), so I've lost them)

Pretty irritating.

kronsch

Level 1

4 points

Sep 16, 2007 8:23 AM in response to akaynyc

my iPhoto was not recognizing my iPhone when I connected via the USB on the keyboard of my iMac. (iTunes however was working fine)

When I connected my iPhone via a USB on the back of the computer, iPhoto opened right up. I've had this issue with other peripherals when connecting via the USB on the keyboard, it works sometimes / not others.

Try a different USB port.

JoeK917

Level 1

5 points

Sep 18, 2007 3:46 PM in response to justo02

I just wanted to tell everyone that I've been testing the different recommendations for at least an hour now and the one that worked was merely plugging the iPhone into a different USB port on the back of my iMac. Please everyone do yourselves a huge favor and try this first. Why this works, I have no idea.

Sep 19, 2007 10:09 PM in response to Jose M

I followed these instructions and Viola! all my pics went straight from my iphone to my laptop. I am elated as have been trying to figure this out for weeks. Thank you very, very much 🙂

Sep 20, 2007 6:45 PM in response to akaynyc

I was having the same problem and just got the iPhoto 7.0.2 update and iTunes 7.4.2 update from Software Update and that seemed to do the trick!

cgkline

Level 1

0 points

Sep 21, 2007 11:21 PM in response to crazman

I am having the same problem i tried image capture, and it was recommended to me that i repair the disk permissions, with the Mac Disk Utility. But Disk utility doesn't even recognize that my iPhone exists, ideas...?

cgkline

Level 1

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Sep 21, 2007 11:36 PM in response to chris acer

Okay so i was having the same problem as everyone else, i tried everything, image capture disk utility and endless combinations of resets restarts and plug-ins. NOTHING WORKED. I was frustrated so i figured, WHY NOT? I plugged in my iPhone with my iPod cord and POOF! iPhoto synced... i am now thoroughly convinced that apple does not make computers but boxes with magical fairies inside: because that makes absolutely no sense.

iphoto not recognizing iphone?