Authentication Error for Flickr Button

Same problem here...

I am having the same problem. I was connected fine. I was having another problem (not able to upload images larger than "web" size) and I deauthorized the iPhoto connection from within Flickr. Now when I hit the flickr button I get the

LOGIN FAILED
The login details or auth token passed were invalid.

And I don't see any way to reset it or anything.

Foks who were having a similar issue with Facebook log ins fixed it by repairing their Keychain.

Regards

TD

Thanks so much! I opened my keychain access utility and deleted both iphoto and flicker entries and restated iPhoto and it allowed me to reauthenticate it!

This is the solution!

hmm.
This sort of works, but now I get a
"You have created the maximum number of sets"
error ?
Anyone seen this ?
I dont have a pro account, but it shouldnt matter no ?

Just wanted to say that deleting the entries in the keychain worked for me.

Thank you!! I was getting the "Login Failed" error after changing my Flickr account. There needs to be a way to do this in iPhoto preferences. Deleting the keys in KeyChain fixes this problem and allows me to setup Flickr again.

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Grifforama wrote:
but now I get a
"You have created the maximum number of sets"
error ?
Anyone seen this ?
I dont have a pro account, but it shouldnt matter no ?

Free Flickr accounts limit the number of photos shown and also the number of sets and collections you can create. I can't seem to find what that number is for the number of sets, but if you have reached it, then you need to delete a set to create a new one. Or upgrade to a pro account.
Patrick

It's the keychain alright...the error message from iPhoto should be more informative.

Thanks for the update guys. :/ Poor documentation in iPhoto help and on the support website...where they fail, the Discussion boards come through 🙂

As of March 2009, free accounts have unlimited sets as well (http://blog.flickr.net/en/2009/03/04/setting-sets-free/) but they're still limited to the most recent 200 images.

SO AWESOME. I've been searching around for the answer to this problem on the flickr threads, but no one had it. I totally should have checked the apple discussions first, seeing as it's an iPhoto issue!

Not sure what the "KeyChain" is and how to work with it to make the change.

In Applications / Utilities you'll find your Keychain Access app. Under the Keychain Access menu you'll find Keychain First Aid.

Regards

TD